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HISTORY: PIPERS, PIPING AND PIPE MUSIC IN THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS 1778 -1924, PART 4

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Today we have the fourth and final instalment of our abridged excerpts from the above named book by Ian Hamilton Mackay Scobie. The book was published in 1924 and is now out of print. This excerpt talks of the origins of the famous Seaforth Collection of Pipe Music, one of the best regimental collections, and prized for its settings and variety of tunes. This excerpt also reveals early actions against the…

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PP Ed's Blog: Messages of Support/ RSPBA Strathspeys/ Ross MacNaughton/ Writing 3/4s

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Thank you to the thousands of readers we had yesterday for my piece on the insult suffered by Senior Adjudicator Barry Donaldson. Thanks too for all the comments. No true friend of Barry’s can be happy at this situation and I would invite those so inclined to send him a message of support. The silence in some quarters has been deafening – as expected. Here are a few of the…

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Barry Donaldson Has Been Wronged, But There is a Way Out of this Distasteful Affair

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Barry Donaldson is a friend of mine so those reading what follows should bear that in mind. Nevertheless I will try to be fair and impartial; you can be the judge of whether I succeed or not. Barry has been wronged by a fellow adjudicator. Of that there cannot be the slightest doubt. The emails from Colin MacLellan are quite specific and indeed his response to Tuesday’s article confirmed his…

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John Retires With a Look Back at Northern Ireland's 2017 Band Scene

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After ten years of covering pipe band events and competitions John Kelly (RSPBANI Honorary Vice-President) has decided to pack away the Nikon D3 camera, hang up the now familiar straw hat and retire from the pipe band scene.  In concluding this ‘Review of 2017’ John would like to thank his many pipe band and drum major friends for many special memories and wish them every success in 2018. January (pic…

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Adjudicator Reveals Detailed Content and Source of Emails

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The following statement was made today by Mr Barry Donaldson to his fellow adjudicator members of the Solo Piping Judges Association (SPJA). A copy has been passed to Piping Press and is reproduced here. Text in bold is Mr Donaldson’s emphasis. The statement reads:   Fellow Adjudicators, Many of you will now be aware of the apology published a few days ago by the College of Piping.  This relates to…

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