Piping Tutor’s Job in Clackmannanshire

The local council had issued the following…….:Applications are invited for a post of Bagpipe Tutor (Youth Music Initiative) Clackmannanshire Council. Based in the Alloa cluster, you will deliver whole class group tuition to P6 pupils in three primary schools. The appointee will be an established practitioner in the delivery of such tuition. They will have proven ability to engage creatively with a varied cohort of students, and a commitment to…

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A Review of the 2018 Northern Meeting Silver Medal

The audience at the Inverness Silver Medal 2018, although small, was bigger than in recent years – perhaps because the set tunes for this competition were thought more interesting than those set for the Gold Medal, both competitions running  simultaneously. The room at Eden Court Theatre was a bit small but the acoustics were good.   MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart Four played this tune. It has been a very popular piece and…

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Reflections on the Former Winners March, Strathspey & Reel at Inverness

The two most important light music competitions in world piping are the Former Winners’ events at Oban and Inverness. To qualify for either pipers must have won an ‘A’ grade March or Strathspey & Reel at Oban or the ‘A’ MSR at Inverness. Today our Special Correspondent recalls the evening he spent at this year’s Northern Meeting listening to the ‘big’ MSR. The montage above shows the winner Alex Gandy,…

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Kilmarnock Pipe Band Has New Team in Charge (updated)

The band have sent this….Kilmarnock Pipe Band have a vision to see a much needed quality pipe band in Ayrshire once again.  To achieve this they have recruited Paul Warren as Pipe Major. Paul has had pipe majoring success in the past when he took Lomond and Clyde from the bottom of Grade 4 to the top of Grade 2 in under a decade. Paul brings with him Karen McCrindle…

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Pipes for Sale/ Balmoral Classic/ New Letters

Set of silver and imitation ivory Strathmore pipes (drone ring caps above) are offered for sale today. Click here for more.  • Something to sell? Pipes, chanters, uniforms? Searching for that old copy of a magazine or a fancy dirk? Well, the place to fulfil your every piping or drumming wish is here at PP Online Ads. For only £25 (£20 non-tax) you can place an advertisement in the web magazine that…

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