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Happiness for Helen and Darach at Piping’s Wedding of the Year

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And so it came to pass that there we were midst the mightily magnificent grandeur of Glasgow Cathedral. The organ thundered the ‘Bridal Chorus’ from Wagner’s Lohengrin, necks craned, eyes dampened and into our vision stepped a beautiful bride gracefully leaving her father to take her place beside her intended. This was piping’s Wedding of the Year, the union of Darach Urquhart and Helen Wilkinson. The warmth of the June day…

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Markinch Games Full Results

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Damp field in Fife at John Dixon Park, Markinch. Chieftain was the popular solo piping adjudicator P/M Jimmy Banks MBE.  Senior Results Piob (17 played) 1 Jonathan Greenlees 2 Ross McCrindle 3 Calum Brown 4 William Rowe Judges: A Frater, A Wright MSR (18 played) 1 Ben Duncan 2 Callum Brown 3 Scott Wallace 4 Brian Lamond Judges: R Barron, A Forbes [wds id=”6″] Juniors Piob 1 Hazel Whyte, Larkhall…

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Royal National Mod Piping Competition Details Announced

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James Graham of An Comunn has sent this.. ‘A charaid chòir, I would be extremely grateful if you would circulate this information (English and Gaelic), attached, to as many of your contacts within the piping scene. The Royal National Mòd takes place this year from 12-20 October 2018, with the piping competitions taking place on Saturday 13th October 2018 in the newly rebuilt Kirn Primary School, Dunoon. Entries for both junior…

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PP Ed’s Blog: More on Renfrew/ Ian McLellan/ CLASP/ Weekend Contests/ SPA/ Drummers

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P/M Ian McLellan (left) has identified many of the pipers and drummers in the above photo of his old band, Renfrew. The band is pictured in 1956 under P/M Tommy Shearer. Standing (l-r) are P/M Shearer, Fleming McAlpine, Alex Clapperton (ex-214 BB), Alex Buchanan, Ian McLellan, David Elder, ? Moffat, ?, Jimmy Healy. In front we have (l-r) Billy Cowan, L/D Alex Healy, ?, Billy Proctor, Alan Just, Ronnie Kinloch…

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Detailed Drawings of Historic Pipes from 250 Years Ago

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We are grateful to Allan Chatto OAM of Australia for forwarding these very interesting drawings of old sets of pipes. Allan writes: Many years ago when I was doing research in the Mitchell Library in Sydney, I came across a large book titled ‘The Book of the Club of the True Highlander’ by a Charles MacIntyre – North published in 1876. This volume, as well as recording details of Scottish…

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