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Ulster News: Blackthorn Pipers/ RSPBANI AGM/ Show Returns/ Paddy Kelly/ Dundalk/ St Mary’s

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On the third Wednesday of the months of September and October the Blackthorn Pipers Society welcomed guest pipers Kris Coyle and Ashley McMichael. Both of these Field Marshal Montgomery pipers were in outstanding form and videos of theirs and other players’ performances can be seen on the Blackthorn Society’s Facebook page. The Society meets in the Discover Ulster Scots Building, 1-9 Victoria Street Belfast BT1 3GA and it will continue…

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John MacFadyen on the Art of Judging – Part 1

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We are grateful to reader Jack McLachlan for forwarding this recording of John MacFadyen discoursing on the adjudication of piping and, briefly, pipe bands. Jack writes: ‘The recording was made by John Davidson, Parkview, Johannesburg, at his home on 12th August 1973. John MacFadyen was visiting to run a piping school for the Scottish Piping Society of the Witwatersrand and gave this lecture the week before it was due to…

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Ulster News: All Irelands/ Sunbelt Contest/ NI Bands Upgraded/ Derryclavin Centenary

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Following the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II, the Joint Association Council of the RSPBA NI and IPBA announced that it had decided to postpone the All Ireland Solo Championships and J.A.C. Solo Championships which were due to be held on Saturday September 17th. This decision was understandable given the need to recognise this significant time and also to observe the period of National Mourning leading up to the State…

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London Championship 2022 Results

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A healthy number of pipers made the trip to the capital for the Scottish Piping Society of London’s 82nd annual competition held at the Caledonian Club, Belgravia. Bratach Gorm (7 tunes) 1 Bruce Gandy, Unjust Incarceration2 Iain Speirs, Colin Roy MacKenzie3 Alan Bevan, Salute to the Cairn at Borreraig4 Jamie Forrester, Phantom Piper5 Callum Beaumont, Daughter’s Lament Open Piobaireachd for the William Gillies Cup (6 tunes)1 Finlay Johnston, My Dearest…

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Glenfiddich Championship 2022 Results

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The Glenfiddich Champion for 2022 is William McCallum. He was placed third in ceòl mòr and first in light music to take the overall title. Piobaireachd placings:1 Callum Beaumont, Lament for the Earl of Antrim2 Fred Morrison, End of the Great Bridge3 William McCallum, Lachlan MacNeill Campbell of Kintarbert’s Fancy4 Angus D. MacColl, Nameless, Cherede Darievea5 Glenn Brown, Rory MacLeod’s Lament MSR placings:1 William McCallum, Crags of Stirling, Susan MacLeod,…

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