Tag: Piobaireachd

Poster Reveals Details of 1785 Contest

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What did pipers play in solo competition almost 230 years ago? A poster from the 1785 competition held in Edinburgh for the Prize Pipe reveals all. It tells us that 50 pieces of ceol mor were heard during the gathering; it proves that the tunes we play today were in common currency back then; it shows that despite Culloden, its shameful aftermath and the Act of Proscription, piping continued to thrive in…

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News: Nicol Brown Change, Inverness Medallists, New Letter

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Paula Glendinning reports: Dear Friends of the Nicol-Brown, We hope to see you this Friday evening for Andrew Hayes’s concert, and Saturday all day for the Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Contest. WE HAVE A NEW LOCATION: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 21 Hackett Blvd., Albany, NY 12208, 518-463-2257; http://www.stpaulsplace.org/contact_us_2.html If you have any excuses for not attending, such as living somewhere other than North America, you’re very welcome to forward this message to other piping enthusiasts and patrons…

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Argyllshire Gathering – the 2014 Gold Medal

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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P/M John MacKenzie and an Unpublished Piobaireachd

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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.