PP Editor’s Blog 31/10/14

[easyrotator]erc_12_1414049835[/easyrotator]To London today for the annual piping championship from where I will report for pipingpress.com. If the piping is anything like as good as at the Glenfiddich then we are in for a treat. London was always an opportunity to catch up with friends down south and I am sure this year will be no exception. I first went down in 1976 (Chelsea Town Hall) and hardly missed a year…

Glenfiddich Result

The 2014 championship was won by Stuart Liddell (pictured above on his way to victory and below with the trophy) who placed 3rd in Ceol Mor and 2nd in the MSR. Runner-up was Bruce Gandy and third Roderick MacLeod. . Full results Ceol mor 1 Roderick MacLeod, Isabel MacKay 2 Bruce Gandy, Big Spree 3 Stuart Liddell, Lament for Colin Roy MacKenzie 4 William McCallum, Rout of the Lowland Captain…

P/M John MacKenzie and an Unpublished Piobaireachd

Robert Wallace writes: In 1988, prior to the Scotway competition for the performance of original piobaireachd, P/M John MacKenzie, Queen Victoria School, sent me a copy of his new composition ‘Salute the Soldier’.  I’ve now added some background to the tune and a copy of it to our pages archive. Read more here.