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SUMMARY:North Berwick Highland Games
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URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/north-berwick-highland-games/
LOCATION:Recreation Park\, North Berwick\, East Lothian\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Piping Live! LBPS present… inB
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society concert at Piping Live! features the new bellows piping ensemble\, inB. The quartet comprises Fin Moore\, Brighde Chaimbeul\, Tiarnàn O’Duinnchinn and Louise Mulcahy. \nThe sound of the four sets of pipes and drones playing in harmony creates a rich and deep musical landscape which celebrates the connections and history between Scotland and Ireland. \nThe band took its name because the performers all play … in B.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/the-lbps-presents-inb/
LOCATION:The National Piping Centre
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SUMMARY:The Northern Meeting Junior competition
DESCRIPTION:The prestigious Junior Solo Piping Competitions held at the Northern Meeting are now open to all applicants from the United Kingdom and the wider world. The 2022 Competition will be held at Eden Court Theatre\, Inverness on Friday\, September 1\, 2023. \nThe application form for Junior Pipers can be downloaded from here \nIn the past\, these competitions have been restricted to competitors from the Highland counties of Scotland but the Northern Meeting wishes to hold a junior competition which is of a similar standing to its senior competition by making it open to all. \nThere will be Piobaireachd and March\, Strathspey and Reel competitions for two age groups – under 15 and under 18. \nA number of trophies have been presented for the Junior Competitions including The Pipe Major William Ross Trophy\, the Macinnes Cup\, The Northern Meeting Piobaireachd Quaich\, the Evan Macrae Trophy\, the Royal British Legion Brooch\, the Esther Mackenzie Trophy and the Gordon and Ena Baxter Foundation Cup. \nApplications should be made before 31 May 2023 on the downloadable form.   Payment of entry fee (£15) should be made by Paypal\, Debit or Credit Card. \n 
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/the-northern-meeting-junior-competition/
LOCATION:Eden Court Theatre\, Bishops Rd.\, Inverness\, Highland\, IV3 5SA\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Glengarry Cup
DESCRIPTION:•Glengarry Cup competitors in 2022 with winner Ian K. MacDonald and PPBSO organisers Karine Mayers and Michael Grey. \nThe Glengarry Cup is organised by the Ottawa branch of the PPBSO and it has been awarded since the 1980s when it was donated by the Glengarry Pipe Band. Past winners include Bruce Gandy\, Colin MacLellan\, Michael Grey\, Andrew Hayes\, Rob Crabtree\, Andrea Boyd\, Matt MacIsaac\, Ian K. MacDonald and many others. \n  \n \n•The Glengarry Cup: The PPBSO Ottawa Branch annual cup competition for March\, Strathspey and Reel
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/the-glengarry-cup/
LOCATION:Army Officer’s Mess\, 149 Somerset St W\, Ottawa\, 149 Somerset St W\, Ottawa\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Capt John A MacLellan Solo Piping Championships 2023
DESCRIPTION:•Pictured from left: Director of Army Bagpipe Music Maj Gordon Rowan MBE\, Ross Conner\, Cameron May\, Steven Gray\, Bobby Allen\, Jamie Elder\, Matt Wilson\, Stuart Liddell\, Sarah Muir\, John Dew\, Andrew Ferguson and Colin MacLellan in 2022. \nHeld at Inchdrewer House within Redford Barracks\, this event features some of the best solo pipers in the country\, with separate Piobaireachd and Light Music events in P\, A\, B and C grades and a Hornpipe & Jig contest open to all competitors. Spectators are very welcome.  \nThe 2022 results were:\n\nPremier Piobaireachd\n\n\n\n\nFinlay Johnston\nIain Speirs\nCallum Beaumont\nStuart Liddell\nGlenn Brown\n\n\n\n\nPremier MSR\n\n\n\n\nStuart Liddell\nCalum Beaumont\nIain Speirs\nGlenn Brown\nFinlay Johnston\n\n\n\n\nA Grade Piobaireachd\n\n\n\n\nSarah Muir\nSteven Leask\nCameron Macdougall\nInnes Smith\nAndrew Donlon\n\n\n\n\nA Grade MSR\n\n\n\n\nSteven Gray\nMatt Wilson\nGreig Canning\nAshley McMichael\nPeter Macgregor\n\n\n\n\nB Grade Piobaireachd\n\n\n\n\nJamie Elder\nJohn Dew\nBradley Parker\nBrodie Watson-Massey\nCallum Wynd\n\n\n\n\nB Grade MSR\n\n\n\n\nAndrew Ferguson\nRoss Miller\nCallum Wynd\nAngus Macphee\nAndrew Donlon\n\n\n\n\nC Grade Piobaireachd\n\n\n\n\nBobby Allen\nCameron May\nJames McPetrie\nChristopher McLeish\nBruce Erskine\n\n\n\n\nC Grade MSR\n\n\n\n\nRoss Conner\nBobby Allen\nRyan Cupples-Menendez\nCameron May\nJohn McElmurry\n\n\n\n\nOpen Hornpipe & Jig\n\n\n\n\nMatt Wilson\nBobby Allen\nSarah Muir\nStuart Liddell\nCalum Brown
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/capt-john-a-maclellan-solo-piping-championships/
LOCATION:Army School of Piping\, Inchdrewer House\, 299 Colinton Road\, Edinburgh\, EH13 0LA\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Stirling Piping Recital with Fred Morrison and Chris Armstrong
DESCRIPTION:The Fred Morrison and Chris Armstrong recital is in the King Robert Hotel\, Bannockburn\, Stirling. The event is on Friday\, October 13\, 7.30pm and tickets are £10 and available on the door. \nThe Stirling Piping Recitals are organised by Craig Muirhead to bring the pipers of the Stirling area together and help create a local piping scene. This is the second event of 2023 with the February recital featuring Roddy MacLeod and Willie McCallum. \nThe venue is at King Robert Hotel\, Glasgow Road\, Stirling\, FK7 0LJ. T: 01786 811666 https://www.kingroberthotel.co.uk/
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/stirling-piping-recital-with-fred-morrison-and-chris-armstrong/
LOCATION:King Robert Hotel\, Glasgow Road\, Stirling\, FK7 0LJ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Malin Lewis and Mairearad Green piping in RETURN
DESCRIPTION:Return is a piece for four speaking voices\, a string quartet\, two pipers and two drummers. It’s an exploration into where long poem\, ritual theatre and ceremony meet. \nIt weaves together and layers up text\, music and performance as a celebration of the wheel of the year\, of emerging and receding\, and the common ground of death and renewal that unites us regardless and inclusive of all faiths and heritages. \nIt speaks of cycles and returns\, of seasons\, elements and the beyond human realms and rhythms; of expansion and contraction at our base and at our back that refuses the violence of fractured whiteness\, patriarchy and linear consumer capitalism. It is a meditation on the need to both mark and lose all track of time; how we inhabit the greater whole and have it be frame\, container and guidance. \nReturn will be performed in the round\, and by candlelight in Govan & Linthouse parish church\, over the full moon (occurring at 9.24pm) on Saturday October 28th 2023. \nThe venue is fully accessible. \nPerformance: 20.45- 22.00. (Doors: 20.30). \nTickets (please book below): £0-30. Pay what you can. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/return-tickets-707676598757 \nReturn platforms women\, non-binary and/or trans performers\, and will be accompanied by program notes about the concept and construction of linear clock time\, of timelessness\, of marking time and connection to place. \nPerformers: \nVoices: Jj Fadaka\, Lisa Fannen\, Babs Nicgriogair\, Susannah Stark.\nStrings: Elena Inei (violin)\, Una McGlone (double base)\, Simone Seales (cello)\, Semay Wu (cello).\nPipes: Mairearad Green\, Malin Lewis.