Tag: great highland bagpipe

William Grant Foundation Funding For Piping – 2016 Report

Posted on      by     

The William Grant Foundation reduced sponsorship cash disbursed through the National Piping Centre in Glasgow from £145,000 in 2015 to £140,000 in 2016. Further cuts to this figure have been hinted at for this year as the Foundation, the charity wing of the whisky giant, re-aligns its contributions to deserving causes in Scotland, writes the Editor.  William Grant & Sons’ generosity towards our art is legion. Their largesse is now administered…

More William Grant Foundation Funding For Piping – 2016 Report

Antigonish Highland Games, Bands and Solo Results (Updated with Pix)

Posted on      by     

Iain Boyd reports: The Antigonish Highland Games, Nova Scotia, were held on July 8 and 9, 2017,  under mixed weather conditions. Saturday’s competitions were greeted with Scotch Mist and Sunday’s competitions were held under sunny skies. Fourteen bands from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Alberta competed over the two days. Close to 100 solo competitors played including nine in open professional piping. Alex Gandy was professional piper of the…

More Antigonish Highland Games, Bands and Solo Results (Updated with Pix)

Fine Selection of Second Hand Books Offered for Sale by Piping Press Shop Now Sold

Posted on      by     

Six classic piping books were offered for sale today for by the Piping Press Shop. These have now sold within one hour of going on sale. The books, first lot, were the ‘Seaforth Highlanders Collection’, Seumas MacNeill’s ‘Tutor for Piobaireachd’ and Roderick Cannon’s ‘Highland Bagpipe and Its Music’. Revenue from these sales will help maintain Piping Press’s not for profit, subscription-free service. The ‘Seaforth Collection’, currently retailing new at £25, was first…

More Fine Selection of Second Hand Books Offered for Sale by Piping Press Shop Now Sold

McCallum Bagpipes to Sponsor Launch of Bill Livingstone Book

Posted on      by     

Meaghan Lyons, the publicist for Bill Livingstone’s book of memoirs, has sent this:  ‘Bill Livingstone is delighted to confirm McCallum Bagpipes Ltd as sponsor of a very special celebration of Preposterous: Tales to Follow, Bill’ soon-to-be-released memoirs. The event will take place on Thursday, 10th August 2017, 4.30 – 5.30pm, at the National Piping Centre and will be hosted by Stuart Liddell. ‘The hour-long event will include a reading of selected…

More McCallum Bagpipes to Sponsor Launch of Bill Livingstone Book

P/M Donald MacLeod: New Slideshow Depicting His Life & Times

Posted on      by     

The great Donald MacLeod died 35 years ago last month, writes the Editor. Today we mark this with a new slideshow (link at foot of column) depicting the life and times of the master piper with thanks to the unnamed reader who alerted us to this important anniversary. Donald MacLeod was born in 1917 and died in 1982.  He was one of the greatest pipers of the 20th century both…

More P/M Donald MacLeod: New Slideshow Depicting His Life & Times