The Caledonian Piping Club in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, have been running the Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping each October since 2003. This year they are planning to add a special event for past champions from over the last 20 years. This year’s Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping takes place on Saturday, […]
The Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping Competition took place in Auchenharvie Academy, Stevenston, on Saturday, October 22, 2022. The results were as follows: Overall Winners Junior Champion: Owen McCreadie, Boghall & BathgateSenior Champion: Gregor Grierson, Dumfries 14 & under Piping Archie Johnston, Oban High School PB Owen McCreadie, Boghall & […]
Today, we begin another occasional feature on the Bagpipe.News website. In actuality, there will be two occasional features. Both are image-led. The first – Piping Yesterday – features photographs from our archives whereas the second one – Piping Today – is devoted to today’s piping scene. To kick off the […]
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association is one of the cultural organisations in Scotland to to be offered financial support while they remain affected by lockdown restrictions. The Scottish Government announced a £10m funding package yesterday to help the events sector recover from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Funding streams will […]
A new ‘Goose’ competition is to be trialled at this year’s Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping Competition in Ayrshire on October 19. It is to be an Open event for players under the age of 16 who are in their first year of playing the pipes and have not yet […]
