In the second part of his two-part article on pipe band tone, Bob Shepherd discusses volume and also the controversial subject of pipe band formation. Tone in the pipe band– Part 2By Pipe Major Robert T. Shepherd From the table above (Fig. 6) it is observed that Pitch is employed […]
With most of us in some form of ‘lockdown’, many members of pipe bands are using technology to try to maintain some form of practice. In reproducing this excellent two-part article written by the late Bob Shepherd and published over two editions of The International Piper (November and December 1978), […]
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) today closed its headquarters in Washington Street, Glasgow in response to updated guidelines issued by the United Kingdom government. The RSPBA’s Board of Directors issued this statement today: “In response to the revised Government guidelines regarding COVID-19, we have closed our Headquarters building […]
March 23, Glasgow – The National Piping Centre has closed temporarily as a result of the global Coronavirus pandemic. The organisation’s management released this statement today: “In light of the ongoing global health risk posed by COVID-19, we’ve taken the difficult decision to close The National Piping Centre for the time […]
The Pipe Major Donald MacLeod MBE Memorial Piping Competition has been re-scheduled to November 27. Organisers, the Lewis & Harris Piping Society, have moved quickly to find the date after making the decision last week to postpone. Finlay Johnston, pictured, won the 2019 competition. The competition, the 27th, had been […]
With the organisers of both the Argyllshire Gathering and the Northern Meeting stating on Friday that their respective events are still planned to take place in August, the following competitors have been chosen to play at this year’s Argyllshire Gathering by the Joint Eligibility Committee*: Gold Medal(Not in order of […]
The RSPBA today confirmed the cancellation of this year’s United Kingdom Pipe Band Championships. This makes three of the five ‘majors’ to be cancelled for 2020 as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak. The United Kingdom Pipe Band Championships was due to take place on June 13 in Lurgan, Northern […]
Organisers for the Argyllshire Gathering and the Northern Meeting have today issued a statement advising that, currently, both of the flagship solo piping events are still planned to go ahead for now. The statement reads: “The Argyllshire Gathering and the Northern Meetings are acutely alert to the impact which the […]
Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, the following Irish Pipe Band Association (IPBA) events have been postponed: Saturday, March 21:National Executive Council Meeting of the IPBA at Great National Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh, Co Tipperary. Sunday, March 22:Munster Solo Championships at Courtenay Boys Primary School, Newcastle West, Co […]
The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc throughout the piping calendar with the news that this year’s European Pipe Band Championships has been cancelled. Also cancelled is the Atholl Gathering, the first major solo piping competition of the games season. The Europeans was due to take place at Bught Park, Inverness […]
