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London Announce Details of Annual Competition

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President Andrew Hall of the Scottish Piping Society of London: The SPSL committee has been very active over the last few months in planning for this year’s London Competition.  We are pleased to announce details of the event below. Notice for Entries to the Annual London Competition Date Saturday November 4th 2017 Venue Kensington Conference Centre, London Closing date for entries September 30th 2017.  Late entries will not be accepted. Competitions Premier grade events Piobaireachd:  Am Bratach Gorm (7…

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Glenfiddich and London

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Reader, and top US piper Jori Chisholm, has sent a request for information on the past winners at London and Blair Castle. Happy to comply,  tables have now been added to the Letters pages. Please note, if you have a query regarding any aspect of piping or pipe bands please feel free to contact pipingpress.com and we’ll do our best to get you the answers; which failing we’ll put out…

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PP Editor’s Blog 21/11/14

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[easyrotator]erc_14_1414056032[/easyrotator]A lot happening since we last met and thanks for all the support and huge amount of site traffic. Check out the new comments on last week’s blog and on Highland dress. Janet Montague has also made a very fair comment about the way pipers/bands write and play 3/4s. Janet is quite correct when she says we write our music with what should be an anacrusis, within the bar. The problem…

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New Letter, New Comment

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RW: Updates for the site this morning include a letter from Roddy Livingstone of the Scottish Piping Society of London on my report on last Saturday’s competition. Roddy puts the record straight on the JB Robertson March and makes some other valuable points. Read here…. Also, we have an extended piece from Duncan Watson on the Piobaiareachd Controversy article. I believe Duncan makes an important contribution to this discussion, a…

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London: B Grade Piobaireachd Review

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[easyrotator]erc_75_1413484305[/easyrotator] Scottish Piping Society of London Competition, Nov 1, 2014, ‘B’ Piobaireachd Review By Andrew Wright Competition reports and feedback, as a rule, tend always to centre on the very top level, with lower grade events mostly by-passed other than for the recording of the results. It is, however, at the lower level that the apprenticeship for the top is served, where performing skills are learned and honed toward the…

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