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Wheel of Fortune – Updated with Picture

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Results of the ‘Wheel of Fortune’ competition held yesterday at Danderhall Miners Welfare Club south of Edinburgh. Paul White reports: ‘Duncan at the double at the Wheel of Fortune’ Corporal Ben Duncan of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards was a two-times winner at the 2017 Pipe Majors’ Wheel of Fortune competition, organised by the City of Edinburgh Pipe Band.  As well as lifting the top prize in the Wheel medley event,…

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Wheel of Fortune Draw/ Inverness Piping Society Recitals

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Paul White, organiser of the ‘Wheel of Fortune’ contest, has sent the line up for what promises to be a fine afternoon of piping a week tomorrow. Headlined ‘Magnificent seven are quick on the draw’ Paul’s message reads: ‘The City of Edinburgh Pipe Band has announced the draw for the 2017 Pipe Majors’ Wheel of Fortune competition. Gordon Bruce, Pipe Major of the West Lothian Schools band, will be first to…

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PP Editor’s New Year Blog: the Official Honours List for 2016/ Wheel of Fortune/ South Florida

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All the best for 2017 to all our readers and advertisers and thank you for making the past year such a success for Piping Press. We are now approaching our one millionth view since we started in September 2014: 993,651 to be exact, as of today. I believe it has been an outstanding year for piping and for pipe bands and it has been our pleasure to record and report…

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Brian Wins ‘the Wheel’ (updated with sound file)

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Fife’s Brian Lamond was the winner of the popular ‘Wheel of Fortune’ piping contest held today in Danderhall Miners Welfare south of Edinburgh, writes Robert WallacBrian (pictured above celebrating at the wheel) was placed first ahead of Alasdair Henderson and Calum Beaumont in the overall contest. The MSR was won by Niall Stewart, Kyle, and the joke telling contest, for the umpteenth time, by the overall winner himself. (Too risqué…

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Draw for Wheel of Fortune/ PP Miscellany/ Drumming Prizes Poll

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Paul White: The City of Edinburgh Pipe Band is pleased to announce that the draw has been made for the 2015 Pipe Majors Wheel of Fortune competition. The event, which will be held in Danderhall Miners Club on Saturday 7th February, will see some of Scotland’s finest traditional musicians take part in a unique competition where musical expression and entertainment comes to the fore.   The order of play is…

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