October 12, Glasgow – John Dew from Crieff but now domiciled in Glasgow was the overall champion piper in the senior piping events held today at the Royal National Mòd in Glasgow. John won the Ceòl Mòr contest with the MSR going to Finlay Cameron. Archie Drennan won the Hornpipe […]
It is with sadness that we report the passing of Hilary Linda Gordon. She was 85 and had been unwell for a month and died in hospital yesterday afternoon. Many people will have known Linda from her attendance at events such as the Glenfiddich and the Silver Chanter over many […]
By Iain Bell Cast your eye toward the above photo of Hazel Whyte, overall champion piper at the South West Scotland Piping & Drumming (SWSPDA) solo contest held on September 28 at Lockerbie. Hazel is pictured with fear an tighe, Andy McCartney and another, well-seasoned gentleman in a pullover. This […]
James Campbell, the well known piping and pipe band judge, decided to give his Tutor Room some character by hanging portraits of some of the great pipers of the past and present. The dedication of what is now his Pipers’ Room was held last Saturday when the portraits were unveiled. […]
As we reported yesterday, the piping competitions at the 2019 Royal National Mòd are set to take place in Glasgow this Saturday (October 12). The draw for the senior competitions is as follows – and in keeping with the spirit of the event we have listed each piper’s respective home […]
There are a few items in the bagpipe.news diary this week. First of all, Willie McCallum sent us this wonderful photo of the late debonair English actor, David Niven dancing as six pipers play beside him. Willie had been watching a television documentary about the Queen Mary, when the photograph […]
John Patrick, Stirlingshire won Heat 4 of the Scottish Pipers’ Association’s current Knockout contest. John, defeated Angus MacColl jnr. and goes through to the quarter finals next spring. The competition took place, as usual, at The National Piping Centre Otago Street, the former College of Piping, in the west end […]
Angus MacColl Snr. of Argyll, Scotland was awarded the overall Edinburgh Castle Silver Trophy in Premier grade solo events at the seventh annual Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Solo Piping Competition held today at the Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh. MacColl won the […]
Female pipers are to be showcased at next year’s Celtic Connections festival. Among those taking part in the ‘Celebration of Women in Piping’ concert are highland pipers Enora Morice from Brittany (ex-Shotts), Robyn Ada McKay (SLoT), and South Uist’s Alana MacInnes. McKay is recent graduate from the Piping Degree at […]
Trevor Dear, a long-term and well respected RSPBA judge, has died. He was 79 and died yesterday in hospital. Dear was an RSPBA adjudicator for many years, retiring after the 2014 season when he reached 75. On retiring he was made an Honorary Life Member of the RSPBA. Prior to […]
