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Glenfiddich Result

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The 2014 championship was won by Stuart Liddell (pictured above on his way to victory and below with the trophy) who placed 3rd in Ceol Mor and 2nd in the MSR. Runner-up was Bruce Gandy and third Roderick MacLeod. . Full results Ceol mor 1 Roderick MacLeod, Isabel MacKay 2 Bruce Gandy, Big Spree 3 Stuart Liddell, Lament for Colin Roy MacKenzie 4 William McCallum, Rout of the Lowland Captain…

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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…