• PART 54 • BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. In 1989 the Argyllshire Gathering reverted to two days, August 23 and 24. Entry to the Gold Medal had been expanded to include those selected on merit by the Joint Committee of the Argyllshire Gathering and Northern Meeting so the number of […]
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 […]
Piping Live! Thursdays are always very busy around the The National Piping Centre and Street Cafe. Heat four of Pipe Idol, and the final, take place on Thursday and no doubt the Street Cafe and NPC auditorium will be packed for both. Get your tickets for the final early, or […]
This time next week Glasgow will be full of pipers and drummers and Piping Live! has a full day of events planned to keep them entertained. See the listings below for daytime events and take your pick from pipe band performances, CLASP Grade 2 solo piping competition, a recital with […]
The Arisaig Highland Games took place yesterday, Wednesday, July 26 at Traigh Farm, Arisaig. There was a field of 18 senior pipers and six juniors. The piobeareachd was judged by Archie MacLean and the light music was judged by PM Iain MacFadyen. Fred Morrison won the Arisaig Challenge cup for […]
The Taynuilt Highland Games took place yesterday, Saturday July 22, at the Sports Field, Taynuilt in Argyll. The overall winner was Angus MacColl and the full piping results were as follows: Piobaireachd March Strathspey and Reel Junior March Junior Strathspey and Reel
On the eve of the Glasgow Uist and Barra Invitational 2023, we look back through the Piping Times archive to the report on the 1990 competition by Jeannie Campbell, and find this was the year that it became an ‘invitational’. It was a year that Glasgow presented it’s cleaned-up, modern, […]
Angus MacColl of Benderloch won the Gold Clasp yesterday, Friday, September 2, on day two of the Northern Meeting in Inverness. His winning tune was Nameless, Cherede Darievea. Angus also won the Senior Piobaireachd last week at the Argyllshire Gathering, and won the A-Grade Hornpipe & Jig yesterday in Inverness. Clasp […]
The Argyllshire Gathering was held on August 24 and 25, 2022 in Oban. Senior Piobaireachd Angus MacColl, Benderloch Callum Beaumont, Dollar Alan Bevan, Abbotsford, Canada Bruce Gandy, Dartmouth, Canada Stuart Liddell, InverarayJudges: Dr Angus MacDonald, Iain MacFadyen BEM, Colin MacLellan Former Winners’ MSR Connor Sinclair, Crieff Alex Gandy, Dartmouth, Canada […]
The prestigious Silver Chanter competition will make a welcome return to the Isle of Skye as part of this year’s Piping Live! festival. The pioneering piping event, now in its 56th year, is the annual invitational Piobaireachd competition that was established by Dame Flora MacLeod, the 28th Chief of MacLeod, alongside John MacFadyen […]
