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By Alistair Aitken OBE, former RSPBA adjudicator This article continues my series providing observations on the 2019 outdoor competition season in the UK as it progresses.  Since my last posting on Piping Press there have been local competitions at Annan in Scotland and Corby in England (the venue for the World Pipe Band Championships in 1975).  There have also been two RSPBA Major Championships – the European Championships at Inverness…

Press release on the 80th Annual Competition of the Scottish Piping Society of London…. The Committee of the Scottish Piping Society of London is delighted to announce that the 2019 Annual London Competition will be held on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd November at The Caledonian Club, Halkin Street, London, SW1. As part of the move to this new venue, we are looking forward to hosting the prestigious Am Bratach…

A lovely looking set of old ivory Lawrie pipes (pictured) are for sale today on the PP Online Advertising page. Check them out here. If you have pipes to sell you can support free access to Piping Press by taking out a similar ad with us. They are only £25 and you are guaranteed to reach thousands of prospective buyers. Thanks to correspondent Duncan Watson for forwarding these cuttings from…

A pleasant day at Arisaig with some sunshine and no rain for the 13 senior pipers. The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Scotland were all represented. Overall winner: Angus D MacColl (pictured top)Ceol Mor1 Angus D MacColl, Battle of the Pass of Crieff2 James MacKenzie, The Bicker3 Jonathon Simpson, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee4 Andrew Hutton, Old Men of the Shells5 Andrew Lewis, Massacre of Glencoe March1 Angus…

Bagpipemaker McCallums have sent this: Don’t miss the McCallum Bagpipes road-show as part of Piping Live, and it’s a free recital The venue is the Street Café at the Piping Centre on Wednesday the 14th August at 2.00pm. And what a line up of great solo pipers, Stuart Liddell, Fred Morrison, Willie McCallum and Gordon McCready. They all play MacRae or McCallum Bagpipes. Royal Burgh of Annan Pipe Band, one…