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Captain John MacLellan Memorial Results

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The 8th annual Captain John A MacLellan MBE memorial Piping Championships were held at the Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming at Inchdrewer House in Edinburgh today. The event, one of the premier solo piping contests in the world, received a record entry once again with B & C grade contests full and the A & P grade contests also attracting a very strong entry. By Senior Pipe…

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Order of Play for Captain John Contest/ Lochnell Intermediate Championship Official Preview

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The draws for the Captain John MacLellan Memorial competition have been announced. The competition will take place the Army School of Piping at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh, this Saturday October 2. It has a attracted a very high quality field with Piobaireachd and MSR competitions for all CPA grades and an Open Jig event. The order of play is as follows (use arrows to scroll through from P Grade to C):…

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Editor’s Notebook: RSPBA Appointments/ Early Days of the 214/ Norman Matheson/ Book Search

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I see that the RSPBA are holding elections for the jobs of Piping and Summer School Principals. This is a statutory procedure which will be carried out at the first Pipe Band College AGM in November. I understand John Nevans is standing again for the summer school job. In my view it would be remiss of the Association’s member bands and branches not to re-elect him. In John they have…

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History: P/Sgt John Maclean, Scots Guards, the 1930 Northern Meeting and a Tribute to Mary Queen of Scots

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I was interested in the Piping Press article (6th Sept. Donald Morrison Archive) regarding the Northern Meeting piping competitions 1930, which mentioned my father John Maclean (North Uist). Only minor error in the newspaper’s report was that my father was in fact Pipe-SERGEANT, not Pipe-Major. He was later Pipe-Major 2nd Btn. HLI. In the Gold Medal he, like Nicol, played Cille Chriosd (Glengarry’s March). His fellow Guardsman, Malcolm ‘Baggy’ MacMillan was…

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Argyllshire Gathering’s Lochnell Intermediate Professional Piping Championship Draw and Tunes

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This prestigious competition for junior professional pipers will be held at Lochnell Castle, Benderloch, Argyll, a week today on Saturday, October 2. Ten leading young pipers aged 22 and under have been invited to take part.  Piobaireachd Draw and Selected Tune1 Luke Kennedy, MacKay’s Banner2 Anna Smart, Old Men of the Shells3 Bobby Allan, MacDougall’s Gathering4 Cameron May, King’s Taxes5 Hamish Drennan, Battle of the Pass of Crieff6 Andrew Ferguson, Earl of Ross’s March7 Brodie Watson-Massey, Lament…

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