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Donald MacDonald Cuach – Update on Last Friday’s Contest

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  Press release: Winners have been announced for two prestigious traditional music competitions held at Armadale Castle, Gardens & Museum of the Isles last weekend. The winner of the 32nd Donald MacDonald Cuach piobaireachd competition (15 June) was  Iain Speirs. Iain’s tune was ‘An Gròta’ or ‘The Groat’. Iain has won the prize twice previously, in 2009 and 2016. Adjudicator Allan MacDonald praised the high quality of all the players. The…

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BC Highland Games

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Rob MacNeil, President, BC Pipers’ Association: In sunny and hot weather, the 2018 BC Highland Games and Scottish Festival was held on June 16 at Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam, BC. 108 solo players and 13 bands competed. Jori Chisholm, Grant Maxwell, and Mackenzie Webster won the aggregates for Open Piping, Snare Drumming, and Tenor Drumming, respectively. On the previous evening, the Open Piping Piobaireachd was held in the new TD…

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Aberdeen Games Results

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Good weather, noisy speakers and pop music distracting for players and judges. 11 seniors, 4 juniors. Piobaireachd 1 Ben Duncan, Lament for the Only Son 2 Alan Russell, Earl of Seaforth’s Salute 3 Gordon Barclay, MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart 4 Greig Canning, King’s Taxes 5 Alan Clark Judges: Stuart Samson, James Hamilton March 1 Ben Duncan 2 Alan Russell 3 Alan Clark 4 Gordon Barclay 5 Bruce MacDonald S&R 1 Ben Duncan…

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United States Piping Foundation Results 2018 (Updated with Pictures and Comment)

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The 32nd annual United States Piping Foundation Amateur and Professional Piping Championships, held in memory of founder Maclean Macleod on 16 Jun 2018, in the Amy DuPont Music Building at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Pictured above are Professional Piobaireachd Champion Derek Midgley Overall Champion Andrew Carlisle. In the Amateur events there were 10 pipers from throughout North America, and 15 in the Professional events.   The adjudicators for the…

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UK Pipe Band Championships Results (picture update)

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Belfast once again hosted the United Kingdom Pipe Band Championships and the spacious cricket pitch at the Civil Service Playing Fields at Stormont provided a perfect venue. It was outstanding day for St Laurence O’Toole from Dublin (pictured above) who took first in G1 and the drumming P/M Alen Tully said: ‘After the disappointment of Paisley the band was outstanding today. We are delighted.’ The full result in Grade 1 was:…

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