Juvenile Indoor Season Preview

Our special correspondent reports on the forthcoming juvenile band contests….Following the cancellation of this weekend’s George Watson’s College (GWC) contest in Edinburgh we look ahead to the Scottish Schools Pipe Band Competition with its now traditional ‘second Sunday in March’,on the 11th, at Inveralmond Community High School, Livingston, West Lothian. The event, now in its 6th year, is presented by the Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust, doing much to…

RSPBA Praises Scottish Schools On Overwhelmingly Successful Championship

The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association has issued a statement congratulating the Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championship on the running of their recent competition. Although not an RSPBA event, the Association has been fully supportive of the SSPBC since the outset, giving pipers and drummers from their registered bands sanction to compete with their school bands. In normal circumstances this transfer would not be permitted under RSPBA rules. Today RSPBA…