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Captain John MacLellan Memorial Results

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The 10th annual Captain John A MacLellan MBE Memorial Piping Championship was held at the Army School at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh, today. B & C grades were oversubscribed, good A grade entries but P grade entries were, by comparison, poor. The P Piobaireachd and the Hornpipe and Jig were streamed live over Facebook. The Army School delivered an efficiently run event and the prize giving was underway shortly after 4.30pm….

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Reader Requests Help with Medal Mystery

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A few years ago while I was living down south, I acquired an extremely large, extremely ornate silver medal presented in 1900 by a piping association that seems to have vanished without trace. My searches at the time for information about the association and the recipient drew a complete blank. Piping Press’s network of readers is a good deal wider than any I could tap into then, and if the…

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Piping Teacher Wanted for Glasgow Schools as P/M Peter MacInnes, Scots Guards, Retires

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Following the retirement of P/M Peter MacInnes (above), Glasgow schools are looking for a new piping tutor with the intention of forming a schools band. The job pays £33 – £44k per year for 35 hours a week and its based in the City Halls in Albion Street in the heart of the Merchant City district. The blurb reads: ‘Glasgow City Council is seeking to appoint an Instructor of Piping…

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Northern Ireland Report for August and September

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Twenty bands and 30 drum majors from Northern Ireland attended the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow in an overall entry of 190 bands and 44 drum majors from 15 countries. The only World title claimed by an NI Branch band was G3A by Tullylagan, together with the drum corps title. This was a great achievement for a band celebrating its Centenary. Only ten prizes were annexed by NI bands…

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Clan MacRae Photo/ Scots Guards KO Line-Up Announced/ Mod Piping

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Reader Matthew Farrigan: In regards to correspondence back in April this year about a photo of the Clan MacRae winning the Worlds, I guess I was correct regarding the young chap centre holding the trophy was in fact Bob Burnett.  Big thanks to Iain Duncan’s part three History of the MacRae and the photo ID for confirming. I ran into Bob’s son Robbie a couple weeks ago at the local…

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