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Northern Meeting 2017 Underway with Convivial Reception and Music

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This year’s Northern Meeting got under way last night with a very pleasant reception in the city’s Town House hosted by Deputy Lord Provost McAllister, writes the Editor. In her speech Mrs McAllister talked of the long history piping had in Inverness and reminded us of one of its finest sons, John MacDonald, piper to Kings and the first Piping Instructor appointed by the Piobaireachd Society to run the Army Class…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Northern Meeting/ SPA/ Wedding Piper/ MSR Playing

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To Inverness today for the 2017 Northern Meeting. Proceedings begin this evening with a reception in the city’s Town House hosted by the Lord Provost with the Queen’s Own Ex-Members Pipes and Drums parading at 7.45pm. The competitions at Eden Court are tomorrow from 9am with the Gold and Silver Medals, the ‘A’ MSR and the Formers Winners’ MSR. Results will be known from late afternoon onwards so watch this…

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Draw for Amateur CLASP Competitions at the Northern Meeting

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Friday 1st September 2017 – Starting Time – 9.30am  Venue – Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, Room – Jim Love Studio Order of Play: Grade 3 – Piobaireachd Dugald Macleod (Full & Ground) Robert Thomson (Full & Ground) Dorothy Moodie (Full & Ground) Grade 2 – Piobaireachd Ewen Brindle Stewart Allan Robert Wilson George Gordon David McRobb Iain Kirkwood Allan Harper Grade 1 – Piobaireachd Ian Graham Janette Greenwood Harry Walters Stephen Ross…

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Review – ‘Jock’s Jocks’, A One Act Play by Gary West

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National Piping Centre, 8th August………….. Those who survive war often say nothing of their experience, writes Dr Jack Taylor.  So Gary West’s discovery that Jock Duncan, father of P/M Ian and the late Gordon, had taped, then typed out, reminiscences of some 60 World War 1 survivors over 50 years is a precious one, especially as it was done in dialect, mostly the Doric of Jock’s Aberdeenshire.  They could speak…

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Help Graham Brown

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Top drummer Graham Brown is facing difficulties thanks to Hurricane Harvey. Never good to hear about someone losing out. Maybe the PP readership can assist?  Graham, brother of famous piper Glenn, teaches drumming at the St.Thomas Episcopal School in Houston. His house has been hit head-on by Harvey and he’s in the unfortunate position of facing the loss of all of his belongings. Please consider donating to the GoFundMe campaign that…

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