New Drumming Job/ Thoughts on the Worlds Draw/Killin Games 2015 Cancelled

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Carnegie Mellon University is looking for a  new drumming instructor for its Pipes and Drums. Professor of Music, P/M Andrew Carlisle, the recent winner of the top US solo piping prize, the USPF, said : ‘Carnegie Mellon University is seeking a drumming instructor to lead the drum corps of its ‘Pipes and Drums’. The creation of this new drumming position is a huge step forward by the University. For many years, Carnegie Mellon…

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PP Video Archive/ John MacDonald Recording/RSPS pic/Mod Reminder

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New PP Video Archive page launched today with a slideshow from the Argyllshire Gathering. It has pictures from before WW2 right up to the present day.  The picture above is included. It is from the games at Oban in 1950, and the pipers left to right are: John Finlay, Charlie Scott, Willie Connell, Donald MacLean (Lewis), a shy looking John Burgess, George Stoddart, J O’Grady and R Henderson. John D. had…

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Brìghde Chaimbeul Recital/ Roderick Cannon’s Funeral/ CNE Tattoo

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A good crowd of 60 or so gathered at St Mary’s Church in Haddington last Sunday to hear 17-year-old Brìghde Chaimbeul from Skye give a very well-received piping recital. Brìghde played a wide-ranging set of tunes on both the Highland pipes and smallpipes. She began  with a selection of 6/8 marches, including MacLeod of Mull and MacNeill of Ugadale. She then played some hornpipes and jigs and continued with the MSR, Braes of…

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Updated with 78th Reunion/Angus MacKay Part 2/ Drumtochty Games/ NE League

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Press Release on the forthcoming Celtic Connections concert featuring former members of the World Championship winning 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band: ‘The seminal 1987 ‘Live in Ireland’ concert recording is to be celebrated at 2016 Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow. A group from the 1987 vintage 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band and household names of the pipe band world come together to form a special once-in-a-lifetime band of big talent and…

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Luss Games Results & Comment

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Today’s Luss Highland Games went ahead despite heavy rain showers and gusty winds. The entries were what one might expect in such circumstances: six in the ceol mor and seven in the ceol beag. The above picture shows Donald MacPhee on the piobaireachd board on his way to first prize. Piob: 1 Donald MacPhee, Battle of Auldearn No 1 2 Ben Duncan, MacDougall’s Gathering 3 Rebecca Tierney, Corrienessan’s Salute 4 Ben…

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