The UK Pipe Band Championships will be held on June 16 at the Stormont Estate, Northern Ireland. Here is the order of play and the judges in Grade 1 courtesy the RSPBA. This title has been won by local band Field Marshal Montgomery for the past four years – ever since it was created following the demise of Cowal as an RSPBA championship following the 2013 season. In the above picture P/M…
The weather affected Uist & Barra Professional contest will be held in the College of Piping building in Otago Street on Sept 29. It was due to take place at the venue in March but severe winter weather intervened. Those invited to play are as originally announced: Alasdair Henderson, Craig Sutherland, Jamie Forrester, Angus MacColl, Faye Henderson, Peter McCalister, Ben Duncan, Callum Beaumont, Cameron Drummond, Finlay Johnston, Glenn Brown, Iain Speirs,…
The Piobaireachd Society is to promote a concert of ceol mor as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this coming August. The concert is entitled ‘Classical Pipe Music – Scotland’s Hidden Treasure’. The date is Sunday, August 12, at 7pm. The venue is the newly refurbished, 200-seat St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh. The concert is expected to finish around 9.30pm and there will be a small reception afterwards. The pipers invited…
Firstly apologies for the difficulties current on our home page. We are working to solve the issue. Readers should click the News tab at the top left hand of the page to get the latest post. The Donald MacDonald Quaich will be held on Friday 15 June 2018, 7.30pm – 9.30pm at Armadale Castle, Sleat, Skye. Five pipers, last year’s winner Callum Beaumont, Glenn Brown, Alasdair Henderson, Iain Speirs and Craig Sutherland…
Bill Fraser from the US: Rob, You mentioned Tommy Shearer a few weeks ago. I played under him when I was in Connecticut in 1968-72 in the Bridgeport Pipe Band, subsequently the Clan Campbell Pipe Band. Here is a piece I came across from a local paper ‘The Newtown Bee’. Also, a couple of my photos from that time. Of any interest? Best wishes, Bill Fraser (not the Aberdeen one, though we were both at Aberdeen…
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