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Highlands & Islands Festival 2025 Results

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Another successful competition was held in the Oban High School today, Saturday, May 3, with healthy entries in all competitions. Senior Champion Piper Angus J MacColl, Benderloch, is pictured above. P/A Ceol Mor for Cooper Salver (1st) and Dugald MacColl Memorial Trophy (2nd).1 Sandy Cameron, Old Men of the Shells2 Brodie Watson-Massey, Lord Lovat’s Lament3 Angus J MacColl, MacLeod of Raasay’s Salute4 Cameron May, Lament for the Earl of Antrim…

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Editor’s Notebook: Highlands & Islands Festival/ Duncan Johnstone Tune/ College Video/ Piobaireachd Society

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All roads lead to Oban today for tomorrow’s Highlands & Islands Festival. There are events for all grades and age groups in both senior and junior. Venue is Oban High School from 9am. There is nothing to beat live music. The weather is set fair. There’s great sea food on the pier. Why not get in the car or jump on a bus and enjoy some West Highland air and…

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New Book Available on John Macdonald, Inverness

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The Piobaireachd Society and author John Shone have published a new book ‘Life, Times and Music of John Macdonald, Inverness’. It is considered an important work in that it contains previously unseen correspondence and the manuscript book of the man described by Sheriff JP Grant, Rothiemurchus thus: ‘Those who have heard him playing the ancient classical music of the Great Highland pipe will, if they have a spark of music…

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Virginia Tattoo Band Championship/ Maj. Gen. David McDowall CBE

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The North America Pipe Band Championship was held at Scope Plaza, Norfolk, Virginia, on Saturday, April 26, 2025, writes Alli Pereira. Weather was perfect for piping, 78 degrees (25C), with frequent cloud cover…until Massed Bands and the Senior Drum Major saying ‘By the right, quick march’. Suddenly a monsoon happened as if commanded by the D/M! Massed bands was cut off swiftly and we were able to scramble indoors to…

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Honouring Piper Daniel Laidlaw VC, WW1’s Piper of Loos

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The Ancre Somme Association Scotland Charity has launched a project to have a bronze bust of Piper Daniel Laidlaw VC ‘The Piper of Loos’ unveiled in his home village of Swinton, Berwickshire, writes Kevin McLean. The planned date for the unveiling is 25th Sept this year. This marks the 110th anniversary of Daniel going over the top at the Battle of Loos in 1915.  We have gained the support of…

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