Last summer we posted a story about the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on June 2, 2022, and plan for pipers to mark the occasion by playing a tune specially written by Stuart Liddell. An eagle-eyed reader recently spotted that Dan Nevans‘ recording of Diu Regnare did not match the music written […]
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Queen’s jubilee: win a set of Stuart Liddell’s pipes
Further to our report in early August that McCallum Bagpipes is to supply a set of pipes for the Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations next June, organisers have provided further details. Bruno Peek, Pageantmaster, said: “Anyone can enter this competition to win a set of McCallum’s MacRae SL4 pipes. This range […]
Gordon’s smallpipes / Piper professor performs at COVID experience gig / St. Valery anniversary marked
After being inundated with expressions of interest regarding Gordon Duncan’s smallpipes, a spokesman for the Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust asks that no more offers be sent. The successful purchaser will be notified shortly. One of the UK’s leading virologist professors – he is also a piper – features in a […]
Pipers are asked to play Stuart Liddell’s new tune for the Queen as part of Platinum Jubilee
Pipers around the British Commonwealth are being asked to help mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee next summer by playing a tune composed for the occasion by Stuart Liddell of Inveraray, Scotland. Organisers ask that pipers play the tune as the sun sets on June 2, 2022. The Queen ascended to […]
Bruce Gandy scholarship fund for Abbigail Cowbrough / PM Whyte / VJ Day 75
The Bruce Gandy Bagpiping Development Society is to establish a piping scholarship fund to honour a young Canadian piper who was killed in a military helicopter crash on April 29. Almost two weeks after the crash, the cause of the crash of the Cyclone helicopter is still not yet known. […]
VE Day 75 date change / ‘Pipes up!’ on Thursday
Organisers of VE Day 75, which was to have taken place on May 8-10, hope to re-schedule the event for the weekend of August 14-15 – the same weekend as the World Pipe Band Championships. Gourock Highland Games had been set to play a leading role in VE Day 75, […]
VE Day 75 gathers apace
Hundreds of pipers have registered so far to participate in the United Kingdom’s VE Day 75 commemorations next year. May 8, 2020 has been designated a public holiday in the UK to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. At 3.00pm local time, […]
2020 May Bank Holiday moved for VE Day anniversary
Scotland will follow England and Wales in moving next year’s early May Bank Holiday to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day. The early May Bank Holiday in 2020 will therefore move from Monday, May 4 to Friday, May 8. Bank holidays are a devolved issue in Scotland. A spokesman […]