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Advice on How Best to Travel Safely With Your Pipes

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Well the good news is Barry got his pipes a couple of days after he arrived home, writes the Editor. The bad is that one projecting mount was chipped and there were other nicks here and there. I wondered if the imitation ivory had been deliberately cut to test for the real stuff. The leaflet that tells you they have been into your suitcase has a disclaimer regarding any damage…

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CLASP ‘Live Online’ 2023 Results

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This February 11 competition was the first CLASP ‘Live Online’ event for 2023 and there was a particular interest as an invite to compete at the inaugural amateur invitational at The Sun Belt in Florida in November 2023 was up for grabs for the overall winner of Grade 1.  Eric Stein, who runs the Sun Belt Professional, has expanded his event to include an amateur invitational and Eric is kindly…

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Review: Uist & Barra Professional 2023

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The first thing to say is what a total success this comeback meeting, the first for three years, was. The standard of play, particularly in the light music, was as good as has been heard at this stage of the competitive year. Yes, there was some ring rustiness – but only some. For the most part the ten pipers entertained the large crowd grandly, with even those who didn’t make…

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Editor’s Notebook: North Lanarkshire Schools PB/ Jet Travel/ Uist & Barra/ Braemar/ PS Conference

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Speaking to Ross Cowan regarding the recent expansion of teaching in North Lanarkshire, he tells me he has 120 kids on practice chanter and 12 moving on to pipes this year. Who says there’s no interest out there? Other Scottish local authorities cutting back on their schools music tuition should look to this Motherwell-based council for the way forward. Says Ross:  ‘The band will be depleted this year as a…

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Review: Archie Kenneth Quaich 2023

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The ever-popular amateur piobaireachd contest for the Archie Kenneth Quaich and Piobaireachd Society Banner was held on 25th February. This was our 31st contest – and in honour of that anniversary a list of the last 30 years winners, their tunes, and the judges for each year, was posted in every room.  For 28 of those 30 years we have been the fortunate guests of the Royal Scottish Pipers Society…

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