By MARGARET HOULIHAN. This was another well attended ‘Live Online’ CLASP competition. For Grade 1 CLASP competitors, there was one final chance to win an invite to compete at the inaugural amateur invitational competition at The Sun Belt in Florida in November this year. Eric Stein, who runs the Sun […]
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Results from the CLASP competition at McPhater Street
The Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers took place today, March 25, in The National Piping Centre at McPhater Street. The overall winner in Grade 1 was Marc Warnock; Grade 2, Donald Morrison; and Grade 3, James Acheson. The full results were as follows: Grade 1 Piobaireachd March Strathspey and […]
Results from the first in-person CLASP for 2023
The first CLASP in-person competition of the year took place today, January 14, at The National Piping Centre’s Otago Street venue in Glasgow’s west end. The full results were as follows: Overall Winners Grade 1 – Eddie BolandGrade 2 – Jamie GallagherGrade 3 – Grant Walker Grade 1 Piobaireachd March […]
Four days to enter the first CLASP competition of 2023
The first CLASP competition of 2023 will be an in-person event held at The National Piping Centre’s West End venue at Otago Street, on Saturday January 14. This competition is for adult amateur pipers in Grades 1, 2 and 3 with the option for Grade 4 members to play up […]
CLASP winners invited to SunBelt solos in 2023
Eric Stein has announced that a new Grade 1 solo invitational contest that will be added to the premier SunBelt Invitational Solo Piping competition next year. The inaugural SunBelt Invitational, aka An Crios Gréine, took place this year on November 12, 2022. The event was won by Callum Beaumont, who […]
Results for The CLASP November ‘Live Online’ Competition
The CLASP ‘Live Online’ competitions were held on November 12, 2022. Congratulations to the overall winners: Charles-David Mitchell, Hans Grothusen, John Todd and Sheila Stewart who will all be awarded a keepsake overall medal. The judges were Cameron Drummond, Matt Wilson and Ross Miller. There are three ‘Live Online’ competitions announced […]
Burgeoning Youtube content from The National Piping Centre
The National Piping Centre launched their Youtube channel five months ago and have been steadily adding content over the weeks and months. Bagpipe.news has promoted The Piping Show interview series up to the conversation with Jack Lee one month ago, but there are now more episodes to catch up with […]
CLASP October workshops online and in-person, registrations open now
The CLASP workshop weekend will take place both in-person and remotely using the Zoom platform on Friday 7 and Saturday 8, October. Instructors confirmed to date are John Wilson, John Mulhearn, Wilson Brown, Ailis Sutherland, Connor Sinclair, Margaret Dunn and Andrew Bova. Registrations Open until Wednesday 28th September 2022 (Midnight UK […]
Bagpipes on the Devil’s Tower
Tak Tang is a CLASP competitor, but has had other passions in his life as well as piping. As you will read below, he combined both to take his pipes to the top of the Devil’s Tower in Wyoming. He is originally from Hong Kong, but now lives in the […]
ADHD in an adult piper: a tale of two competitions
by VICKIE GRAY. February 2022: CLASP Live Online, Grade 4 I’d better face the wall so I’m not distracted by movement through the window. Oh crap, my sleeve is unbuttoned. I know I’m going to screw up the 3rd part of Lady Lever Park. I always do. I just don’t […]