\nDrums: Eilidh Graham\, Amy Redford. \nJj Fadaka (she/her) is a feminist writer and workshop facilitator living in Edinburgh. In a mix of non-fiction and storytelling\, she explores community\, feminism\, and love as a path to change. Jj’s workshops are based on black feminist radical traditions that allow us to imagine the world without barriers. Jj was featured as Poet in Residence for the 2023 StAnza International Poetry Festival. Her poetry zine ‘3 Days in Community’ is available from Lighthouse Books. \nLisa Fannen (she/her)\nLisa has been writing\, and sharing words solo and with musicians/ soundmakers\, in particular as part of a duo Claquer with Jer Reid. She published a poetry collection Faultline in 2018 and released it as a collaborative recording project in 2021. Lisa is also a bodyworker and activist concerned with dialogue and information exchange about health in the broadest sense of the term as part of movement for social justice.\nlisafannen.uk\ninthebody.uk \nBabs Nicgriogair (they/them)\nBabs Nicgriogair is a stornoweegie poetician\, a lover of hybrid and liminal spaces with a commitment to worker power\, community building and collective joy. \nSusannah Stark (she/her) is an artist and musician from Fife\, Scotland. Trained in printmaking\, her interest lies in exploring places – both internal and external – connected with experiences of faith and being in everyday life. She currently works with pop music as a medium to explore different dimensions of the human voice and manners of speech\, creating sparse sound collages orchestrated by voice\, field recordings\, trumpet and distorted percussion\, working often in collaboration with trumpet player Philip Cardwell and drummer Laurie Pitt (Golden Teacher). Her debut album ‘Time Together (Hues And Intensities)’ out on Stroom\, was described by Noel Gardner in The Quietus as “a seven-song serving of gossamer dub-pop experimentalism” and at a live show by Jude Browning in MAP Magazine as “music suspending weightlessness and opacity with the unfathomable facets of existence”.\nhttps://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/album/time-together-hues-and-intensities \nElena Inei (she/her)\nElena Inei is a violinist and improviser based in Glasgow. She is a member of the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra\, Collective Endeavours and The New Strings Collective. Elena also collaborates with Barrowland Ballet’s intergenerational dance company Wolf Pack\, and plays in various other project based formations. \nUna MacGlone (she/her)\nUna works across improvisation\, jazz\, traditional and classical genres. She also collaborates regularly with dancers\, actors and poets\, using improvisation as a key transdisciplinary process. Some career highlights include recording with a film soundtrack and two albums with David Byrne; touring with Savourna Stevenson; recording three albums\, touring and performing at two Celtic Connections festivals with Rab Noakes and playing at the Proms with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. As a founder member of Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra\, she has an important role in performing and leading on creative projects such as an innovative annual exploration of Gaelic culture and improvisation with Ceòl ‘s Craic\, a leading Gaelic Arts organisation. As well as these collaborations\, her own music has been commissioned for and played on BBC radio 3.\nA new album with Jim McEwan has just been released on Scatter:\nhttps://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/sun-shadow \nSimone Seales (they/them)\nOriginally from Florida\, Simone Seales is a Glasgow-based cellist who completed their postgraduate studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2021. They focus on free improvisation\, both tonal and atonal\, and devising music for theatre.\nSimone is passionate about exploring sound\, how sound can reflect emotional states of being and how emotions are embodied. Their creative influences come from Black feminist leaders such as Audre Lorde\, Assata Shakur and bell hooks. Within Simone’s creative work\, they centre Blackness\, sexuality\, intersectional feminism and anti-racism. They believe Western Classical musicians are capable of making meaningful social change.\nsimoneseales.com \nSemay Wu (sē mā wo͞o) (she/her) works as a composer\, cellist/improviser\, and media/sound artist. Greatly influenced by improvisational frameworks\, Semay often uses interdisciplinary relationships to explore ideas of play\, through collaboration and spontaneity. Recent performances and recordings have developed as solo cello and electronics\, however\, Semay’s other works have found shape as video pieces\, performance/interactive-installations\, graphic scores\, as well as creating an online audio cookbook for Manchester’s communities. \nsemaywu.com \nMairearad Green (she/her)\nHaving grown up in the West Coast Coigach peninsula of the Scottish Highlands – an area steeped in culture and local traditions – Mairearad was introduced to folk music at an early age. Renowned for her deft and lyrical accordion style\, as well as her dextrous piping\, Mairearad is in great demand as a performer and composer. Many of her compositions are well known in the Scottish music scene. Among the favourites are ‘Maggie West’s Waltz’ and ‘Dram Behind the Curtain’. As a visual artist also\, Mairearad’s work can be described as impressionistic\, and a visceral response to the landscape she is so familiar. Her latest limited-edition vinyl release ‘Hearth’ seamlessly combines Mairearad’s two passions – art and music.\nmairearadgreen.co.uk \nMalin Lewis (they/them)\nMalin is a queer multi-instrumentalist inspired by humans\, queerness and the universe. One of Scotland’s most exciting creators\, Malin melds tradition with innovation on a unique newly invented\, self-made bagpipe. Malin’s long awaited debut album Halocline\, is named for the layer between salt and fresh water. Halocline is a sequence of compositions reflecting on the liminal spaces between Malin’s outer and inner worlds as a trans person. Recently Malin has been touring the UK with Making Tracks international Residency\, Recording film music in Berlin\, studying folk music in Helsinki and learning the tradition of the extinct Finnish Bagpipes as well as writing and performing music for theatre and contemporary dance.’\nmalinmakesmusic.com \nEilidh Graham (she/her) works in community cycling and community arts. Supporting people to take part in wellbeing and creative activities such as group percussion sessions\, craft sessions from a cargo bike\, group bike rides to explore nature\, connect with people and services in the community. She has played in a Glasgow Samba Band for 15 years\, and she cycles everywhere on her colourful bicycle! \nAmy Redford (she/her)\nAmy settled for a guitar at 16 because despite 4 years of pestering up until then\, they just wouldn’t get her a drum kit. She’s been hitting guitars increasingly harder ever since. She finally realised the drumming dream when she joined SheBoom in 2009\, where she now teaches and leads that drumming ensemble. On guitar\, she’s currently co-fronting Sequence 369 and busting out riffs with They Theory. Previous acts include Electric Ladygarden\, Blood Of The Bull\, Touch And Go\, and Stotally Toned. Amy is a nihilistic malcontent with a fair amount of existential dread\, which is expressed in her riffs\, solos\, and frenetic drumming.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/malin-lewis-and-mairearad-green-piping-in-return/
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SUMMARY:Adults Gathering autumn school
