The second CLASP in-person competition of 2024 was held today, Saturday, March 2 at the National Piping Centre. The judges were Emmet Conway (Light music) and Jonathan Greenlees (Piobaireachd). Overall winner Grade 1 – John Frater Overall winner Grade 2 – John Nevans Overall winner Grade 3 – Kathryn McEwan Grade 1 […]
By MARGARET HOULIHAN. This was the first CLASP ‘Live Online’ event for 2024. There was a particular interest for Grade 1 competitors as an invite to compete at the invitational CLASP Champion of Champions competition was up for grabs for the overall winner – more details here. Thank you to […]
A set of pipes that sounded at the Battle of Loos and which belonged to an east of Scotland school’s first piping instructor have been donated to the school. Harry Stott taught at Lathallan School near Montrose throughout the 1960s and 70s. However, much earlier, at the outbreak of the […]
In the eight years since I moved to Scotland from Pittsburgh, many of the spoils of life in this new place have long since gone from novel to normal. No longer must I wait until a highland games to purchase piping goods in person; I can pop into a wide […]
A record number entries were received in the latest video submission competition organised by the the National Piping Centre’s Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers (CLASP). Results: Overall: Grade 1 – Trevor DeMass; Grade 2 – Hans Grothusen; Grade 3 – Alasdair Beaton. Grade 1Piobaireachd – 1. Charles David Mitchell (Massacre […]
