Our first report from this year’s Northern Meeting covers the premier ceol beag event, the Former Winners’ March, Strathspey and Reel held in Eden Court Theatre on the evening of the first day of the Meeting. Just to qualify to play in this competition is a considerable achievement – you must have won the now amalgamated ‘A’ grade MSR or the previously separate Northern Meeting ‘A’ March or ‘A’ Strathspey &…
THE ARCHIE KENNETH QUAICH COMPETITION The twenty-fifth annual amateur Piobaireachd competition for the Archie Kenneth Quaich will take place on Saturday, 4th March 2017, in the rooms of The Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society, 127 Rose Street Lane South, Edinburgh, starting at 10am. Entries and enquiries to Alan Forbes, 24 Garscube Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 6BN. Tel: 0131-337 4094 or e-mail: alan.forbes@btinternet.com Competitors should submit two tunes with their entries, one…
The 2017 South Florida Pipe & Drum Academy will take place in Fort Lauderdale from February 15 – 19 inclusive, it has been announced. The Academy will be held in Boca Raton, at 6500 S Congress Ave, hosted by Boca Raton Fire Rescue and the City of Boca Raton. The picture above shows instructors and the Class of ’16. This will be the third year of the popular Academy. Organiser Noah Morrissette said: ‘We…
A few weeks ago we asked the question ‘Do we need to rethink the Champion of Champions Awards’? It was borne of a notion that these awards, when announced at the Worlds, get lost amid all the other excitement and celebration, writes the Editor. Our view is that the Champion of Champions titles should not be sniffed at. As we pointed out, to come top of the league says a…
The Grade 1 Vale of Atholl Pipe Band have appointed Northern Ireland’s Adrian Hoy as their new leading drummer. Adrian’s appointment is a huge boost for the Perthshire band and was announced as they prepared to play at the last competition of the year at their local Pitlochry Highland Games. Earlier this week the band announced the departure of Lee Lawson as leading tip: ‘Lee took a sabbatical from the band…
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