As of today, BagpipeNews is delighted to begin an occasional series of articles combed from the pages of The International Piper. We are grateful to Colin MacLellan for allowing us to delve into the pages of his parents’ short-lived monthly magazine. The International Piper was founded in 1978 by the […]
Glasgow Police Pipe Band has appointed Duncan Nicholson as its new Pipe Major. Duncan replaces Alisdair MacLaren who stepped down from the position last month ahead of a return to his native Australia. A statement released from the band read: “Following the departure of Alisdair McLaren, the band would like […]
The estate of the late Colin Ross is selling some of the late Northumbrian pipemaker’s pipes at an auction early next month. Colin, who lived in Whitley Bay in the north-east of England, died last May after a short illness. He was a major figure in the revival of bellows-blown […]
Three key events in the piping calendar take place over three consecutive weekends next month in Glasgow, Scotland: The Glasgow Uist & Barra Association’s 75th annual invitational solo piping competition is on on March 7 at the National Piping Centre’s Otago Street building in Kelvinbridge in the west end of […]
Kevrenn Alré of Auray in Brittany’s Morbihan district, won the first round of this year’s annual bagad championships held yesterday in Brest, Brittany. The result was: 1. Kevrenn Alré, Auray; 2. Ronsedmor, Locoal-Mendon; 3. Bagad Cap Caval; 4. Bagad Kemper, Quimper; 5. Bagad Vannes, Melinerion; 6. Bagad Ar Meilhoù Glaz, Quimper. […]
There was a very high entry for The National Piping Centre’s (NPC) annual competition for Junior pipers which was held today at the NPC’s headquarters in McPhater Street, Glasgow. As well as a high entry, the judges remarked on a high standard of playing. Results:Under 15Piobaireachd (Ground) – 1. Andrew […]
Double Gold Medallist, Niall Matheson has composed a piobaireachd in tribute to his former British Army comrade, the legendary Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies. The two served in The Queen’s Own Highlanders through the 1980s and 1990s, Niall for 12 years and Alasdair for 17. Alasdair joined as a junior soldier […]
Of all the good causes for which money could be raised, there is none more deserving than one for children with cancer. The Royal Hotel in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone is the venue next Saturday (22nd) for a fundraising piping and drumming show to raise funds for the Children’s Cancer Unit […]
Further to our recent article on the late Bruce Thomson’s tune, Tommy MacDonald of Barguillean, Bruce’s son, Ewan tells us that his father’s talent was admired by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod. The two first met in the late 1940s when Thomson, then serving his National Service in the Gordon Highlanders, […]
After our recent report about Pipe Major George MacKenzie, a few readers alerted us to an article that appeared many years ago in the Piping Times. The article was written by one of the magazine’s frequent correspondents in those days, David V. Kennedy. In his article, written shortly after MacKenzie’s […]
