Skye Gathering Entry Details and Changes to Rules Announced

The new Piping Convenor of the Skye Gathering, Mr Cameron MacFadyen, has issued updated rules and the entry form for this year’s competitions to be held at Portree on August 8th and 9th. Entries for the Dunvegan Medal and light music competitions will be accepted in the two months between the beginning of April and the end of May. Places in the Dunvegan Medal Competition are restricted to 25. A list…

PP Ed’s Blog: Composing Competition/ Dunedin Errors/ British Reminder/ Guineas Results

Entries for the Shasta Piping Society’s piobaireachd composing competition, sponsored by the Burley Bagpipe Company, have now closed. Twenty-six tunes from seven different countries have been received by the Society’s co-ordinator Steve Rooklidge. This represents a tremendous success on his, the sponsor’s and the Society’s part. The judges, myself, Bill Livingstone from Ontario and Mike Cusack from Texas now have the difficult task of selecting our favourites and finally deciding…

Piobaireachd Society Announce Set Tunes for 2018

Piobaireachd Society Music Committee Chairman Alan Forbes has sent the following:  ‘This is to let you know that the set tunes for competitions in 2018 have now been announced in the ‘News’ section of the Piobaireachd Society website at www.piobaireachd.co.uk‘ [wds id=”10″]

Dunedin Games, Florida, and Stuart Liddell Recital

Our North American Correspondent reports a St Thomas Alumni win in  Grade 2 at this north Florida games. The picture up top shows adjudicator Ken Eller scoring Dunedin Middle School… In a sun drenched arena, 17 bands took part in the afternoon competition, with over 120 solo performers going through their paces in the morning session. A crowd of around 15,000, with a strong Texan contingent,  attended a full day of…

Donald MacLeod Memorial Results

The annual competition was held today in the Caladh Inn, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. Champion Piper was Niall Stewart, Kyle, who placed first in Ceol Mor and fourth in MSR. Runner up: Ian K MacDonald, Ontario. Niall is pictured above receiving his trophy. The Hornpipe & Jig result is not considered in the overall prize assessment. Piobaireachd 1 Niall Stewart, Queen Elizabeth ll’s Sal 2 Roderick MacLeod, Cabar Feidh gu Bragh 3 Finlay Johnston,…