Held in Gairloch High School, September 26th Robert Wallace: Well it is good to report that here, right in Iain Dall MacKay country, in the magnificent north-west of Scotland, that the pipe is being taught throughout the region and taught well. School tutors Iain Ruaridh Finlayson (Skye), Gary Nimmo and Alison Sinclair (Ullapool Pipe Band) had many of their young pupils forward and a good account they all gave I…
A real treat today for all piping enthusiasts: a recording of Angus MacColl’s winning MSR in the Former Winners’ competition at this year’s Argyllshire Gathering, Oban, writes the Editor. Angus has kindly agreed to it being broadcast and listeners will hear why he is the revered champion piper that he is. You will have perhaps read before my comments about playing to win, the need to eschew the safe, careful…
New letters added today headed Competition Notes, Monktonhall Pipe Band and the SPA WW1 concert. Congratulations to RSPBA adjudicator and dedicated teacher of piping, Gordon Lawrie, on his BEM from HM The Queen. Here’s how the local paper reported his receiving the award from her representative, the Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire. Gordon is pictured bottom right: Congratulations too to Bleary & District Pipe Band (pictured top) on their elevation to the…
Pre-registration for the 2016 South Florida Piping and Drum Academy is now open. The Academy will run from Feb 24 -28 inclusive at Boca Raton, Florida. Boca Raton Fire Department, 6500 Congress Ave #200, Boca Raton, FL 33487, is the precise address. Likely schedule will be auditions on the Weds, then an evening out for a meet and greet. Classes proper will start Thursday the 25th and the school will end with…
As part of its WW1 commemoration series, the BBC has published a good wrap up on Piper Daniel Laidlaw VC, KOSB. There’s an interview with his grandson Kevin Laidlaw. Kevin, also a piper, went to Loos in 2005 for the 90th anniversary of the battle. He says: ‘I stood out and played The standard on the Braes o’ Mar which was the regimental charge of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers, which…
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