The PPBSO President, Michael Grey, contacted bagpipe.news today to draw attention to the announcement made on the Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario’s website. The article outlines the PPBSO’s plans for the coming 2023 games schedule, and reads as follows: “It may feel like a cold February day in […]
The National Piping Centre’s Junior competition took place today, February 18, in both of the NPC venues in Glasgow city centre and the west end. The full results were as follows: OVERALL WINNERSChanter Champion: Ruby WarrenU15 Novice Champion: Fraser HamiltonU18 Junior Champion: Hector Finlayson CHANTER/MARCH CHANTER/SLOW AIR U15 MARCH U15 STRATHSPEY & […]
The New Brunswick Piobaireachd Club is a Canadian group of pipers and enthusiasts dedicated to fostering an appreciation for the Big Music. Their first session was held in February of 2020, shortly before COVID-19 arrived, and the group got back to holding regular sessions in 2022. Tonight’s session, February 18, […]
Douglas Gardiner, President of the the Eagle Pipers’ Society made an announcement yesterday about the Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner & Recital for 2023. Douglas said: “I am pleased to confirm The Eagle Pipers’ Society will once again be running The Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner […]
Robbie MacIsaac, 22, is an alumni of The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland and recently appeared on the BBC One show, Dragons’ Den, to promote his Flux Blowpipe. Robbie pioneered the product when he was just 14 , a device which could prevent respiratory issues for bagpipers. Robbie’s invention, which […]
Over the last three weeks The Piping Show interviewed Pipe Major Andrea Boyd of the Ottawa Highlanders, Ali Hutton of the Treacherous Orchestra and Ciar Milne who is studying the BMus Piping degree at the Royal Conservatoire. All three were in Glasgow for Celtic Connections, to spectate, perform or as […]
An announcement has been made today, February 10, to cancel the British Pipe Band Championships for 2023. The RSPBA Board of Directors released a statement on Sunday, February 5, saying alternative arrangements were being considered, but today’s announcement seems to end any hope of rescuing the event. Today’s statement from the […]
Rouken Glen Park in Glasgow’s south side will come to life with traditional Scottish and roots music from some of the country’s most exciting artists at The Reeling on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 June 2023. The opening day of the festival sees a raft of bagpipe-driven Scottish bands grace […]
The Scottish Pipers’ Association Juvenile competition will be held in The National Piping Centre’s Otago Street venue on March 18, 2023. You must be a member of the Scottish Pipers’ Association to enter, and new membership applications can be made here. There are 12 events in the juvenile competition listed […]
The Skye K. Richendrfer Memorial Challenge Cup took place on Saturday, February 4, at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The competition was created by Andrew Lewis, Pipe Sergeant of the Macalester College Pipe Band. The competition commemorates the life and work of Skye Richendrfer, who was a prominent and […]
