Pipers and drummers are required urgently to participate in this year’s Scottish Music Parade tours of Germany. This will be the tenth year of the popular shows that play to large and appreciative audiences all around the country. Each concert last approximately two hours and features a mixture of modern […]
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One foot in front of the other …
DAN NEVANS relates last week’s in-person competitions at Oban and Lochaber from the perspective of a competing piper I’ve never really been one for vacations. I’m just not good at relaxing. I always feel like the sands of my own personal hourglass increase their irreversible passage as soon as I […]
LD changes at Carnegie Mellon and Closkelt / Cammy Ritchie
Miles Bennington has been appointed at Carnegie Mellon as its new Drumming Instructor. Miles’ appointment at the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania university comes after an extensive search, launched in June. He will work with Andrew Carlisle [Director of Carnegie Mellon’s Pipes and Drums], to elevate the stature of the university’s award-winning band. […]
Piping hot! / Second virtual Cowal hailed a success / Donald Drone cools off
Reader Dave Alton from Australia asks about pipe maintenance in the tropics. He writes: “I live in Darwin in northern Australia – the tropics. There are three seasons here: the wet or monsoon (January-May) which is characterised by torrential rains, the dry (May-October) when virtually no rain falls, and the […]
Piper’s Memorial anniversary to be marked next summer / Roddy’s recital on Lewis
Pipers are being asked to participate in the 20th anniversary of the Piper’s Memorial at Longueval in northeast France. Sculptured by Andy DeComyn of Birmingham, England, the three metre high monument in Longueval village square [pictured] was erected on July 20, 2002. It is dedicated to all pipers who fell […]
Finlay and Gordon complete charity cycle / Abbeyhill Pipe Band: plea for info. / Tour fund
Finlay Johnston and Gordon Bruce arrived in a hot and sunny Oban at the weekend to complete their marathon 104 mile charity cycle from Glasgow. To date, the duo have raised £4,518 raised for Cancer Research. On hand to greet them as they arrived at the finish line near the […]
CLASP profile: Dane Grant
Where are you from and how did you get into piping?I’m from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia residing on Caribou Island, Nova Scotia. I started with the local Army Cadet Corps 219 under Captain Donald Carrigan’s instruction then continued with the Nova Scotia Highlanders then the Clan Thompson Pipe Band then […]
Torquil bows out in style at Oban
This year’s Argyllshire Gathering – the 150th anniversary – was notable for the fact that it took place at all. Up until the middle of July, there was a widespread belief that, despite Scotland now being in Level 0 of its government’s COVID-19 restrictions, organisers would nevertheless not be able […]
Results from Lochaber
The 2021 Lochaber Gathering took place in splendid sunshine today in Fort William. The results were as follows: Ceòl MòrP/A Grade – 1. Pipe Major Ben Duncan (MacDougall’s Gathering); 2. Sandy Cameron (End of the Great Bridge); 3 Cameron MacDougall (Old Men of the Shells); 4. Gordon McCready (Lament for the […]
Mid Ulster Solo Championships 2021
By Ian Burrows (RSPBANI Project Manager) As part of the Pipe Band Festival Showcase Events being organised by the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, Northern Ireland branch (RSPBANI), the Mid Ulster Outdoor Solos took place last Saturday (August 21) with a healthy entry of 63 competitors. This was the first competitive […]