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PP Editor’s Blog: Gwen Macpherson/ Govan Pipers Film/ SPA KO/ EUSPBA Piob. Conf.

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Like many, I was sorry to learn of the passing of Gwen MacPherson, Donald’s widow. Gwen (86) died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, on December 2, after chest infection complications. Her funeral service is today, Dec 14, at Mortonhall Crematorium, Pentland Chapel, Edinburgh, at 10.30 am, to which all family and friends are invited. The death notice in the Edinburgh Evening News read: ‘Gwen, very dearly loved wife of the late Donald, mother…

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Field Marshal’s Worlds Week Concert Details Announced

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Details of the eagerly anticipated Field Marshal Montgomery Worlds Week concert have just been announced. Entitled ‘Impact’ the concert blurb reads: ‘Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band is one of the most influential and successful pipe bands of all time. Hailing from Northern Ireland, the band is led by Pipe Major Richard Parkes MBE, Pipe Sergeant Alastair Dunn and Drum Sergeant Keith Orr. With 63 RSPBA major championships to their name, FMM…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Argylls Book/ Oban Pipe Band/New Pipe Band etc….

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P/M Ian McLellan reports on progress with the new Argylls book of bagpipe music. Ian writes: ‘Hi Rab, I thought you might be interested in the above photograph of the personnel involved in compiling the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Collection of Bagpipe Music.  ‘From the left are  myself,  P/M Jimmy Banks, Captain Gordon Rowan, A & SH, Walter Cowan and James Henderson. Keeping you up to date on the progress, all…

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Rutherglen Pipe Band Letter & Two New Piobaireachd Recordings

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We start today with a new letter from piping researcher Hector Russell, Helensburgh. Hector has been delving into the archives of the 214th Glasgow Company of the Boys’ Brigade Pipe Band and discovering many interesting old photographs and information about a band that was a hotbed of top-level piping and drumming tuition during the latter half of the 20th Century. The picture above is of the Rutherglen Pipe Band and features…

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P/M Terry Lee and L/D Reid Maxwell on How to Build Your Band’s Ensemble

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P/M Terry Lee and L/D Reid Maxwell made one of the greatest pipe band combinations of all time. Whilst they were at the helm of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, Burnaby, BC, they won no fewer than six World Championship titles. They travelled thousands of miles each year to compete against the world’s best and were never out of the top six in all that time. So when they talk of what…

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