It has been a very successful two days for Callum Beaumont at the Northern Meeting. Callum won the Senior Piobaireachd at Inverness yesterday, September 1, adding a Gold Clasp to accompany the Silver Star for MSR he won on day one of the competitions. Seonaidh Forrest, 13, a pupil at […]
Day one of the Northern Meeting took place yesterday, August 31, at The Eden Court Theatre in Inverness. There were four competitions throughout the day for the Highland Society of London Gold Medal, the Silver Medal, the MSR for A Grade pipers and the Silver Star for former winners of the […]
The Weekend Piping Club is a fantastic learning place for new players and those that already play. Aimed at young learners, aged 6-17, classes are taught in small groups at The National Piping Centre in McPhater Street. The Weekend Piping Club takes place on Saturdays, and there are six levels […]
The National Piping Centre is inviting more women to contribute to their survey on the experiences of women in the piping and drumming community in Scotland, after a fantastic initial response that saw hundreds of women come forward to share their views. The extension of the survey comes as The […]
Bagpipe.news has been contacted by a reader looking to sell a set of full silver Highland Pipes made by Alastair Fletcher of Glasgow. The blueprint for the pipes was taken from the late P/M Angus MacDonald’s set of Henderson pipes. The pipes are made from African Blackwood and feature hallmarked […]
Entries are open for the 2024 New Zealand Pipe Band Championships in New Zealand’s largest city, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Royal New Zealand Pipe Bands Association President Iain Blakeley said: “The 2024 ‘Nationals’ provides bands from across New Zealand, Australia, and from around the world the perfect opportunity to enjoy first-rate pipe band music in our […]
The Captain John A MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner took place on Saturday, August 26 and the black tie event was held in Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh. Iain Speirs won the event for the fifth time. The event is organised by the Eagle Pipers’ Society and they are delighted to report it […]
By Dr. JACK TAYLOR. His Majesty King Charles visited Lonach Games in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire today to mark the 200th anniversary of the formation of the Lonach Friendly Society. He was unfortunate to miss Andrew Donlon’s performance of Craigellachie, which gained him first prize in the Piobaireachd. Andrew’s long drive from […]
Lonach Games have announced that competitors will be asked to submit six piobaireachd at the games tomorrow, August 26. Online entries closed on August 13, but entries will be accepted on the field. The competition starts at 10.30am. Entries will not be accepted after the start of the competition. […]
The photo above is somewhat misleading as it was a wet day yesterday in Oban, August 24, for the Argyllshire Gathering 2023. The weather wasn’t kind to the pipers in the light music competitions out in the fresh air of Mossfield Park. However the rain didn’t stop young Cameron Bonar, […]
