Argyllshire Gathering – the 2014 Gold Medal

An Engrossing Day of Ceol Mor at Oban 2014 By Robert Wallace Argyllshire Gathering, August 27th and 28th, 2014. Those of us honoured with being asked to judge at the Argyllshire Gathering  meet the evening beforehand to receive our instructions from Piping Steward Jamie Mellor and his Assistant Torquil Telfer.  It is always a convivial gathering with a distinct air of expectation for the morrow and the main…read more…

P/M John MacKenzie and an Unpublished Piobaireachd

Robert Wallace writes: In 1988, prior to the Scotway competition for the performance of original piobaireachd, P/M John MacKenzie, Queen Victoria School, sent me a copy of his new composition ‘Salute the Soldier’.  I’ve now added some background to the tune and a copy of it to our pages archive. Read more here.