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, […]
The first day of the Argyllshire Gathering took place yesterday, August 23, in Oban. There were five piobaireachd competitions held across the day with the Senior competition for former Gold Medal winners, the Highland Society of London Gold Medal, the Silver Medal and the MacGregor Memorial competition. For light music […]
• PART 52 • BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. In 1987 the Gathering was again held over three days, August 25, 26 and 27. On Tuesday the Silver Medal was held in two heats in the Corran Halls and St Columba’s Cathedral Hall, with 22 in each. Five from each heat […]
The Grade 3/4 World Amateur Solo Piping Competitions took place on Thursday, August 15 at Piping Live! 2023, held in the NPC’s Otago Street Venue. The overall winner was Kathryn McEwan and the full results were as follows: Piobaireachd 2/4 March Strathspey & Reel Jig
Piping Live! on a Sunday has a chilled vibe which is most welcome at the end of a busy week and following an exciting day at the World Pipe Band Championships on the Saturday. The events get underway on Sunday afternoon and a packed NPC auditorium watched Anna Smart, Alastair […]
A new name was added to the Grade 1 World Pipe Band trophy today, August 19, with Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia winning for the first time. There were scenes of wild celebration, and plenty of tears flowing on Glasgow Green as Pipe Major Ross Harvey led his band […]
The majority of the piping world had their eyes on the Grade 1 competition at Glasgow Green on Friday, August 18, and would have missed the public debut of the music of Magnus and Flora Stone from the US. The audience in the Street Cafe were treated to new music […]
Stuart Liddell was the winner of the Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital for 2023. Stuart played first and his piping and entertaining showmanship received a rapturous response from the large audience. Earlier in the evening, 15-year-old Cameron Bonar from Canada won the final of Pipe Idol receiving a set […]
