By MARIO TOMASONE. Piping Today #54, 2011. The solemn and complex manoeuvres the troops made on the battlefields of the 18th and 19th centuries were almost inevitably done with pipers playing when Scottish units were involved. At the turn of the 20th century things changed quite dramatically. After some early […]
Callum Beaumont reached the pinnacle of piping with his overall win of the Glenfiddich Championship 2023 on Saturday, and the win fulfils a prediction given to him after his first Gold Medal win in 2011. The article below is from Piping Today in 2011 where Callum talks about very successful […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Stephen Creighton leads the St Laurence O’Toole drum corps at the Scottish Pipe Band Championships on May 21, 2011. The band placed first in drumming and second overall.
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey Piping Today #55, 2011. I’ve always thought John D. Burgess came as close as anyone to the title of ‘maestro’. Burgess was surely a true artist of consummate skill and not without a hint of charm and eccentric personal colour thrown in for good measure. […]
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey Piping Today #54, 2011. When a brand gets to be used as a verb you know the product is a popular, if not powerful, thing: “Facebook me when you’re done practicing your birls” and “Great idea about twice-through pipe band MSR contests, I’m gonna Twitter […]
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey Piping Today #53, 2011. It seems like the more stuff there is on TV and the more channels there are available, the less there is to watch. This way of things has made me an impatient channel-clicker: two seconds on that show, nine on the […]
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey Piping Today #51, 2011. A couch that converts to a bed is a good thing to have. A spare bed is right up there with common household conveniences like, say, a toaster, a fridge or a bottle opener. A spare room may be best and […]
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey Piping Today #50, 2011. I’m not a hugely superstitious person. But then again, I’m not not a superstitious person. You won’t see me walk under a ladder. That’s just crazy. What harm’s a little salt over the shoulder when I’m in a spilling way, and, […]
Pasadena Scottish Pipes & Drums in George Square at Piping Live! 2011
Kyle Warren playing with the Red Hot Chilli Pipers at Celtic Connections 2011
