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Updated with 78th Reunion/Angus MacKay Part 2/ Drumtochty Games/ NE League

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Press Release on the forthcoming Celtic Connections concert featuring former members of the World Championship winning 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band: ‘The seminal 1987 ‘Live in Ireland’ concert recording is to be celebrated at 2016 Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow. A group from the 1987 vintage 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band and household names of the pipe band world come together to form a special once-in-a-lifetime band of big talent and…

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Argyllshire Gathering Judges and Background to this Prestigious Competition

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The adjudicators for this year’s Argyllshire Gathering to be held at Oban on August 26 and 27 are as follows:  SENIOR PIOBAIREACHD Bill Livingstone, Iain MacFadyen, John Wilson. GOLD MEDAL Willie Morrison, Jack Taylor, Bob Worrall. SILVER MEDAL Patricia Henderson, Ronnie MacShannon, Alan Forbes. MacGREGOR MEMORIAL MEDAL Malcolm McRae, Robert Wallace, Bill Wotherspoon, Andrew Wright. FORMER WINNERS’ M, S & R Jimmy Banks, Ian McLellan,  Stuart Samson.   <a href=”https://ppresshop.myshopify.com/cart/1106383835:1″ target=”_blank”>Buy…

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Ceres Games

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A pleasant summer day at Ceres in Fife but a low entry of only seven in the professional ranks, possibly as a result of the clash with the pipe band championship at Forres. Jimmy Banks judged all events. Piob 1 Darach Urquhart (left with his winners’ trophy), Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay 2 Edward Gaul, The Groat 3 Peter McCalister, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee (pictured top playing for…

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Letters/Guest Blogger Responds on Piobaireachd Embellishments

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Three new letters added today. Guest blogger Duncan Watson has sent this in response to the response to his original post:  Embellishments in ceol mor are undoubtedly an important aspect of the music irrespective of setting or style of playing and I suppose there is danger in going on ad nauseam on this subject and forgetting about the music. Undoubtedly the methods of writing those embellishments has changed over the period…

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Guest Blogger: The Three Wise Men and Some Thoughts on Technique

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Your favourite web magazine, pipingpress.com, is open to all those who wish to blog about some piping or pipe band matter and who feel a shorter letter would not do their opinion justice. Today we turn a page over to piper, teacher and adjudicator Duncan Watson….. I read the letter from Jimmy McIntosh regarding the reference to piobaireachd embellishments and was reminded of, and amused with, the reference to  ‘The Three…

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