John MacLellan Memorial (Update 3 – critique and pix added)

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Robert Wallace reports: Faye Henderson won the overall trophy at today’s Captain John MacLellan Memorial competition held at the Army School of Piping at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh. This was a superb day of piping organised with perfect precision by the Director of Army Bagpipe Music, Major Steven Small, and his assistant P/M Scott Methven. The standard was extremely high with the judges declaring Faye Henderson’s performance of Donald Gruamach’s March…

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PP Editor’s Blog 3/10/14

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I’m building a database of Gold Medallists and it can be viewed here. Still to do Northern Meeting. I am trying to include as many of the tunes played by the winners as possible and would appeal to readers to send me on the names of tunes for inclusion, as many as they can remember. Please email them to pipingpress@gmail.com ** To the John MacLellan Memorial competition tomorrow for a…

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Pipe Band Magazine Available Now

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The October issue of Pipe Band Magazine, official publication of the RSPBA, is now available for free from the ppresshop courtesy of the Association. All content and advertisements are interactive and the magazine includes coverage of the 2014 Worlds, the history of the City of Edinburgh Police Pipe Band, a tribute to P/M Bert Short and a review of the new WUSPBA 50th Anniversary tune collection. In addition there is local…

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Set Tunes Posted

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The Piobaireachd Society’s Set Tunes list for 2015 has now been posted here. All tunes in the Senior list are MacCrimmon or MacCrimmon related works. Gold Medal candidates will submit eight tunes of their own choice and Silver Medal six. These tunes and requirements are recommendations to the Argyllshire Gathering and Northern Meeting competitions. Piobaireachd Society membership is open to all with an interest in the great music. Your pipingpress.com editor,…

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A Different Take on Piping Centre Recitals

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Following the review earlier this week by Bill Robertson of New Zealand, Nicholas Taitz of South Africa has weighed in with his own critique…. Nicholas writes: Here are a few of my notes on the excellent series of recitals, during Piping Live, which were all of amazing streaming and sound quality.  Thanks must go to the National Piping Centre for this wonderful set of recitals and their successful efforts to…

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