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More Power to Its Elbow: happy 40th to the LBPS

More Power to Its Elbow: happy 40th to the LBPS

As we reported in April, the Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS) this year marks 40 years since its inception. Founded in 1983 in Glasgow, the organisation is solely responsible for the revival of Scotland’s bellows-blown bagpipes – the instruments played historically mostly in the Lowlands – and of its […]

LBPS 40th anniversary concert, part 1

LBPS 40th anniversary concert, part 1

The Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society marks its 40th year with the first of two shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Tonight’s show features three young, exciting exponents of the music of Scotland’s lowland and border areas: Finlay MacVicar, Iain Gelston and Calum Armstrong.

Piping Live! LBPS present… inB

Piping Live! LBPS present… inB

This year’s Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society concert at Piping Live! features the new bellows piping ensemble, inB. The quartet comprises Fin Moore, Brighde Chaimbeul, Tiarnàn O’Duinnchinn and Louise Mulcahy. The sound of the four sets of pipes and drones playing in harmony creates a rich and deep musical landscape […]

The LBPS … looking good at 40

The LBPS … looking good at 40

Bagpipe.news and all at The National Piping Centre would like to extend a hearty ‘congratulations’ to the Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS) on reaching 40 years. It was on this day in 1983 that group of Lowland bellows pipers that had been meeting occasionally at the College of Piping […]

Results from the LBPS annual competition

Results from the LBPS annual competition

The Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society held its annual competition on March 18. The venue was the Burgh Halls in Linlithgow. Norman MacLeod won the Martin Lowe Trophy for the most outstanding contribution to Lowland and Border piping. This was the second year in a row Norman was awarded the […]

Composers enticed with £400 prize from the LBPS

Composers enticed with £400 prize from the LBPS

The Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS) has launched a composing competition to mark its 40th anniversary. The winner will receive a cash prize of £400. The LBPS was founded in 1983 at the College of Piping in Glasgow with the twin aims of reviving the music and bagpipes of […]

Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society visit Perth for showcase concert

Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society visit Perth for showcase concert

The Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS) will hold its annual conference in Perth next month. Members and non-members are welcome. It will be the first time the 40-year-old piping organisation has held such an event outwith the central belt or the Scottish Borders. The date of the event is […]

More power to your elbow – and foot!

More power to your elbow – and foot!

REVIEW by PETER McCALISTER This year, for the first time, the annual competition held by the Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS) was held in Linlithgow, at the historic Burgh Halls. This marvellous old building has been re-purposed with meeting rooms and a café – and the acoustics are superb. […]

Bellows pipers return for annual ‘blow out’

Enthusiasts of Scotland’s other piping tradition – the bellows-blown Lowland one – will gather in the Scottish Borders town of Galashiels on October 30. The 2021 annual conference (the ‘collogue’) of the Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS) will go ahead in person and will feature three guest speakers: James […]