DESCRIPTION:Join the NPC Adult Gatherings in 2023\nThe National Piping Centre is bringing you a series of Adult Gatherings in 2023 for pipers aged 18+\, which have been designed to give a fantastic social learning experience. This year we will be running in person workshops  as well as online events. \nThe dates for our 2023 schools are: Autumn Adult Gathering: 30 October-2 November \nOur schools will run in two timezones\, one for in person teaching and one for online students. The in-person school will run during the day UK time (9am – 5pm UK time)\, with the online school running in the evenings (3pm – 9pm UK time). There will be no option for online learning during the day\, or in person learning in the evening. For the online schools to run in 2023\, we require a min of 6 students to register. Teachers for each school will be announced ahead of the event. \nThe school costs £275 in person and £240 online for the four days. \nWe have a new booking system for purchasing lessons. Once you have paid for your Adult Gathering place\, you will be sent an email with a form to give us more information about your playing level. Please complete this as soon as possible.. If you have a gathering booked and would like to look at your account\, please click Customer Account below\, and you can login from there. \nBOOK ADULT GATHERING   CUSTOMER ACCOUNT \nWhere will we meet?\nThe in person schools will take place at one of the two National Piping Centre locations in Glasgow City Centre or West End. This will be confirmed nearer the time of your school. For our online schools\, you will join us on Zoom each day for your day of tuition! Once you have registered\, we will be in touch with more information about the school and how you can log in each day. \nWhat will I learn?\nOver the four days there will be group lessons\, 1-2-1 tuition\, Masterclass workshops and more for pipers. Each piping student will be provided with a digital music pack so everyone will have new music to learn. \nWhat will the school cost?\nIt is £275 GBP to register for a place on one of our  in person schools and £240 GBP for an online school. Registrations will open shortly. \nWhat will my timetable look like?\nWe are just finalising the exact timetable and will update this soon\, but you can expect 1-2-1 lessons\, practice time\, masterclasses\, workshops\, new music and more. These will be similar for in person and online tuition. \nWho will be teaching me?\n \nEach school will have a different teaching line up\, from our world-class professional pipers. \nThe teachers for the upcoming Summer Adult Gathering will be: \nAndrew Bova\, John Mulhearn\, Ailis Sutherland and Dan Nevans \nIs It for me?\nIf you are still unsure about if it is right for you\, we asked attendees at our recent school to tell us about their experiences and here is what they had to say: \n” Thoroughly recommend attending an adult gathering at least once in your lifetime\, I’ve done it twice and it resulted both times in a positive step change in my piping.\nWorld class instructors\, fantastic location\, and an easy and open way of teaching” – Attended in person in Winter 2023 \n“I found the whole Gathering experience absolutely brilliant\, being able to attend in person\, the staff and guest tutors were so down to earth and approachable\, all being World famous Superstar Pipers. Everyone of them brought fountains of knowledge\, new techniques for us to consider for our level of piping\, and all where so passionate about piping\, that most lessons ran over\, which is so infectious. I’ve attended one or two Gatherings before\, all of which were well worth doing\, but this has to be the best todate. I’ve come away with renewed enthusiasm for my piping. I’ve always said\, if the NPC says this is how to do it\, no one can argue with that. I’ve had an amazing time\, met some old friends and made new ones\, will be booking for Spring 23. ” – Attended in person in Spring 2022 \nBOOK ADULT GATHERING   CUSTOMER ACCOUNT \nHearing Protection\nThe National Piping Centre requires all students to use hearing protection at all times when playing pipes. Hearing protection is available for purchase in our shop or free of charge from the earplug dispenser in both our piping school venues.\nFind out more
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/adults-gathering-autumn-school/
LOCATION:The National Piping Centre
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SUMMARY:The CLASP ‘Live Online’ competition
DESCRIPTION:•Pierrick Monnier was the CLASP ‘Live Online’ Grade 3 overall winner in February 2022 \nThe Grade 1 overall winner will qualify for The Champion of Champions CLASP competition in April 2024\nThis CLASP competition will run on Saturday 11th November 2023 via the platform\, Zoom. The closing date for this competition is Sunday 22nd October 2023  at midnight (UK Time). Events will be offered to adult amateur pipers graded 1\, 2\, 3\, 4/5 and both Light Music and Piobaireachd events will be offered for all four grades. Please note that pipers graded 5 can play up in grade 4 events. \nCompetitors will play ‘Live’\, but will use a video recording to capture their live performance and should send this unedited video recording later that day to clasp@thepipingcentre.co.uk. When you enter the Zoom meeting\, there will be assigned breakout rooms for the different events. There will be a steward to help competitors navigate Zoom on the day. CLASP members can click into any of the named breakout rooms to listen to the competitions or if you are competing in that event. Each competitor will be given a time slot to compete in their Piobaireachd event and a separate time slot to compete in their Light Music event. (We will work around different time zones). \nThe order of play\, performance times and the selected tunes (for Grade 1 and Grade 2) will be published one week prior to the competition date on The CLASP website. Please email tune submissions by Sunday 22nd October 2023 to clasp@thepipingcentre.co.uk \nOnce you enter a breakout room (for example ‘Grade 2 – Piobaireachd’ breakout room) you will be asked\, at your designated performance time slot\, to start your video recording device and a steward will then introduce you and that will verify the recording. For example\, ‘This is Mary MacLeod playing The Little Spree for The CLASP ‘Live online’ November 2023 competition’ and away you go\, with a bit of tuning if you need to (but not too much). If using a mobile phone to video your recording\, please put it on flight mode. \nLater that day\, you should upload your video to you tube as an unlisted video. A video link for Piobaireachd and a separate video link for Light Music (Including all Light Music events) should be emailed by midnight on the 11th November 2023 to clasp@thepipingcentre.co.uk \nEvents:\nPiobaireachd – Grades 1\,2\,3&4/5 – Please note that Grade 4 pipers can opt to play a full Piobaireachd in Grade 3 if they wish (no points will be allocated for this) as well as Ground and next variation (which carry league points for grade 4).\n2/4 March Event – Grades 1\, 2\,3\,4/5\nStrathspey & Reel Event – Grades 1\,2\,3\,4/5\nJig Event- Grade 1\,2.3\, 4/5 \nPlease click on the link to see tune requirements for each grade/event- https://theclasp.co.uk/set-tunes/#requirements \n\nSome rules to read: \nCLASP Rules apply for all CLASP competitions https://theclasp.co.uk/rules-sanctioning/\nPlease wear Highland dress. Jacket optional\nCLASP members will be emailed the Zoom link prior to the competition date and this link should not be shared outside of the membership.\nIn case your video recording device does not catch the stewards intro\, you will be asked to repeat what the steward says for example\, Mary would say “yes\, I’m Mary MacLeod playing The Little Spree” … then start playing without a break. This speech will also help the judges.\nYou must not edit your recording afterwards. \nUpload your recording to YouTube (unlisted) and send the link to clasp@thepipingcente.co.uk by 23.59 hrs (Scottish time) that day. When uploading your video link to You Tube\, you get a chance to give the video a name. Adding your name again (and the tune names in the description box) will also help the judges.\nYou’ll get a Crit sheet from the judges\, so carry on playing even if you make an error – the Crit can be very helpful for your learning/development as a piper.\nPrize winners will be announced two/three weeks after the competition date. You can arrive early\, and stay as late as you like\, but be on the screen with pipes up\, in the correct room\, at your performance time. Please keep your microphone muted\, and video turned off when entering breakout rooms. When Spectating it is best to keep your microphone muted also.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/the-clasp-live-online-competition/
