Has the World Pipe Band Championship Grade 1 title ever been won with brothers playing in the same band? Yes; 1969 Muirhead & Sons and, surely uniquely, there were three of them in this band, namely Tommy, Jimmy and Peter Anderson all from Falkirk. We would be interested to hear of other championship bands with siblings in the ranks but for now let’s rewind a couple of days to Celtic…
Calum MacLean has commented on the WW2 pipes story we’ve been running. If you haven’t seen his post, Calum wrote: ‘I have a set of Lawrie bagpipes with the engraving: ‘THE GIFT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF HIGHLAND SOCIETIES OF EDINBURGH 1939’. ‘I wonder if these are WW2 bagpipes as well. I have seen another set with the same engraving on the chanter stock which were Lawrie bagpipes as well. I…
What a thrill it must have been for the youngsters brought on to the stage for the finale of Johnstone Pipe Band’s Celtic Connections concert yesterday, writes the Editor. It made for an emotional end to what was a thoroughly pleasant way to spend a Saturday afternoon. The concert began with warm up sets from Finlay MacDonald, Angus MacColl jnr. – at times you could have sworn it was dad…
Contest Draw Vale of Atholl Junior Piping & Drumming | 20th Jan. This well run solo contest takes place tomorrow in Pitlochry. Get along to support the competitors if you can. Here is the draw: Event 1 Piob U15 – 09.30 01. Cameron Stewart 02. Edward Hannay 03. Brogan Townsley 04. Milly Fox 05. Fraser Robson 06. Archie Clark 07. Joshua Reilly Event 2 Piob 15-18 – 09.30 01. Cameron Bullard 02….
A treat for piobaireachd aficionados today with the posting on the PP Audio Archive of a performance of the Lament for Mary MacLeod by Donald MacPherson, writes the Editor. The recording was made by the BBC in 1977 during a recital Donald gave with P/M Angus MacDonald at the Eden Court Theatre, Inverness.We are grateful to Donald McBride, one of Donald’s former students. for passing it on. Donald’s playing reflects all…
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