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Captain John MacLellan Memorial Competition and Archive Correspondence

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P/M Ross McCrindle of the Scots Guards and Senior Pipe Major in the British Army has sent this about Saturday’s important professional piping contest at the Army School in Edinburgh: ‘The Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming will again be hosting the Captain John A MacLellan Piping Championships on Saturday the 7thof October.  Held at Inchdrewer House within Redford Barracks, this event features some of the best solo pipers in…

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Australia Honours Drummer Alex McCormick

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Pipe Bands Australia: Australia’s first principal of drumming Alex McCormick will be honoured at the 2017 Australian Solo Drumming Championships in Canberra next weekend where more than 45 drummers have entered for the premier event being hosted by Canberra College of Piping and Drumming.  Champions and placegetters in each event at the titles will receive The Alex McCormick Award certificate recognising their achievement. The certificates have been developed by Pipe…

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Brechin Junior Solo Piping Results

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Results from the City of Brechin Pipe Band Junior Solo Piping held in Dundee’s Craigie High School on 30th Sept. Judges were David Wilton, Matt Wilson and George Wilson. Trophy winners are pictured above: Under 18 chanter: Lachlan Rennie. Under 18 Novice Piping 1 Cailean Townsley 2 Ross Mauritzen 3 Brodie Barrie Intermediate Piping 1 Fraser Robson 2 Ewan Allen 3 Rory Grant Under 15 Piobaireachd 1 Bobby Allen 2…

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Pipe Band Magazine Now Available for Download/ Balmoral Classic Announcement

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The october edition of the RSPBA’s official magazine is now available for download: Organisers of the Balmoral Classic competition in the US have sent this: The Balmoral School Invites Young Pipers and Drummers to its 2017 Competition On November 18, 2017, the 11th annual Balmoral Classic, the US Junior Solo Bagpiping and Solo Snare Drumming Championships for entrants 21 years of age or younger, will take place in Pittsburgh, PA. [wds id=”2″] Pipers will compete in…

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Pipe Band Magazine/ Archie Kenneth Quaich Amateur Piobaireachd

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The autumn edition of Pipe Band Magazine will be available for free download this weekend. The magazine is the official publication of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association and is provided gratis as a service to the pipe band community worldwide. October’s features include: All the World Champions from Glasgow Green back in August Part 2 of an interview with adjudicator David Brown A historic look back at 70 years…

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