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National Mòd Piping Results

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A busy day of competition at the National Mòd, back in its spiritual home, Oban, until Saturday 19th October, writes Alastair MacGregor. The venue for the piping was Oban High School and there very good numbers for B grades and the children’s competitions. The weather outside was very poor with high winds and sleet forcing the cancellation of the traditional Mod shinty match. P/A winners John Dew and Angus MacPhee are…

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Editor’s Notebook: RSPBA Fundraiser Job/ Sun Belt Info/ Historic Piper of Year Pictures/ Letters

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The decision by the RSPBA to appoint a fund-raising officer is long overdue. Given the millions the Association brings into Scotland each year via the Worlds and feeder events such Piping Live and the Worlds Week concert, it has a strong ethical case for public funding. Given the work bands do in education and in preserving an important Scottish tradition, the new man should be able to tap into cultural…

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News from Across the Water: Piper of the Year/ Solo Piping & Drumming Champs./ New Leading Drummers

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Saturday, September 28th saw the annual Piper of the Year competition in the Adair Arms, Ballymena. There was a decent attendance to listen to the eleven invited pipers who competed in the afternoon in the Piobaireachd section and then in the evening’s MSR and Hornpipe and Jig. The pipers played in the following order: Andrew Pattison, James Frazer, John McElmurry, Alastair Donaghy, Andrew Nelson, Kris Coyle, James Stone, Marc Warnock, Scott…

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Legendary Boys Brigade Company Honoured with a Civic Reception in Home City

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Last Friday my old Boys Brigade Company, the 214th Glasgow, was honoured with a Civic Reception from the city to mark 100 years since the company’s founding. It was held in the City Chambers off George Square. Glasgow has deserved much of the recent criticism of its roads, litter, shop closures…but you cannot complain about the City Chambers. If you have never visited you must. There won’t be finer marble…

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Dr Hugh Parker Dinwoodie, General Practitioner, Piper and Climber

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Born on this day in 1930, Dr Dinwoodie, who died last year, was a member of the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society and a lifelong supporter of the Piobaireachd Society. This touching tribute was written by his son Colin….. There is never a good time to begin writing of a parents’ passing, and until now I have felt unable to keep pace with life and prepare this for my father, a…

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