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Worlds Grade 1 Qualifying gets underway shortly. It is raining and overcast in Glasgow. Cape-wearing weather but not cold. Those not managing to Glasgow Green can watch the action here, details courtesy the RSPBA: The Grade 1 qualification on Friday will again be streamed live by Inner Ear on behalf of Glasgow Life. The stream will consist of only the main arena and not the secondary arena. Online viewers will see…

Ballater Games Results

German piper Anna Kummerlõw continued her fine run at the games with a Champion Piper win. Anna is pictured above receiving her trophy. The weather on Deeside was bright and sunny. Piobaireachd 1 Anna Kummerlõw, Hail to My Country 2 Alan Clark, Marquis of Argyll’s Salute 3 Allan Russell, Lament for the Departure of King James 4 Calum Brown, Desperate Battle 5 John McDonald, King’s Taxes 6 Peter McCalister,  Lady…

‘RISE’, the 23rd Annual Worlds Weeks Pipe Band Concert by Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia

Straight off the bat, we’ll avoid the mumbo jumbo about the Pre Worlds’ Concert (PWC) band having the best chance of winning the big title itself a few days later.  It’s one of those unconscious bias things we have, and in most recent times only FMM has done it. A double-edged sword perhaps. All that practice and time spent on the programme content, whilst the competitive edge may not really…

CLASP Grade 2 – World Solo Amateur Piping

Margaret Dunn reports: Please find attached the results from CLASP Grade 2 – ‘World Solo Amateur Piping Competition’ at Piping Live! The venue was St Aloysius Convent Chapel and the judge today [Aug 9] was Willie McCallum.  Piobaireachd 1st David McRobb 2nd Evan Wraga 3rd George Gordon 2/4 March 1st David McRobb 2nd Stewart Allan 3rd George Gordon Strathspey and Reel 1st David McRobb 2nd Stephen Ross 3rd Stewart Allan Jig 1st…

Good Advice from MacStig on Playing in Arena 1

‘They seek him here, they seek him there, those pipers seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven or is he in hell, the elusive pipe band pimpernel?’  The MacStig algorithm and spreadsheet stack is more complex than the Cameronian Rant. I’m trying to keep tabs on who is where and when this hectic week. I have been a moving target all week, dipping in and out of practices around Glasgow…