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PP Ed’s Blog: Glasgow Highland Club Contest/ Schools Teaching/ Aboyne Games/ Swiss Massed Bands

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By all accounts the Glasgow Highland Club’s Schools Championship of a couple of weeks ago, won by George Heriot’s (above), was a great success. Such are the numbers wishing to take part that the event has had to be moved from an evening to a daytime affair. All good news. However perusing the lists it struck me that there were no state schools represented! Why on earth not? Perhaps when the…

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Passing of P/M Sandy Hain, Black Watch, 1928 -2018

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It is with regret that we report the death of Sandy Hain formerly of the Black Watch. Sandy was aged 89 and had been in ill health for the past few weeks. His funeral will take place in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and he will be interred beside his second wife in the family mausoleum in that city. Sandy was formerly from Leslie in Fife and was from a family of…

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Lochaber Piping Society Junior Contest Results

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Ken Cameron, Chairman of Lochaber Piping Society, reports: Attached is a set of results from Saturday’s Youth Competition, which we would be grateful to have published. The picture shows the piping  winners. We were very fortunate to obtain really strong support, in putting the event on, from the Estates side of the Aluminium Smelter, Jahama Highland Estates. Sponsorship of prizes was also very strongly supported by contributions from the piping…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Skye Concert/ Two-Drone Pipes/ Paisley Cancelled/ Ayr Society PB

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A great night of good music looks in store on the island of Skye tonight. If you are on the island or anywhere close, get along to hear Skye Piping Society’s concert featuring Patrick Molard, all the way from Brittany, Brighde Chaimbeul and Gaelic singer Isla MacLeod (see poster above). Tickets are £7/£4. Re the two-drone bagpipe item I carried last week, Avi Bloomenstiel of Dallas, Texas, has written: ‘According…

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Piobaireachd Society Conference – 45 Years and Still Going Strong

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The highlight of the 45th annual Piobaireachd Society Conference was, for me, the talk given by John Shone. John has been a faithful at the conference for decades and in a cosily busy room at the Birnam Hotel late on Saturday he regaled us with tunes and tales of his teachers. What a list. From beginnings in the Croydon BB there were lessons from JB Robertson, Donald MacPherson, Bob Nicol,…

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