Piping Press

George Balderose reports….Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – November 16-18, 2018: The Twelfth Annual Balmoral Classic produced by the Balmoral School of Piping and Drumming began with major changes in the venue and programming. For many years all of the weekend events occurred at Central Catholic High School’s facilities. This year the Classic moved to three separate venues in or around the nearby Pitt campus. The weekend began on Friday evening with a special…

An enjoyable evening on Saturday at the fundraiser organised by P/M Ross Cowan and his wife Claire for the Wishaw neo-natal unit in Lanarkshire. In all the evening raised over £3,000 for the unit. A very busy main auditorium at the Piping Centre (above) heard music from a quartet from Scottish Power PB, top professionals Gordon Bruce, William Geddes, Finlay Johnston and Darach Urquhart, and junior pipers from Ross’s band,…

This popular contest was held today at the Army School of Piping at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh, courtesy Major Rowan the Director. U-18 Piobaireachd winner Luke Kennedy is pictured above. U-15 Piob 1 Gregor Grierson 2 Nicholas Knowles 3 Dougal McKechnie 4 Lewis Maxwell U-18 Piob 1 Luke Kennedy 2 Christopher Happs 3 Brodie Watson-Massey 4 Hazel Whyte U-15 March 1 Nicholas Knowles 2 Gregor Grierson 3 Jack McGowan 4 Alasdair…

The picture up top will let you see what a huge success last week’s Northern Winter School in Lohheide, Germany, was. It is of the closing concert. Hundreds of locals attended. Admission was free and they made substantial donations to the school. The dates for 2019 have been announced as November 8 -15. Such is its popularity that registrations for the school will open early in the new year. Hornby,…