By GERARD McCLUMPHA, Event Coordinator. Is looking back always a good thing? I’m not 100% sure on that as a rule – but in the case of the past twenty years of the Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping competition I think we can safely say yes! It all started with the […]
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Results from the Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping as event takes its final bow
The Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping Competition began life in St Andrew’s Academy, Saltcoats in 2003. It quickly became known as The Saltcoats Competition and over the years it attracted large numbers of top young pipers. Due to redevelopment of the Academy in Saltcoats the event moved to the neighbouring […]
Help the Caledonian Piping Club buy new pipes for youngsters
The Caledonian Piping Club started in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, at the turn of the millennium with the aim of offering people of all ages in the local community a chance to learn to play the pipes. It was founded by the current leader, Gerard McClumpha, and his friend Colin McCallum. The […]