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Rob MacNeil, President of the British Columbia Pipers’ Association: ‘A note that Jori Chisholm won the 4th annual Boney Music Memorial Invitational on February 9, 2019. ‘Over $2,500 was raised for brain cancer research at the BC Cancer Foundation. All the details and pictures are athttps://www.bcpipers.org/2019/02/jori-chisholm-wins-the-2019-boney-music-memorial-invitational/ ‘I have also enclosed a picture of Jori in action at the event [above]. It was a great night all around.’ Here is the BCPA…

I read at the weekend that Scottish local authorities can only raise around 12% of their own inciome from local taxes (down from 20% some years ago).As such I am not sure we should be too critical of them when we consider the worrying situation of music teaching in our schools. These councils have their hands tied. Direct much of your ire to the Scottish ‘government’ at Holyrood. In the…

The promoters of the Uist & Barra Professional Piping Competition, the first major of 2019, have announced details of this year’s event. It will be held in the National Piping Centre, Otago Street, Glasgow, on Saturday March 2 at 9am. There are events for Ceol Mor, March, Strathspey and Reel and Hornpipe and Jig. The invited pipers, in no particular order, are Cameron MacDougall, Connor Sinclair, William McCallum, Cameron Drummond,…

The promoters of the European Pipe Band Championships have sent this: The countdown is on to Piping Inverness with tickets now on sale.  Piping Inverness, which incorporates the European Pipe Band Championships, takes place in Bught Park, Inverness on Saturday 29th June 2019. Thousands of visitors made up of locals, tourists and the piping community, are expected to attend the one-day event.  It was announced back in June 2018 that the…

The Northern Meeting Piping competitions have attracted a new sponsor. The Clan Donald Lands Trust has become the main sponsor of the prestigious Clasp piobaireachd at the Northern Meeting offering a new trophy and increased prize money.  The competition, which began in Inverness in 1841, will take place at Eden Court Theatre at the end of August.  Major General Seymour Monro, Chairman of the Northern Meeting Piping Trustees, said he was…