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London Cut ‘C’ Grade and Amateur Contests from this Year’s Event

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The Scottish Piping Society of London’s President Andrew Hall: Saturday November 3rd 2018 marks the 79th Annual Competition of the Scottish Piping Society of London. The SPSL Committee has been very active over the last few months in planning for this year’s Annual Competition and is delighted to announce that entries are now open, via the refreshed SPSL website: www.scottishpipingsocietyoflondon.co.uk Last year was one of our largest annual competitions, where…

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Review of Grade 2 at the UK Pipe Band Championships

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Some say his Ulster fry is as dry as an Arabian sand shoe….others that his flashes of brilliance are in his hose tops…..yet more that his utterings and muttering are those of a havering Hector – and anything but heroic. But he is our firm family favourite and you just gotta love him…He is, after all, the one and only MacStig…… I think it was those 1970s heavy duty philosophers…

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Donald MacDonald Cuach – Update on Last Friday’s Contest

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  Press release: Winners have been announced for two prestigious traditional music competitions held at Armadale Castle, Gardens & Museum of the Isles last weekend. The winner of the 32nd Donald MacDonald Cuach piobaireachd competition (15 June) was  Iain Speirs. Iain’s tune was ‘An Gròta’ or ‘The Groat’. Iain has won the prize twice previously, in 2009 and 2016. Adjudicator Allan MacDonald praised the high quality of all the players. The…

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BC Highland Games

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Rob MacNeil, President, BC Pipers’ Association: In sunny and hot weather, the 2018 BC Highland Games and Scottish Festival was held on June 16 at Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam, BC. 108 solo players and 13 bands competed. Jori Chisholm, Grant Maxwell, and Mackenzie Webster won the aggregates for Open Piping, Snare Drumming, and Tenor Drumming, respectively. On the previous evening, the Open Piping Piobaireachd was held in the new TD…

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Aberdeen Games Results

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Good weather, noisy speakers and pop music distracting for players and judges. 11 seniors, 4 juniors. Piobaireachd 1 Ben Duncan, Lament for the Only Son 2 Alan Russell, Earl of Seaforth’s Salute 3 Gordon Barclay, MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart 4 Greig Canning, King’s Taxes 5 Alan Clark Judges: Stuart Samson, James Hamilton March 1 Ben Duncan 2 Alan Russell 3 Alan Clark 4 Gordon Barclay 5 Bruce MacDonald S&R 1 Ben Duncan…

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