The RSPBA website is back up after a few hours down for essential maintenance. The new draw for the Scottish Championships to be held at Dumbarton on July 25 is announced as: Grade 1 – Final 01 14:15 Peoples Ford – Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia 02 14:25 Cullybackey 03 14:35 Denny and Dunipace Gleneagles 04 14:45 Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia 05 14:55 Inveraray and District 06 15:05 Scottish Power 07 15:15…
The Northern Meeting have issued full details of this year’s forthcoming piping events. They are as follows: Venue: Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th September 2015; Commencing 8.30am Thursday and Friday; Programme £5.00 Thursday 3 September – Senior Competition From 8.30 PIOBAIREACHD – GOLD MEDAL From 9.00 ‘A’ MARCH, STRATHSPEY & REEL From 9.00 PIOBAIREACHD – SILVER MEDAL From 18.00 FORMER WINNERS MARCH, STRATHSPEY & REEL Friday 4 September…
A sunny day with a cold easterly wind. Thirteen played. Piob 1 Graham Mulholland, MacDougall’s Gathering 2 Mike Fitzhenry, Park No2 3 Allan Russell, Mary’s Praise 4 Gordon McCready, Lord Lovat’s Lament 5 Ben Duncan, Lament for MacSwan of Roaig Judges: D Watson, G Clark March 1 Gordon McCready 2 Ben Duncan 3 Allan Russell 4 Mike Fitzhenry 5 Edward Gaul S&R 1 Gordon McCready 2 Ben Duncan 3 Mike…
Piping and Drumming in south-west Scotland has received a major boost with the formation of the new South West Scotland Piping & Drumming Academy. The Academy will take the form of a Summer School, a series of teaching workshops and piobaireachd weekends. Andrew McCartney (left), Chairman of the SWSPDA, reports: Our website address is www.swspda.co.uk, and details of our Summer School and programme of events are as follows : SWSPDA Summer School: 13th…
Three new tracks have been added to our pipe band audio archive today. They are of the famous Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band and were all recorded in Toronto, Canada, in the 1970s. The quality is not the best, but listeners will get a good sense of the expert leadership and teaching of P/M RG Hardie and L/D Robert Turner. If any reader has a recording they would like to…
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