LOCATION:Online Zoom\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sunbelt Invitational Piping Competition
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural SunBelt Invitational\, aka An Crios Gréine\, took place on November 12\, 2022. The event was won by Callum Beaumont\, who beat a top class line up of competitors consisting of Willie McCallum\, Stuart Liddell\, Bruce Gandy\, Andrew Donlon\, Ian K. MacDonald\, Ben McClamrock\, Connor Sinclair\, Glenn Brown and Angus D. MacColl. \nIn 2023 Eric Stein will work in partnership with The National Piping Centre to add an amateur competition and give two of the ten invites to the winners of CLASP events. Eric said: “We are thrilled to be working with The National Piping Centre to help us achieve our goal of promoting the best in piping and supporting aspiring players.” \nCLASP organiser Margaret Dunn said: “I’d like to thank Eric Stein for offering this opportunity to our competitors.  It raises the profile of our amateur competition and pipers to be connected with a premier international event such as the SunBelt Invitational. I’m sure it will add an extra competitive edge. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe other eight invites will go to the winners of: \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Nicol-Brown\n\n\n\nThe George Sheriff Memorial\n\n\n\nDunedin Highland Games\n\n\n\nGrandfather Mountain Games\n\n\n\nLoon Mountain Highland Games\n\n\n\nScotland County Highland Games\n\n\n\nand two to be determined.\n\n\n\n\nThe Grade 1 events will take place on the morning of Saturday\, November 11\, 2023 at the Sheraton
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/sunbelt-invitational-piping-competition/
LOCATION:Sheraton Orlando North\, 600 NORTH LAKE DESTINY ROAD\, Maitland\, FL\, 32751\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eric M. Stein":MAILTO:ericmstein53@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231117T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231117T223000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20231113T124545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T131045Z
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SUMMARY:Lewis & Harris Piping Society Recital with Angus D. and Angus J. MacColl
DESCRIPTION:Father and son piping recital with with Angus D. and Angus J. MacColl in the Caladh Inn\, Stornoway\, November 17\, 7.30pm
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/lewis-harris-piping-society-recital-with-angus-d-and-angus-j-maccoll/
LOCATION:Caladh Hotel\, Stornoway\, Stornoway\, Stornoway\, Isle of Lewis\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231119
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20231025T070638Z
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SUMMARY:George Sherriff Memorial Invitational
DESCRIPTION:The 27th Annual George Sherriff Memorial Invitational will held on on November 18 at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Hamilton\, Ontario. \nThe adjudicators for this year’s competition will be Michael Grey\, Margaret Houlihan and Willie McCallum. Our Master of Ceremonies for the day will be Peter Aumonier. \nThe 6/8 March event will commence at 10am. The Piobaireachd event will commence at 12:30pm after a lunch break. The final March\, Strathspey & Reel event will take place at 7:30pm. \nThe church doors will open at 9am. \nThe results and presentation of awards will take place immediately following the March\, Strathspey & Reel event in the evening. \nA list of the 2023 competitors and their bios can be found here. \n  \n\n\nPipe-Major George Sherriff\n\nOn April 21\, 1995 the Ontario piping community lost an ardent supporter and a good friend.  Before coming to  Canada in 1947\, George resided in Glasgow\, where he started piping with the Boys Brigade.  He played with a number of bands in Scotland.  These included the Cabar Feidh\, Stewart and Lloyd’s and Clan MacRae Pipe Bands. \nAfter emigrating to Canada he joined the Dofasco Pipe Band.  He later joined the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Pipe Band\, under P.M. John Wilson\, where he rose to the rank of Pipe Sergeant.  He retired from the band in 1967. \nGeorge was well known in Ontario as a dedicated teacher of the pipes and a composer of many tunes.  He was a loyal supporter of the Niagara-Hamilton Branch of the Pipers’ and Pipe Band Society of Ontario. \nGeorge will be remembered fondly by his many friends and pupils.  His keen wit will be unforgettable to those of us who  knew him.  He was never without a story or wee joke. \nGeorge Sherriff’s unfailing support of many generations of young players has helped contribute to the legacy of successful piping in Ontario.  This contest is named in his honour.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/george-sherriff-memorial-invitational/
LOCATION:St Paul’s Presbyterian Church\, 70 James St S\,\, Hamilton\, Ontario\, ON L8P 2Y8\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bob Worrall":MAILTO:robertworrall@cogeco.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T223000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20231005T114400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231005T114536Z
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SUMMARY:Ratae Pipe Band Solo Piping Concert
DESCRIPTION:The Ratae Pipe Band was formed in 2022 and are based in Leicester. They are planning a fundraising concert of solo piping with Stuart Samson and Ben Duncan on Saturday\, November 18\, in Syston\, Leicester – see flyer below for details. \n\n\n\nThe band are led by Pipe Major Bryon Brotherton MBE who is ex-Pipe Major of Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Pipe Sergeant Syd Charles told Bagpipe.news: “Bryon originates from Leicester and when he left the army he moved back into the area and was approached to put a competing band together.  Our leading drummer\, Ed Latimer is also ex-army. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n“The band was formed last year with the focus on competing and starting off in Grade 4B. We have different standards of players in the band\, some that have never competed\, some that are veterans at competing\, but also with a big focus on youth. We currently have five youngsters from the age of nine to 14 years old\, so we have a real good mix. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n“As with any band we are always on the look out for new members of any age. Within our members there is a wealth of pipe band knowledge and musical experience that can be passed on correctly to help with the musical ability of the band.”
