Tom Peterkin broke his own record on Saturday, March 12, by winning his fifth Archie Kenneth Quaich in the 30th annual amateur piobaireachd competition. The venue was The Scots Guards Club, Haymarket, Edinburgh. Tom Peterkin: Corrienessan’s Salute John Nevans: Clan Campbell’s Gathering Colin MacKenzie: Flame of Wrath Matthew Kirkwood: Battle […]
In the second part of the 2017 College of Piping Lecture, ALAN FORBES talked about the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society. At the start of Alan’s presentation, the audience was treated to a performance of Roddy Campbell’s Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society by Andrew Frater, Robert Frater and John Frater. The Scottish […]
It looks like this winter will be a long one. COVID-19 is on the rise again throughout Europe and beyond. Statistics a fortnight ago revaled the UK as the leading region globally for new cases yet this wasn’t mentioned by the country’s state broadcaster, the BBC. There seems to be […]
Next year’s annual Archie Kenneth Quaich competition has been moved to the spring in the hope that it may be able to take place in-person. A spokesman for The Piobaireachd Society said it is keen to hold a face-to-face contest but considers that February is too early even with the […]
