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Goal setting and the rule of three tune memory tip

Goal setting and the rule of three tune memory tip

Days four and five of the February Piping Challenge were presented by Dan Nevans. Day four focused on dreaming big when setting your short and long term piping goals, and can be watched here on The National Piping Centre’s Facebook page. Day five was all about learning tunes, and using […]

Inveraray & District Pipe Band at the Scottish Championships In Dumbarton 2019, where they finished first in Grade 1

RSPBA to zoom AGM on March 12

The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association announced yesterday that their Annual General Meeting will be held as an online zoom meeting on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 11 am. Their decision to hold an online meeting is in order to follow COVID-19 guidance from the Scottish Government, and to allow […]

Pipe Band Drumming Teacher wanted

Pipe Band Drumming Teacher wanted

East Dunbartonshire Council are looking for a Pipe Band Drumming Teacher to work across its schools. Application deadline is Tuesday, February 8 – a week today! The contract is offering a fixed term, part-time position of 14 hours per week. Find out more at the link: https://bit.ly/EastDunDrum2022

February Piping Challenge starts today

The National Piping Centre is asking pipers to take part in the February Piping Challenge in preparation for the 2022 piping season. The month-long Challenge will encourage players of all levels to get the pipes out the box. After a long period where pipers haven’t had many reasons to practice, […]

Iain Lowther appointed at QVS / Donald Drone

Iain Lowther appointed at QVS / Donald Drone

Iain Lowther has been appointed as the new Piping Instructor at Queen Victoria School, Dunblane. He takes over from Gordon Ross, ex-Gordon Highlanders. Iain, pictured, taught piping at The National Piping Centre (TNPC) after retiring from the Army where he was a Scots Guards Pipe Major. He is also the […]

Stuart Letford reviews the James Duncan Mackenzie Collection

Stuart Letford reviews the James Duncan Mackenzie Collection

James Duncan Mackenzie had a busy and creative lockdown. The Silver Medallist from Lewis, Scotland published this, his first collection, at the end of 2021 and he has just released his third solo-piping album, a recording that features music from the book. Too many collections produced these days contain page […]

Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition cancelled

Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition cancelled

This year’s Pipe Major Donald MacLeod MBE Memorial Piping Competition has been cancelled, Bagpipe.news has learned. Organisers, The Lewis & Harris Piping Society, cite the uncertainty of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The competition had been due to take place at the Caladh Inn, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis on Friday, April […]