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/ratae-pipe-band-solo-piping-concert/
LOCATION:Syston Conservative Club\, High Street\, Syston\, Leicester\, LE7 1GQ\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ratae Pipe Band":MAILTO:s.charles@bronzecasements.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231202T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231202T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20231116T145826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231116T150711Z
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SUMMARY:Daylesford Highland Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Nestled in the heart of Victoria’s picturesque countryside\, an hour and a half from Melbourne\, Daylesford offers a warm and welcoming setting for this annual celebration\, right in the heart of Victoria Park. \nThis charming town\, comes alive each year as the gathering takes center stage and showcases drum and pipebands in the morning street march down iconic Vincent Street. \nWhile visiting be sure to enjoy the towns boutique shops\, arts scene\, local cuisine\, sample regional wines or indulge in a day spa.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/daylesford-highland-gathering/
LOCATION:Victoria Park\, Victoria Park\, Daylesford\, Victoria\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231204T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231204T220000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20190329T123613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231026T084734Z
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SUMMARY:RCS Piping Degree Showcase Concert 2023
DESCRIPTION:This year’s BMus Piping Degree Showcase concert will gather music from places across Scotland. Each year group has been assigned a locality of Scotland from which to draw their repertoire. Focusing on specific areas and their associated composers\, challenges the students to research the links of music to the places of its origin\, and delve deep into collections and archives rooted in these places. Across the evening you will hear music drawn from Glasgow\, Lewis\, Perthshire\, Invernesshire\, and further afield.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/rcs-degree-showcase-concert/
LOCATION:The National Piping Centre\, 30-34 McPhater Street\, Glasgow\, G4 0HW\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231210
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20221206T143549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T100444Z
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SUMMARY:Jenny Mair Square Day 2023
DESCRIPTION:For pipe bands and solo piping. This is the second ‘unofficial’ major of the New Zealand pipe band season\, and the first where all the Grade One bands compete against each other. \nThe venue\, Palmerston North Square is four acres of park in the centre of the city. It is always held on the second Saturday in December. It has a reputation amongst the bands of being a relaxed and well run competition. Palmerston North is ideally situated to allow bands from Wellington to Hamilton to travel to the contest and be able to return home the same day. That does not prevent bands from Auckland\, Christchurch and Australia from coming and staying the weekend. This year is the 43rd Square day. \nThe draw and times for the 2023 Jenny Mair Highland Square Day. \n \n\nGraded Set and Medley Competition – 11.00am Saturday\, December 9\, 2023 \nThe contest will use one board and run Graded Set and Graded Medley events\, commencing with the Grade 4 Set. Bands will be notified of the draw prior to the competition. \nPRIZES \nChampion Band Doug Miller Cup \nRunner-up Band Henderson Cup Trophy \nWinner | Medley event McPhee Shield \n1st\, 2nd\, 3rd | Ensemble Annan Trophies \nChampion Drum Corps Neil McIntosh Trophy \nChampion Tenor Corps Cameron Cup \nWinner | Grade 4 Ensemble Ellen Adam Trophy \nWinner | Grade 3 Set event Roy Kerr Trophy \nWinner | Grade 2 Set event Hitchings Trophy \nWinner | Grade 1 Ensemble Ron W Wood Memorial Quaich \nWinner | Juvenile event Mair/Bailey Trophy \nChampion Grade 2 Band Carmichael Family Trophy \nSquare Day Winner | Grade 4 Hamilton Family Trophies \nSquare Day Winner | Grade 3 \nSTREET MARCH and MASSED BANDS \nThe Street March event shall commence at 5.30pm near the Palmerston North City Council building and is compulsory for all competing bands. Each band is to follow the path towards the i-Site before a right-wheel is made to then halt at the Massed Bands assembly point as indicated.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/jenny-mair-square-day/
LOCATION:Palmerston North\, The Square\, Palmerston North\, New Zealand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jenny Mair":MAILTO:jennymair@xtra.co.nz
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240119T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240119T223000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20221219T093924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231117T154921Z
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Project Smok
DESCRIPTION:•Project Smok at the closing concert of Piping Live! in 2021. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news. \nHighlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music.  Project Smok share the concert platform with Gaelic singer Katie Macfarlane.   \nThe Celtic Connection website says about Project Smok: “Project Smok bring their progressive take on Scottish traditional music to Saint Luke’s for an evening of infectious rhythm and instrumental virtuosity. This neo-trad trio of BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2020\, Ali Levack (pipes)\, Ewan Baird (bodhran) and Pablo Lafuente (guitar) are at their most comfortable pushing boundaries\, making listeners stop and re-evaluate their musical expectations. Known for their ability to effortlessly blend trad music with contemporary new-age pop influences\, Project Smok do away with any perceived limits of the genre from the first note.”
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-project-smok/
LOCATION:St Luke’s\, 17 Bain Street\, Glasgow\, G40 2JZ
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240119T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240119T223000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20221219T110621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231117T155256Z
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Breabach and Beolach
DESCRIPTION:•The former line-up of Breabach at Celtic Connections 2019\, with James Duncan MacKenzie piping alongside\, current band members\, Calum MacCrimmon\, Megan Henderson\, Ewan Robertson and James Lindsay.  Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news \nHighlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music.   \nThe Celtic Connection website says about the concert: “A thrilling collaboration uniting two iconic bands\, Beolach (Cape Breton\, Canada) and Breabach (Scotland). Their long term dream of sharing the stage was realised at the Celtic Colours International Festival in 2019 where\, as co-artists in residence\, they delivered a series of jaw dropping performances\, fuelling the fire for more future collaboration. These powerhouse bands are united in respect for their shared culture and heritage and bring their love of Gaelic song\, stepdance\, Highland Pipe and Fiddle tradition to life with a raucous energy.”
