Pipe band adjudication expert Alistair Aitken concludes his well-received article on the place of ensemble judging in the modern pipe band world. Not read the first instalment yet? Click here….. There are of course other factors which affect adjudication. While the approach can be objective, the final assessment is very much a subjective process and it is highly unlikely that results and comments will be the same unless there is collusion…
A very special set of pipes is offered for sale today via our Online Ads service. The instrument pictured above is a vintage bagpipe by Peter Henderson and dated 1904/05. It is in fully engraved silver (no ivory worries) and African blackwood, complete with original pipe chanter. The pipes were made for a Gordon Highlander and have been in the seller’s family for many years. They come complete with wooden…
Having previously contributed a number of articles about pipe band ensemble in the RSPBA’s quarterly magazine when I was an ensemble adjudicator and also deeply involved in adjudicator training, the Editor of Piping Press asked me for my thoughts on a suggestion made recently that it is now perhaps time for this type of adjudication to be abolished due to ineffective adjudication. I am a strong supporter of ensemble adjudication…
The 114th annual Maclean Highland Gathering took place over the 2018 Easter weekend in the northern New South Wales town of Maclean on the picturesque Clarence River. Pipers and pipe bands from the length of the east coast of Australia came together to attend the longest running Highland gathering in Australia. The weekend culminated in a sell out recital from international guest judges Richard Hawke and Emmett Conway. Open grade pipers compete…
The British Columbia Pipers’ Association Annual Indoor Meet was held last weekend with much of the day and the awards ceremony livestreamed. This ceremony included a tribute to the late Andrew Bonar and other BC Pipers’ members who had passed on during the year, with members of the pipe corps of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band performing the whole of Andrew’s Silver Medal winning tune, the piobaireachd ‘I Gave…
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