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Thoughts on the 2017 Uist & Barra Ceol Mor

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Some members of the old guard may be beating a selective and not too dignified retreat from the professional solo board, but any idea that the two late withdrawals from Saturday’s invitational Uist & Barra competition would somehow leave an unfillable  performance vacuum should be dismissed forthwith. There is a phalanx of excellence taking over the solo piping scene; a new generation of expert pipers is abroad, young, keen and able. Whilst…

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Uist & Barra Professional Results – Callum is Triumphant

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A very successful competition was held today at the College of Piping in Glasgow. The main hall was very busy throughout the day and hundreds watched this showpiece event live on Livestream. Piping convenor: John Angus Smith; Announcer Catriona MacPhee. The picture above shows the three principal winners Cameron Drummond, Callum Beaumont and Finlay Johnston. This was the second year in a row Callum and Finlay had won their respective…

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Revised Line – Up for Uist & Barra Professional

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Leading pipers Roderick MacLeod and William McCallum of the National Piping Centre have withdrawn from the Uist & Barra Professional competition to be held at the College of Piping on Saturday. The revised line-up still features seven Gold Medallists (four of them double), two of whom are Clasp winners.  The order of play and tunes in the ceol mor is now: 1 Glenn Brown, Patrick Òg MacCrimmon’s Lament 2 Finlay Johnston, Craigellachie 3 Callum…

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Uist & Barra Professional: Playing Order, Tunes and More History

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The first major professional competition of the year, the Uist & Barra, takes place in Glasgow on Saturday. Entry is £12; venue: College of Piping; date: March 4 at 9am. Pipers will compete in ceol mor, ceol beag and port grad-charach (hornpipe) and port cruinn (jig). Here is the running order and the tunes chosen by the committee for the pipers to play: Ceol Mor: 1 Glenn Brown, Patrick Òg MacCrimmon’s…

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Uist & Barra: Details of the 2017 Contest and Association History

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Details of next week’s Uist & Barra Professional Invitational Competition have been released by Piping Convenor John Angus Smith. Those invited to play are: Callum Beaumont, Glenn Brown, Wilson Brown, Cameron Drummond, Jamie Forrester, Faye Henderson, Finlay Johnston, Roderick MacLeod, William McCallum, Douglas Murray, Niall Stewart and Craig Sutherland Entry is £12; venue: College of Piping; date: March 4 at 9am. Pipers will compete in ceol mor, ceol beag and…

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