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-breabach/
LOCATION:The Barony Hall\, Rottenrow\, Glasgow\, G4 0RA\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240121
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20191203T131020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240103T113234Z
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SUMMARY:The Vale of Atholl Pipe Band's annual Junior piping and drumming competition
DESCRIPTION:The closing date for entries is 13th January 2024. Late entries will play first. Email G. McNab for more information or entry form • gmenab00@aol.com\nEvents\n\nPiobaireachd under 15\nPiobaireachd 15-18\nMarch under 15\nM.S.R. 15 – 18\nJig under 15\nJig 15 – 18\nChanter 9yrs and under\nChanter 10 and 11 years\nChanter 12 – 18\nNovice Piping 12 yrs and under\nNovice Piping 13 – 18\n(a) Drumming on pad 10 and under\n(b) Drumming on pad 11 – 18\nNovice Side Drumming\nSide Drumming 18 and under\, March\nSide drumming 18 and under\, M.S.R\nNovice Tenor Drumming\nTenor Drumming 18 and under\, March\nTenor Drumming 18 and under\, M.S.R.\n\nRULES\n\nConfined to competitors\, resident or at school in Perthshire\, Dundee\, Angus and Fife\, or in a band in our local branch (Dundee\, Perth and Angus). All competitors must play in their own age group.\nCompetitors for chanter are allowed to enter novice piping only. Novice pipers can enter events 3 or 4 and drummers on pad can enter novice drumming.\nCompetitors entering the novice side and tenor drumming can enter the 18 and under March also. Non novice competitors can enter No 14 in side drumming / No 17 in tenor drumming if in Grade 4 /Novice\, or No 15 side drumming/ No 18 tenor drumming if in Grade 3 or higher.\nEntries for chanter\, novice piping\, drumming on pad and novice drumming are confined to players who have never won a first prize in their relevant competition. Sheet music is not permitted.\nPrevious winners of a 12 & under nov piping comp can play in 18 and under novice.\nIn events 7\, 8\, and 9 and 12 a and 12b\, competitors will play two parts march tempo.\nIn events 3\,10\,11\,13\,14\,16 and 17 competitors will play four parts march tempo.\nIn events 15 and 18\, competitors will play M.S.R. Minimum 4 parts each.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/the-vale-of-atholl-pipe-bands-annual-junior-piping-and-drumming-competition/
LOCATION:Pitlochry High School\, East Moulin Rd\, Pitlochry\, Perth & Kinross\, PH16 5ET
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ORGANIZER;CN="G. McNab":MAILTO:gmenab00@aol.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240120T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240203T133000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20231120T111613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T112819Z
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Come and Try the Bagpipe Session
DESCRIPTION:  \nVisit The National Piping Centre and be welcomed by tunes by a first class bagpiper followed by a guided tour of the Museum of Piping and the chance to try out the pipes for yourself. \nSessions \nSaturday 20th January 12pm \nFriday 26th January 12pm  \nFriday 26th January 2pm \nSaturday 27th January 12pm \nFriday 2nd February 12pm  \nFriday 2nd February 2pm \nSaturday 3rd February 12pm
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-come-and-try-the-bagpipe-session/
LOCATION:The National Piping Centre\, 30-34 McPhater Street\, Glasgow\, G4 0HW\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240120T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240120T223000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20231120T104424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T104424Z
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Skipinnish – 25 Year Voyage
DESCRIPTION:Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music.  \nThe Celtic Connection website says about the concert:”Created by Angus MacPhail and Andrew Stevenson in 1999\, Skipinnish is at the very top of Scotland’s vibrant Celtic music scene\, and the band is riding an ever-growing wave of popularity.  As a traditional Scottish group\, singing primarily in English\, the anthemic songs and rocking bagpipe-led tunes of Skipinnish have led to an impressive track record of hits and sell-out shows across the country’s biggest and best music venues. \n“Following its recent tours and sell-out gigs in England\, the award-winning contemporary Celtic band’s popularity has rocketed south of the border\, demonstrating the fact that the appeal of its music is universal.”
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-skipinnish-25-year-voyage/
LOCATION:Glasgow Royal Concert Hall\, 2 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3NY\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240120T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240120T223000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20221219T114410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231117T161142Z
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton Band with Goitse
DESCRIPTION:•Ali Hutton and Ross Ainslie in concert at Celtic Connections 2019. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news \nHighlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music.   \nThe Celtic Connection website says about the concert: “Lifelong friends and critically acclaimed Scottish pipers Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton return to Celtic Connections with their masterful arrangements of pipes\, whistles\, cittern and guitar. Named ‘Best Duo’ at the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2017\, the pair’s flawless\, fearless\, and melodic sound has spawned three albums (SYMBIOSIS\, SYMBIOSIS II\, and SYMBIOSIS III). ‘The tunes are great\, the playing is fantastic and the connection between them is undeniable’. (Duncan Chisholm) \n“Joining the boys at the Old Fruitmarket are the popular and multi-award-winning quintet Goitse. Forged in the white-hot creative crucible of Limerick’s Irish World Academy\, Goitse have become a leader of the new generation of traditional Irish ensembles. Named Live Ireland’s Traditional Group of the Year.“
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-ross-ainslie-ali-hutton-trio/
LOCATION:The Old Fruitmarket\, Candleriggs\, Glasgow\, G1 1NQ\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240121T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240121T223000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20231120T104837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T105559Z
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Cassani / Campbell with Fraser Fifield Trio
DESCRIPTION:•Fraser Fifield at Piping Live! 2021. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news \nHighlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music.  \nThe Celtic Connection website says about the concert: “Cassani / Campbell are Italian double bassist and songwriter\, Roberto Cassani\, and New York-based saxophonist and composer Fraser Campbell. Their debut album arose from outdoor lockdown jams in Perth (Fraser’s hometown and Roberto’s adopted home) and its title poet / shuts / clock is the geolocation tag for the park bench where they’d meet to play. They’ve now put together a superb band featuring Ross Ainslie (whistles)\, Graeme Stephen (guitar) and Doug Hough (drums) to perform joint and solo material alongside some new instrumentals. \n\n“Completing the bill at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall is Scottish multi-instrumentalist and composer Fraser Fifield. Turning his hand to low whistle\, saxophone\, and bagpipes\, his distinctive instrumental voice has many sources: Scottish folk\, Jazz\, Indian\, Balkan\, and more. He’ll be joined by Paul Harrison (wurlitzer piano) and Tom Bancroft (drums) as the talented trio perform a collection of Fifield originals from June 2023 release\, Secret Path.”
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-cassani-campbell-with-fraser-fifield-trio/
LOCATION:Glasgow Royal Concert Hall\, 2 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3NY\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T073000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T223000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20221219T140459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231128T122531Z
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Celtic Odyssée and Gnoss
DESCRIPTION:Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music. Celtic Odyssée and Gnoss \nThe Celtic Connection website says about the concert: “The star-studded collaborative show Celtic Odyssée returns to the festival\, bringing together internationally renowned artists from the eight European Celtic nations. Led by virtuoso French piper Ronan Le Bars and his all-Breton band of Liam Roudil on guitar\, Pierrick Tardivel on double bass\, Aymeric Le Martelot on keyboards\, and Thomas Bessé on drums\, 17 artists will take to the stage\, including: Annie Ebrel (Brittany)\, Bec Applebee (Cornwall)\, Dónal O’Connor (Ireland)\, Ewen Henderson (Scotland)\, Icía Varela (Galicia)\, Jose Manuel Tejedor (Asturias)\, Kim Carnie (Scotland)\, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (Ireland)\, Martin Tourish (Ireland)\, Patrick Rimes (Wales)\, Rubén Bada (Asturias)\, and Ruth Keggin (Isle of Man). \n“In support is Gnoss\, whose signature sound is a rich tapestry of acoustic layers. Outstanding musicianship\, deep traditional roots and contemporary compositional flair combine to create songs brimming with character. Triple Scots Trad Music Awards nominees\, the band have built an invested following through the warmth of their live shows. ”
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-gnoss/
LOCATION:Glasgow Royal Concert Hall\, 2 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3NY\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T223000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20230106T100208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231128T123251Z
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Alana MacInnes Trio with ELÍR
DESCRIPTION:•Alana MacIness at Piping Live 2022.  Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news \nHighlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music.  \nThe Celtic Connection website says about the concert: “South Uist’s Alana MacInnes joins Armagh’s Aoife Smyth alongside Colonsay’s Caitlin McNeill for an evening of piping and song. The trio celebrate their respective roots of Ireland and Scotland on Border pipes\, Highland pipes\, uilleann pipes and a sprinkling of guitar. \n“ELÍR was formed in Glasgow’s vibrant and eclectic music scene in 2019. Featuring Niamh MacKaveney (vocals & fiddle)\, Charlie Stewart (fiddle) and Calum McIlroy (guitar)\, the trio have taken traditional songs from Scotland and Ireland and merged them with different musical styles to produce a unique sound.”
