Just over two weeks ago People’s Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band won the World Pipe Band Championships for the first time in their 52 year history. This morning we take a look back at the photos of the wild, emotional celebrations which were fun to photograph. One couldn’t […]
• PART 52 • BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. In 1987 the Gathering was again held over three days, August 25, 26 and 27. On Tuesday the Silver Medal was held in two heats in the Corran Halls and St Columba’s Cathedral Hall, with 22 in each. Five from each heat […]
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey. Piping Today #82, 2016. There was a time when I thought that one of the hardest things I’d ever done in my life was to play Peter MacLeod’s tune Donald MacLean, twice through in the jig final at the Northern Meeting. John Burgess, ever the […]
I suppose most families have long-gone relations who’ve had unusual character traits, notable exploits or outstanding talents, and whose stories get passed down the generations. Alasdair Mearns is a piper from Rogart, in Sutherland, and he has a distant relation with a very colourful history, but also has possession of […]
• PART 16 • BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. The Highland Gathering 1901 In 1901 the eighth L.H.A.C. Highland Gathering was held on Monday, May 28 at Stamford Bridge. The weather was excellent and large crowds attended. At the close Lady Dundonald presented the prizes. In the evening a dance was […]
In 2016 Greentrax Recordings released an album called Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band – Revisited [CDTRAX389]. The tracks were chosen by Pipe Major Iain McLeod as his favourite tunes the band recorded during their heyday. Shortly before the release Andrew Bova visited Iain to conduct an interview for Piping Today […]
• PART 51 • BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. The Argyllshire Gathering saw another year of change in 1986. Numbers had got out of hand, so in order to accommodate everyone the Gathering was extended to three days. Silver Medal The set tunes for the Silver Medal were Castle Menzies, Clan […]
by Dan Nevans. Piping Today #94, 2018. I pure love swearing. I started at an early age and have peppered swear words into my day-to-day vocabulary for as long as I can remember. I think it might be something to do with being of Celtic descent: Gaelic has a certain ebb and […]
Derek Doyle is the HND Co-ordinator at The National Piping Centre and one of his main roles is the organisation of the Higher National Certificate and Higher National Diploma Music – Piping courses. It started life as an HNC in 2016 and then the HND Course was added in 2021, […]
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey. Piping Today #81, 2016. It’s estimated there are over seven billion people inhabiting our dear blue place — planet earth. That’s a seven and nine absolute zeros. To me, an unimaginable number of anything, let alone a measure of human souls. And yet, time and […]
