Category: Solo Piping

PP Editor’s Blog: New England Academy/ Scottish PB Champs/ Jack in the US/ RSPS Dates etc

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Following the considerable success of the first New England Piping Academy, dates for 2016 have been announced early – with an enhanced programme. The Academy will run from June 14 -19, 2016, inclusive at the Adelynrood Retreat, Byfield MA, the same venue as this year’s camp. Responding to requests from attendees, the camp has been extended to five days from the afternoon of the 14th till before lunch on the 19th….

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Tobermory Games

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Piob: 1 Angus MacColl Snr. , Cabar Feidh Gu Bragh 2 Angus Macoll Jnr., End of the Higb Bridge 3 Colin Campbell, Lament for John Morrison, Assynt House 4 Calum MacLean, MacFarlane’s Gathering 5 Ronald Telfer, Struan Robertson’s Salute Judges: P/M Ian Duncan, Robert Wallace March: 1 A MacColl Snr. 2 C Campbell 3 A MacColl Jnr. 4 C MacLean 5 R Telfer S&R: 1 A MacColl Snr. 2 A…

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Inveraray Games – Seniors Complete

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A cloudy, but mostly dry day at a very well-supported Inveraray Games. A successful day for Angus MacColl and his son Angus Jnr. A/P Grade Piobaireachd 1 Angus MacColl, Red Speckled Bull 2 Callum Beaumont, Rory MacLoude’s Lament 3 Roderick MacLeod, Isabel MacKay 4 Angus MacColl Jnr. 5 Jamie Forrester 6 Gordon Bruce Judges: R MacShannon, P Henderson A/P Grade March 1 Callum Beaumont 2 Donald MacPhee 3 Roderick MacLeod…

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Update: Balloch Games/ Roseneath Re-Scheduled

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The Convenor of Balloch and Roseneath Highland Games, Colina Helen Campbell, has confirmed that the piping events at Roseneath Games, cancelled last Sunday, will go ahead at a later date. Mrs Campbell reports: ‘The Balloch solos went well, sunshine all day if a wee bit damp underfoot in places, but definitely a success. Here are the results: Senior March Allan Russell Jonathan Greenlees Jonathan Lamberton Ross Miller Senior S/R Jonathan…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Cape Breton Piping/ Chatsworth Entry/ Band Formations/ ‘Freestyle’ Piping/ Audio Archive

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Listened to the BBC’s ‘Travelling Folk’ last night on Radio Scotland and an interview with bellows piper Hamish Moore. It was astonishing. No, not Hamish’s wacky views on how the British Army destroyed piping; how those old guys in tatty tweed jackets sitting playing on kitchen chairs somewhere in Cape Breton were the repositories of the true tradition. No, not that, but the fact that the presenter swallowed lock, stock…

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