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/alana-macinnes-trio/
LOCATION:Glasgow Royal Concert Hall\, 2 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3NY\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240126T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240207T020000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20240119T131152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T091004Z
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SUMMARY:Late bar at The Pipers’ Tryst for Celtic Connections 2024
DESCRIPTION:If you are out late during Celtic Connections and wish to prolong your evening with drinks\, or perhaps find space for a few session tunes\, take yourself and your instruments and head to The Pipers’ Tryst\, McPhater Street\, Glasgow. The Piper’s Tryst bar at The National Piping Centre is open till 2am from Saturday\, January 20 till Saturday\, February 3 – apart from this Sunday\, January 21. \nThe Pipers’ Tryst restaurant can be booked here for dinner and drinks before your Celtic Connections concert. Please see below for the food service times. These times may be subject to late change\, so if you plan to visit without a booking\, please call 0141 353 5551 to check availability. \n\n\n\n\nDay\nOpening Times\n\n\n\n\nMonday\nBreakfast 8am – 11.30am*\, Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm\, Dinner 5pm – 8pm (last orders 7.30pm)\n\n\nTuesday\nBreakfast 8am – 11.30am*\, Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm\, Dinner 5pm – 8pm (last orders 7.30pm)\n\n\nWednesday\nBreakfast – 8am 11.30am*\, Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm\, Dinner 5pm – 8pm (last orders 7.30pm)\n\n\nThursday\nBreakfast – 8am 11.30am*\, Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm\, Dinner 5pm – 8pm (last orders 7.30pm)\n\n\nFriday\nBreakfast 8am – 11.30am*\, Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm\, Dinner 5pm – 9pm (last orders 8.30pm)\n\n\nSaturday\nBreakfast 8am – 11.30am*\, Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm\, Dinner 5pm – 9pm (last orders 8.30pm)\n\n\nSunday\nClosed – Hotel Guest Breakfast service only\n\n\n\n\n\n* Hotel Residents breakfast from 08.00 – 10.00\n\n\n\n\n\n\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n\nOver the course of the next two weeks\, 1200 artists will perform at over 300 events\, lighting up 25 venues across the city with world-class performances and exclusive collaborations for what is the biggest winter music festival of its kind in Europe. \nThe National Piping Centre will play host to nine concerts as well as offering seven Come and Try the Bagpipes workshops on selected dates across the festival. \nThere are more than 20 concerts featuring bagpipes\, or bagpipe-related music\, and they have all been listed on the Bagpipe.News Event Calendar here.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/late-bar-at-the-pipers-tryst-for-celtic-connections-2024/
LOCATION:The Pipers’ Tryst\, 30-34 McPhater Street\, Glasgow\, G12 8JH\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="The National Piping Centre":MAILTO:learn@thepipingcentre.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240126T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240126T223000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20221219T124842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T071555Z
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Dàimh and Ævestaden
DESCRIPTION:•Dàimh in concert at Celtic Connections in 2013. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news \nHighlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music.  \nThe Celtic Connection website says about the concert: “Forging the sound of the New Tradition\, Dàimh are West Highland Music’s proudest exponents. Dàimh\, the Gaelic word for Connection\, perfectly describes the electrifying musical interplay between the individual band members and portrays the interaction with audiences attending their breath-taking live shows around the world. It also translates as the connection to the deep musical well from which they draw their inspiration. On the Scottish music scene the name Dàimh has come to represent a sound of a time and place a musical integrity that many strive to emulate. Formed over 20 years ago the band have embodied the current wave of resurgence in Gaelic culture; the current line up includes younger musicians that have progressed through the thriving Feisean movement and Gaelic medium education system and joined the 3 remaining founding members to continue the cycle of the tradition. Recent achievements include receiving the MG ALBA Folk Band of the Year Award in 2015 and 2018 and passing the halfway mark on their career ambition of performing on every populated Scottish Island.”
