The Ceres Highland Games took place in the Kingdom of Fife yesterday, June 25. While most of the piping world would have been focussed on the European Pipe Band Championships in Inverness, solo pipers travelled to Ceres to play in the piping competitions. The weather was sunny all day, apart […]
The third major pipe band championships of 2022 took place today, Saturday, June 25, at Bught Park, Inverness. Kilbarchan Pipe Band in Grade 4B, led by Pipe Major Brian Knight, won their third major competition in a row, so 2022 is shaping up to be a very successful season for […]
by VICKIE GRAY. February 2022: CLASP Live Online, Grade 4 I’d better face the wall so I’m not distracted by movement through the window. Oh crap, my sleeve is unbuttoned. I know I’m going to screw up the 3rd part of Lady Lever Park. I always do. I just don’t […]
It’s back. It’s live. It’s the best pipe bands in the world competing for glory. It doesn’t get bigger than this. Thousands of pipers and drummers are expected to head for Glasgow Green on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th August as the World Pipe Band Championships return after a 2 […]
Piping Live! is fast approaching and it’s great to see the festival returning to the Old Fruitmarket for the Friday night concert on August 12. Located in Candleriggs and starting at 8.30pm, this year we have RURA + Ross Ainslie and and Brighde Chaimbeul who are sure to provide an […]
NINE NOTES AND MORE… by Stuart Robertson. Piping Today #46 2010. More than 20 years of international prizes in all branches of pipe music between 1971 and 1991 lend credence to Piper & Drummer magazine’s claim that Jim McGillivray is “one of the best all-round pipers – ever”. Jim began […]
With just days to go until the return of Piping Inverness and the European Pipe Band Championships, preparations are getting underway to transform Bught Park into a piping arena. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, there are more than 100 pipe bands making their way from around the […]
The National Piping Centre offers a wide range of tuition to people from very different backgrounds, and thanks to the rise in popularity of online tuition the NPC has pupils all over the world. One such student is 11 year old, Ella Stewart, who lives in Saudi Arabia and who […]
Thanks to Dr Jack Taylor for his report and solo piping results from the Aberdeen Highland Games, held at Hazelhead Park on Sunday, June 19: “It was blustery, cold and sometimes wet. 14 played. There was a good crowd and plenty of entertainment including a Father’s Day race and the potential […]
The in-person CLASP competition was held at The National Piping Centre on Saturday, June 19. The competition was for adult amateur pipers in Grade 1, 2 and 3 with the option for Grade 4 members to play up in Grade 3 events. Judges were Alastair Dunn and Simon McKerrell. The […]
