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A Look Back at Early 2018 Outdoor Pipe Band Competitions

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By Alistair Aitken OBE, former RSPBA Adjudicator and not MacStig! Now that the RSPBA’s 2018 outdoor pipe band competition programme is in full swing I have been asked to give general views about some of the contest venues and observations about results etc., with a historical slant where possible.   The outdoor season started with a bang with five outdoor competitions over the same weekend – Dunbar and Bangor (Northern Ireland)…

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Ceol Mor Concert Tickets Available/ AG Judges/ Blair Atholl Gathering

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Tickets for the eagerly anticipated concert of ceol mor to be held in Edinburgh this August are now on sale via the Fringe Festival Box Office priced £10. The date is Sunday, August 12, at 7pm. The venue is the newly refurbished, 200-seat St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh. The concert is expected to finish around 9.30pm and there will be a small reception afterwards. Click here to reserve your briefs for what…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Glasgow Pic/ Mary MacLeod/ Beattie Collection/ Games News/ NI President’s Charity

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My comments on the Lament for Mary MacLeod (see British Championships 2018 – Grade 1 Review) may have baffled some non-piobaireachd players in the pipe band world but you can listen to the whole 12 minute or so tune here (scroll down the page a bit) played by maestro Donald MacPherson and you might get an idea of what I was talking about. To pick and mix ‘tuney’ sections of ceol…

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Gordon Castle Games Results

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Gordon Castle, Fochabers, results from today May 20. Sunny day, seven in Seniors, two Juniors. Piobaireachd 1. Calum Brown – Glengarry’s March 2. Edward Gaul – Patrick Og 3. Gordon Barclay – Pipers Warning to his Master 4. Bradley Boxall – Kinlochmoidart 1 5. Alan Clark – MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart March 1. Alan Clark 2. Calum Brown 3. John MacDonald 4. Edward Gaul 5. Gordon Barclay Strathspey and Reel 1. Calum…

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Jimmy McIntosh, DR’s Scrapbook and the Day John MacFadyen Did the Double

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I spent yesterday afternoon with Jimmy McIntosh who, with his wife Joyce, is on a three-week visit to the UK. Jimmy, now in his 90s, continues to amaze everyone with his energy and enthusiasm for piping. He is a firm believer in the adage ‘don’t count the days; make every day count’ and is currently involved in a number of projects, which, with Joyce’s valuable support, I am sure he…

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