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-daimh/
LOCATION:The Mackintosh Church\, 870 Garscube Road\, Glasgow\, G20 7EL\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240127T080000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20240127T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20221213T122425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T105949Z
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SUMMARY:Turakina Highland Games
DESCRIPTION:The entry forms for 2024 will become available on this link\nThe schedule for 2023 is posted below for example\nBANDS and SOLO PIPING entries for 2023\nSolo Piping Commences 8.30am \nNO LATE ENTRIES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EVENTS 71 & 72 \nAll entries received by the closing date will receive one complimentary gate pass. All events\, with the exception of Events 71 & 72 are conducted under the Rules of the Piping & Dancing Assn. of NZ. Rule 37 will apply. Dress as per Rule 19. Pipers may enter only in 2 grades\, except Under 21 events & B Grade Piobaireachd can be additional events. Three competitors for all solo events or events are a demonstration.  Wet weather venue Turakina School.  All Competitors must wear their Competitor Numbers \nAll pipers must report to their Board Stewards prior to EACH EVENT or their right to compete may be forfeited.  All Open & A Grade competitors must submit 3 tunes; B Grade & Under 21 Championships submit 2 tunes. \nPiping competitors must present their current P&D Membership cards when collecting their Competitor Numbers with the exception  of Veteran & Chanter classes. By entering this competition\, I agree to hereby grant the Piping & Dancing Association of New Zealand and the Turakina Caledonian Society the right to use my name and image (photograph or video) in any media publication\, website or Association publication. \n\nOPEN NORTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIP\nStrathspey & Reel • Entry $10.00\n1st: $100; 2nd: $80; 3rd: $60; 4th: $40\nWELLINGTON CENTRE CHAMPIONSHIP\nGRADE March • Entry $8.00\n1st: $80; 2nd: $50; 3rd: $30; 4th: $20\nA GRADE\nHornpipe & Jig • Entry $7.00\n1st: $70; 2nd: $40; 3rd: $30\nA GRADE\nPiobaireachd • Entry $7.00\n1st: $70; 2nd: $40; 3rd: $30\nNEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP\nUNDER 21 Strathspey & Reel • Entry $8.00\n1st: $80; 2nd: $50; 3rd: $30\nUNDER 21 2/4 March • Entry $6.00\n1st: $40; 2nd: $30; 3rd: $20\nWELLINGTON CENTRE CHAMPIONSHIP\nGRADE Piobaireachd • Entry $7.00\n1st: $70; 2nd: $40; 3rd: $30\n(Open to all Grades except A/Open)\nWELLINGTON CENTRE CHAMPIONSHIP\nB Grade  Hornpipe & Jig • Entry $6.50\n1st: $65; 2nd: $35; 3rd: $20\nB Grade Strathspey & Reel • Entry $6.00\n1st: $40; 2nd: $30; 3rd: $20\nB Grade 2/4 March • Entry $6.00\n1st: $40; 2nd: $30; 3rd: $20\nWELLINGTON CENTRE CHAMPIONSHIP\nGRADE 2/4 March • Entry $6.50\n1st: $50; 2nd: $25; 3rd: $15\nC Grade Piobaireachd • Entry $5.50\n1st: $50; 2nd $30:  3rd  $20\nC Grade Slow Air • Entry $5.00\n1st: $30; 2nd: $20; 3rd: $10\nC Grade Hornpipe & Jig • Entry $5.00\n1st: $30; 2nd: $20; 3rd: $10\nC Grade Strathspey & Reel • Entry $5.00\n1st: $30; 2nd: $20; 3rd: $10\nWELLINGTON CENTRE CHAMPIONSHIP\nGrade Strathspey & Reel • Entry $5.50\n1st: $40; 2nd: $20; 3rd: $10\nD Grade Piobaireachd • Entry $5.00\n(Ground plus one variation)\n1st: $30; 2nd: $20; 3rd: $10\nD Grade 2/4 March • Entry $4.50\n1st: $20; 2nd: $15; 3rd: $10\nD Grade Slow Air • Entry $4.50\n1st: $20; 2nd: $15; 3rd: $10\nNovice Piobaireachd (Ground Only) • Entry $4.50\n1st: $20; 2nd: $15; 3rd: $10\nNovice 2/4 March (2 Parts Minimum) • Entry $4.50\n1st: $20; 2nd: $15: 3rd: $10\nVeteran Recital (over 50) • Entry Free\nSlow March & March\nBadges 1st 2nd 3rd\nEntry will be accepted on the day by 9am\nChanter Class • Entry Free\nBadges 1st 2nd & 3rd\nEntry will be accepted on the day by 9am\n(Tidy dress. Not open to pipers)\n\nPIPE BAND CONTEST\nCommence 1pm approx • Graded Set and Medley • Entries: $110 per band. \nBands to play appropriate music for the Set and Medley in their grade as prescribed in the New Zealand Pipe Bands Association contest rules. One board will be operated on a time schedule. Penalty points for lateness will apply. Dress: Uniform Band attire is to be worn. At the completion of the contest all bands are requested to participate in the Massed Band display. A representative from each band is required to report to the secretary on the day by 12.30pm. \nTuning areas are indicated on the Ground Plan. Wet Weather Venue: Turakina School Tennis Courts. Please notify Secretary of all cancellations. Please display the Solo Piping & Drumming schedule on your Band notice board and pass a copy on to all tutors. \nYOUTH PIPE BAND CONTEST\n18 & Under Youth Pipe Band Competition • Entry $25.00 per band \nMusic must be six repeated measures of March-time music. Minimum playing numbers are four pipers\, one side drummer and one tenor or bass drummer. Other requirements are as for the National Juvenile Contest Guidelines. Should you require further information please contact the Games Secretary. \nhttps://turakinahighlandgames.co.nz/entry-booking-form/ \nThe 2023 Turakina Highland Games schedule can be downloaded here
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/turakina-highland-games-2/
LOCATION:Turakina\, Turakina Domain\, Cameron Road\, Turakina\, New Zealand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Turakina Caledonian Society Inc.":MAILTO:turakinahighlandgames@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240127T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240127T223000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20221219T095339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231128T123724Z
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: RURA and the olllam
DESCRIPTION:•RURA at Celtic Connections 2019. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news \nHighlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music.   \nThe Celtic Connection website says about the event: “A unique opportunity to see\, in a single show\, two award-winning\, progressive bands – one Scottish and one Irish – that are at the very forefront of 21st century folk. \n“Famed for its powerful\, entrancing instrumentals on fiddle\, Highland pipes\, flute\, keyboards\, bodhran and guitar\, RURA first found success at Celtic Connections in 2010\, before winning the Scottish Traditional Music Awards Up and Coming title. Since then the band has played many of the world’s leading folk festivals and appeared on numerous radio and TV shows. In 2020 RURA celebrated its 10th anniversary by recording a live album in front of a capacity crowd at Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket\, and its 2023 album\, Dusk Moon\, has received extensive acclaim. \n“Taking its name – very aptly – from the old Irish for a master musician\, the olllam brings together a formidable line-up of talent including legendary Belfast piper John McSherry and fellow piper/whistler and Grammy-nominated producer Tyler Duncan. Their instrumental virtuosity and innovative compositions and arrangements marry tradition with technology\, creating a sound lush with trance-like melodies. Now considered a cult classic\, the ollam’s debut album\, elllegy\, won the 2012 Indie Acoustic Music Award for Best Instrumental Album\, and the band was named RTÉ 2022 Folk Artist of the Year.”
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-rura/
LOCATION:The Barrowland Ballroom\, 244 Gallowgate\, Glasgow\, G4 0TS\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240127T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240127T223000
DTSTAMP:20260525T235027
CREATED:20231120T074207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240127T121043Z
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Lochaber | A Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music.   \nThe Celtic Connection website says about the concert: “A spectacular night of entertainment celebrating the incredible musical talent from the Lochaber area will showcase world-renowned musical personalities such as Mànran accordionist and BBC broadcaster Gary Innes\, who is Musical Directing and presenting the evening’s proceedings. He will be joined by his musical comrade Ewen Henderson who will perform alongside his famous family siblings in the shape of multi instrumentalists Allan\, Ingrid and Megan Henderson. \n“Glenfinnan’s very own musical King Iain MacFarlane will join the line-up\, alongside Dàimh’s Ross Martin. Singing royalty Robert Robertson\, whilst percussionist extraordinaire James Mackintosh and fiddle playing class-act Donald Grant will also take to the stage\, as well as Skipinnish’s Andrew Stevenson and Shooglenifty’s Kaela Rowan. Fresh off the back of a critically acclaimed single\, Little Win will also join this incredible line-up that is set to showcase the special and unique talent of this Highland region.”
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-lochaber-a-celebration/
LOCATION:City Halls\, Candleriggs\, Glasgow\, G1 1NQ\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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