Neil Clark reports the sale of his superb set of Henderson silver and ivory pipes (pictured) advertised on Piping Press a couple of weeks ago. They were offered for £5,500. It is pleasing to report that pipes of this quality have gone to very good player based in west-central Scotland. It is surely right that these top instruments end up with pipers who will do them justice rather than, say, a beginner for…
Saturday sees the RSPBA’s World Solo Drumming Championship being held in Caledonian University in Glasgow. As a warm up for that event, and as a possible assist to competitors, we run the following interview with master drummer Jim Kilpatrick MBE, the record winner of the top title, and now retired after a wonderful pipe band and solo drumming career. The interview comes to us courtesy the Association and their official magazine…
The latest edition of PIpe Band Magazine, the official publication of the RSPBA, is available from today. The front cover features L/D Eric Ward of the Glasgow Police Pipe Band. His drum corps won both the British and UK titles earlier in the summer. In other features the magazine continues with its ‘Know Your Judges’ profile of Jim Wark and looks at the service of long-time Shotts man Sandy Bell….
The April 2015 edition of the magazine will be out on Wednesday as a free download from the RSPBA or from the ppresshop. Followers of the Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band (pictured below in 1974 under P/M Tom MacAllister Jnr. and L/D Alex Duthart) will be interested to read of the life and times of band legend Sandy Bell. Here’s a short excerpt: ‘At Shotts, a period of re-building started again when,…
The January 2015 edition of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association’s official magazine ‘Pipe Band’ is now available as a free download. Click here to get your copy or go to the RSPBA’s website. The magazine is produced quarterly by PP Publishing, and the editor is Robert Wallace. He also edits pipingpress.com. In this edition you will find a major feature on ensemble judging by Alistair Aitken, retired senior…
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