The MacIntyre Pipers of Perthshire/ Lullaby for Iain by Captain John MacLellan

We are grateful to piping historian Keith Sanger (left) for making his detailed research on the MacIntyre family of pipers available to readers. Keith’s research shows the links the family had with the MacCrimmons and also gives us interesting background into a family which won many prizes in the early competition in Edinburgh and Falkirk and who composed such masterworks as the piobaireachd the Prince’s Salute, My King Has Landed…

Captain John MacLellan Memorial Competition and Archive Correspondence

P/M Ross McCrindle of the Scots Guards and Senior Pipe Major in the British Army has sent this about Saturday’s important professional piping contest at the Army School in Edinburgh: ‘The Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming will again be hosting the Captain John A MacLellan Piping Championships on Saturday the 7thof October.  Held at Inchdrewer House within Redford Barracks, this event features some of the best solo pipers in…

PP Ed’s Blog: Juvenile Bands/ 277 Pic/ John MacLellan/ Archie Kenneth/ Florida

I’m told that there a few juvenile and novice juvenile pipe bands who are considering not playing in these grades. They cannot compete against the highly organised and well-financed teaching programmes at some of the private school bands and therefore, rather than opt for a hiding every weekend, may decide to take their chances in the adult grades such as 4a and 4b. If this is the case then we…