What a pity to see that there will only be two bands competing in Grade 1 at Pitlochry on Saturday. In my day all the top bands took part. It was seen as a ‘final fling’ of the year and the Perthshire town had its very own pipe band atmosphere that day. For the finale all the bands used to line up in one long file and play together at…
The Northern Meeting Clasp competition is a main feature today with a review of that event and of the successful two-day festival of piping held at Inverness. There was a lot of traffic last week about US piper Dan Lyden playing in torrential rain at Cowal, stoic to the last. But we over here have our own weather warrior too, in the shape of Gold Medallist Faye Henderson. Alister Sinclair,…
Results of the 16th Robert Burns Piping Contest 5th September 2015; Held in Dumfries Academy, Dumfries; supported by South West Scotland Piping & Drumming Academy Judges were Pipe Major Ross McCrindle & Sgt Andrew Reid from the Army School of Bagpipe Music & Highland Drumming in Edinburgh by kind permission of Senior Pipe Major Martin McDonald. Prizes were presented by Andy McCartney representing the South West Scotland Piping & Drumming Academy. A total 45 competitors…
Chatsworth Results for professional and amateur solo piping events held Sunday 6th September. Open Piobaireachd 1. William McCallum – Lament for the Children 2. Peter Hunt – Tulloch Ard 3. Andrew Hall – The Battle of Auldearn (No. 2) Open 2/4 March 1. William McCallum 2. Peter Hunt 3. Andrew Hall Open Strathspey & Reel 1. William McCallum 2. Peter Hunt 3. Andrew Hall Open 6/8 March 1. Peter Hunt…
Finlay Johnston completed his set of Highland Society of London Gold Medals when he took the premier award at today’s Northern Meeting in Inverness, writes Robert Wallace. Finlay won the Oban medal three years ago and now joins the select band of double gold medallists. Today the judges described Finlay’s performance of Farewell to the Laird of Islay as ‘beautifully controlled and phrased, perfectly fingered on an immaculate instrument’. You cannot get…
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