The Skye Highland Games takes place on Tuesday/Wednesday, August 8 and 9, 2023. Entry forms for the Dunvegan Medal and light music competitions can be downloaded here, and will be accepted in the two months between the beginning of April and the end of May. Piping Convenor, Cameron MacFadyen, contacted […]
The Dunvegan Medal will take place next week on Tuesday, August 2, and Piping Convenor Cameron MacFadyen told bagpipe.news that the competition has attracted a bumper entry of 26 competitors. The competition will take place in the Skye Gathering Hall, Portree, and starts at 8.30am. The list of Dunvegan Medal […]
By MARK MacKENZIE Graham Adams’ recent article on Bagpipe.news brought back to me my own memories of Andrew Pitkeathly. As Graham mentioned in his piece, I stayed in Scotland for 12 months from November 1989 to November 1990 and received tuition from Andrew during that time. Graham was my first […]
Round the games in late summer and yet more interminable tuning … we continue with Senior Judge, Malcolm McRae’s diary as he adjudicated at various highland games around Scotland in 2008. By Malcolm McRae Into August, and Aboyne was a day of showers and little sunshine. Ronald Clark, Norman Matheson […]
The piping competitions at Skye Highland Games take place on August 6-7. Entry forms for the Dunvegan Medal and light music competitions will be accepted in the two months between the beginning of April and the end of May with a list of successful applicants and a reserve list (if […]
