Piping Press

This is a reminder that all grading applications for the 2020 season are due in by November 30. However, the sooner we receive them the better as the Grading Committee will be meeting the following day (December 1) to review every player’s application. If members have no prior or current track record they are encouraged to submit recordings so that the appropriate grade can be allocated. By Glenn Brown If…

P/M Jimmy Banks MBE Reports: John Dew won our knockout round yesterday (Nov 24) against Lewis Russell held at the Scots Guards club, Haymarket, Edinburgh. We had a good audience of approximately 50. Next up on the last Sunday in January we have Angus McColl Jnr and Calum Wynd.

P/M Jimmy Banks MBE Reports: John Dew won our knockout round yesterday (Nov 24) against Lewis Russell held at the Scots Guards club, Haymarket, Edinburgh. We had a good audience of approximately 50. Next up on the last Sunday in January we have Angus McColl Jnr and Calum Wynd.

The RSPBA Music Board has added a handful of new tunes to the lists of those available for Grade 4A, 4B and Novice A & B for the 2020 season. One tune Dora MacLeod has been added erroneously, it seems, to the two-parted strathspey lists. The new tunes are three 2-part marches, three 2-part strathspeys and one 4-part strathspey. The marches: ‘Coppermill’, ‘Corn Rigs are Bonny’ and the ‘White Cockade’. The…

One of the most popular events on the local pipe band scene in recent years has been the Kids with Cancer Charity extravaganza which has taken place over the last few years in the Royal Hotel, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. I am delighted to announce that it is running again on Saturday 22nd February 2020 from 5.45pm at the same venue. If previous line-ups have been outstanding then those attending this time…