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First Major for Three Years Sees British Championship Victory for Inveraray (Complete Results)

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P/M Stuart Liddell’s Inveraray & District were declared the new British Pipe Band Champions today at a blustery Battery Park, Greenock. The other G1 places went to: 2 Field Marshal3 SLOT4 Fife Police5 Shotts6 Boghall with the drumming going to Inveraray. Each band had to an own-choice Medley. Judges for the Championship were: Stay tuned to PP for more on Grade 1. Grade 2:1 Buchan Peterson2 Annan3 Ravara4 Uddingston5 Manorcunningham6…

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Why Is the March Strathspey and Reel Such a Chore for Pipe Bands These Days?

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By Robert Wallace I am very grateful to Dr Jack Taylor for passing on to me a recording of a BBC radio programme from the 1970s. It features my old pipe major Bob Hardie and his band Muirhead and Sons. They had just completed their five Worlds titles in a row 1965 -69, a record for a civilian band yet to be broken, though Field Marshal came dashed close a…

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Piping and Drumming Instructors Wanted/ Premier Florida Contest Update

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Part time piping and drumming instructors are required for the Blairgowrie, Angus, schools area. The spec reads: ‘To develop a performance pipe band by delivering lessons in the Blairgowrie and District Community Schools area, running band practices, and organising performances. ‘The programme is managed by the Blairgowrie and District Schools Pipe Band Committee, which is a constituted voluntary organisation. The post-holder will report to the committee. ‘Lessons will take place…

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Atholl Highlanders Pipes & Drums Mark Musical Succession At This Year’s Parade

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Entries are now closed for one of the first Highland games of the summer at Blair Atholl on May 29. Pipers have topped sixty with double figures in all grades P/A, B and C. The day before the games….. This year’s Atholl Highlanders Parade at Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire marks the retirement of two very distinguished band members who hand over duties to two musical brothers. The Parade will see the…

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2022 ‘Boney Invitational’ is British Columbia’s First Live Event for More Than Two Years

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By Mike Chisholm The British Columbia Pipers’ Association held their 6th annual Boney Music Memorial Invitational Competition and Recital on May 14. BC piper Zephan Knichel took the top prize. Jeanette Bonar, wife of the late Andrew Bonar who started the event, and Andrew’s son Cameron, presented the award to Zephan who will have his name engraved on the trophy for his first win at the ‘Boney’. (See picture above.) ‘It…

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