Piping Press

We had another very good uptake for The CLASP ‘March’ online event. With the cancellation of many Highland Games, CLASP’s next event will be ‘A Virtual Highland Games’ May/June 2021. The prizes will be sponsored by R.G. Hardie & Co. Bagpipes. The CLASP Virtual Highland Games will mark the end of the 2020/2021 CLASP year. Entries are now open for this event via The CLASP website.   Judges for the Maerch…

Ken Cameron of the Lochaber Piping Society reports: Our on-line Junior Medley Competition was very successful and the results are below. Just as an indicator of the impact of C-19 and the restrictions, the last ‘live’ Junior competition we held was in 2019 – two years ago – and we were really pleased to welcome back many familiar names as well as many new ones. As a measure of how…

Bruce Gandy made the point to me when he was playing for the Piobaireachd Society the other night that it doesn’t cost much to upgrade video and sound recording equipment – and for those competing online it was well worth the investment. Bruce had done so, and his performance of Jimmy McIntosh’s Salute to Andrew Carnegie was beautiful, and clear as a bell. If you have an old computer with…

The promoters of the Balmoral Schools in the USA have sent this: ‘Save the Dates – July 18-23! This summer, the Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming will come to you online, with a wider variety of classes, more guest instructors, more one-on-one tutoring, and plenty of other exciting programming. ‘An all-new Drumming Program is in the works, with 2021 guest drumming instructors to be announced shortly.  ‘The fee for…

The Music Board of the RSPBA have issued the following: Promoters of the Scottish and World Pipe Band Championships are considering the March Scottish Government announcement on the phased exit from lockdown, particularly the criteria that needs to be met by the events industry as they look at the viability of running the event.The Music Board have revised the playing requirements for remaining Championships for the 2021 season as a…