Highlands and Islands Young Piper of the Year (updated with tunes and judges)

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Senior (Under 30) Pìobaireachd: 1st Alasdair Henderson, My King Has Landed in Moidart 2nd Cameron Drummond, Mary’s Praise 3rd Brìghde Chaimbeul, Big Spree Under 3O March 1st Alasdair Henderson, Col. MacLean of Ardour 2nd Cameron Drummond, Braes of Castle Grant 3rd Brìghde Chaimbeul, P/M Jim MacWilliams Under 30 S&R 1st Cameron Drummond, Shepherd’s Crook, John MacKechnie 2nd Alasdair Henderson, Hector MacLean/ Sandy Cameron 3rd Jonathan Simpson, Fiddler’s Joy/ Grey Bob Under…

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The Worlds – the Final Lists of All Bands Entered

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The full lists of bands entered for the World Pipe Band Championships are published today. A remarkable  234 will be taking part in what is easily the biggest competition of the year. All will gather on Glasgow Green three weeks from this Saturday (August 12 and 13) to battle it out for top honours. The most heavily populated list is, as expected, in Grade 4b where 67 bands have entered with…

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Inveraray Games Results – Complete with Juniors

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Very warm, sunny day. ‘A’ Piob Four tunes asked for but given to pipers one week beforehand. 1 Finlay Johnston, MacLeod of MacLeod’s Lament 2 Roderick MacLeod 3 Cameron Drummond 4 Callum Beaumont 5 Angus MacColl Snr. 6 Faye Henderson Judges: M McRae, J Wilson ‘A’ March 1 Stuart Liddell 2 Roderick MacLeod 3 Alasdair Henderson 4 Callum Beaumont 5 Allan Russell 6 Steven Gray/Graham Drummond Judges: W Cowan, J…

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Thoughts on James Campbell’s Letters regarding ‘Masters of Piobaireachd’

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The Masters of Piobaireachd series comprising 10 CDs was an initiative of Norman Matheson and Robert Wallace. As each CD was released, Norman sent a copy to the late James Campbell who responded with letters of analytical content, extracts of which appeared in Piping Press from March 2015. For those pipers who have the CD collection, the letters are of interest, and to retain them along with their collection would be…

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Inverness Games Results

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The piping at Inverness Games is run by Inverness Piping Society. Secretary Alastair Campbell has kindly forwarded these results.  Open Piobaireachd 1. Decker Forrest 2. Fred Morrison 3. Charles Macdonald 4. Finlay Clark 5. James MacPhee Judges: I MacFadyen, R Lightfoot Open MSR 1. Fred Morrison 2. James MacPhee 3. Decker Forrest 4. Stephen Spencer 5. Bruce Macdonald Open H&J 1. Gary McKay 2. Stephen Spencer 3. Fred Morrison 4….

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