Stuart Liddell from Inveraray, Scotland was awarded the 2020 Silver Chanter tonight. Stuart was assigned the classic MacCrimmon tune, Lament for the Children to play. Held tonight at the National Piping Centre’s headquarters in McPhater Street, Glasgow, the iconic event took place behind closed doors but was broadcast live over […]
Competitors from seven different countries entered the Competing Pipers’ Association’s (CPA), recent online B Grade competition. The results are: B Grade Piobaireachd (29 competed) – 1. Bobby Durning (The Rout of Glen Fruin); 2. Fraser Allison (MacNeill of Barra’s March); 3. Teddy Krogh (Nameless, Dro O Dro); 4. Gwenael Dage […]
The funeral of Tommy Johnston will take place on Wednesday, August 12 at Dalnottar Crematorium in Clydebank near Glasgow at 11.30am. Due to restrictions placed on gatherings in Scotland as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, numbers are restricted to 20 people. Therefore, only Tommy’s family will be attendance although […]
By A. G. Kenneth In these days it seems that in the topmost ranks of competitive pìobaireachd playing, our leading competing pipers get little or no encouragement to play the shorter, lighter tunes in competition. Is this really desirable? The argument usually deployed against such a proposal is on the […]
The first virtual version of the Lewis and Harris Piping Society’s annual competition for junior players has been hailed a great success, with the online format appearing to enable a big increase in participation from pipers from the southern part of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides in particular. A total of 102 players […]
The annual London Competition has been postponed until next March, the Scottish Piping Society of London (SPSL) said today. However, an online CPA C Grade competition and and SPSL Members’ competition will go ahead on what would have been the weekend of the annual competition, November 7. SPSL President, Michael […]
The result of the online Aboyne Highland Games piping contests saw father and son, Bruce and Alex Gandy of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, take the first and second overall spots. Pipe Major Ben Duncan of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards was awarded third place overall. Held online due to the coronavirus […]
The eight pipers going through to the final of the MacGregor Memorial are: Ross Conner, Campbeltown;Luke Kennedy, Strathaven;Liam MacDonald, Wellesley, Ontario, Canada;Angus MacPhee, Inverness;Henry Paluch, Aorora, Ontario, CanadaAnna Smart, Dunfermline;Hazel Whyte, Larkhall;Campbell Wilson. Christchurch, New Zealand. Judges, Bill Livingstone and Stuart Samson MBE completed their adjudicating this weekend and reported […]
The annual Springbank Invitational Solo Piping Competition has been cancelled for 2020. Competition organiser, the Kintyre Piping Society, hopes to be in a position in the near future to hold it next year. The competition usually takes place in mid-September in the Argyll town, Campbeltown and is sponsored by the […]
The five pipers who will perform at this year’s online Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital Challenge are: Roddy MacLeod MBE, Stuart Liddell, Angus MacColl, Callum Beaumont and Connor Sinclair. The competition, part of Piping Live!, takes place behind closed doors at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow on Thursday, […]
