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Successful Piping and Drumming Academy Held in South West Scotland

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Andy McCartney reports…….. Friday 13th may be superstitious for a lot of people, but not for the families and friends of the youngsters who attended a week-long Summer School at SRUC Barony Campus near Dumfries. The South West of Scotland Piping and Drumming Academy (SWSPDA) had just completed its 5th Annual Summer School and this was the end-of-school concert. Thirty seven young pupils attended, and this was the time for them to…

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Loch Lomond (Balloch) Highland Games – Results, Open/Juv./CLASP (updated)

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Piping convenor Colina Helen Campbell has forwarded the full results from Saturday’s (July 14) piping competitions at Balloch on the shores of Loch Lomond. Mrs Campbell is pictured above with winners in the CLASP amateur league contests. Open Juv 14 and under March & S/R March 1 Bobby Allen 2 Fraser Hamilton 3 Calum Barton 4 Mark Morrison S/R 1.Bobby Allen 2.Fraser Hamilton 3.Calum Barton 4.Mark Morrison Open Juv 15-17…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Big Games Week/ New PP Site/ Pipes Sold/ PM Angus pic

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Big week of solo Highland games contests ahead. Would all secretaries, parents and pipers snap away and send us your shots. We now have an Instagram account so any that don’t make the main PP site can be posted there. Inveraray is tomorrow July 17, South Uist 18th, Benbecula Young Piper 19th, Tobermory 19th, 21st Tomintoul, Taynuilt, Lochearnhead, Inverness and North Uist. Isn’t that just tremendous? Thanks are due to all…

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County Antrim Championships, Northern Ireland

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Glenarm Castle on Saturday last provided a scenic backdrop for the County Antrim Championships, writes Gilbert Cromie. The championships took place as part of the first day of the Dalriada Festival which has become well established as one of Northern Ireland’s biggest cultural family events taking place at the iconic Glenarm Castle & Village annually each July with an attendance in excess of 30,000 over the two days. While it…

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Northern Ireland Bands on Parade

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John Kelly reports: Some of Northern Ireland’s pipe bands took part in the Sham Fight parade in Scarva on Friday 13th July.  The annual Sham Fight is one of the largest cultural events in Northern Ireland’s calendar and tens of thousands of people who flocked to the event enjoyed a great day out in wall to wall sunshine. The small and quaint Co. Down village has become renowned for hosting the…

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