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…
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…
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…
The Worlds has attracted an entry of 230 bands, not a record but only a few off the all time high, which from memory was 235. There are 58 bands from overseas (that includes those from the Republic of Ireland). Click the link above for details of bands in each grade. The draw will be made next Wednesday at RSPBA HQ in Glasgow and will be on the Association website that…
The adjudicators for this year’s Argyllshire Gathering to be held at Oban on August 26 and 27 are as follows: SENIOR PIOBAIREACHD Bill Livingstone, Iain MacFadyen, John Wilson. GOLD MEDAL Willie Morrison, Jack Taylor, Bob Worrall. SILVER MEDAL Patricia Henderson, Ronnie MacShannon, Alan Forbes. MacGREGOR MEMORIAL MEDAL Malcolm McRae, Robert Wallace, Bill Wotherspoon, Andrew Wright. FORMER WINNERS’ M, S & R Jimmy Banks, Ian McLellan, Stuart Samson. <a href=”https://ppresshop.myshopify.com/cart/1106383835:1″ target=”_blank”>Buy…
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