It has been a very successful two days for Callum Beaumont at the Northern Meeting. Callum won the Senior Piobaireachd at Inverness yesterday, September 1, adding a Gold Clasp to accompany the Silver Star for MSR he won on day one of the competitions. Seonaidh Forrest, 13, a pupil at […]
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Innes Smith wins Gold at Inverness
Day one of the Northern Meeting took place yesterday, August 31, at The Eden Court Theatre in Inverness. There were four competitions throughout the day for the Highland Society of London Gold Medal, the Silver Medal, the MSR for A Grade pipers and the Silver Star for former winners of the […]
Michael Grey’s Notes: a jig is a jig
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey. Piping Today #82, 2016. There was a time when I thought that one of the hardest things I’d ever done in my life was to play Peter MacLeod’s tune Donald MacLean, twice through in the jig final at the Northern Meeting. John Burgess, ever the […]
Enter the Northern Meeting 2023 competitions now!
The closing date for entries for the Northern Meeting piping competitions is only five days away – January 31. The senior competition details can be found here, and the junior competition details can be found here. The senior and junior competitions will be held on August 31 and September 1, […]
Willie McCallum talks about his preparation for the big competitions on The Piping Show
Willie McCallum is the special guest on this week’s episode of The Piping Show. John Mulhearn interviews Willie and asks for his thoughts on the big competitions in Oban, Inverness and at Blair Castle. Willie talks about his family connections with these competitions, what they mean to him, what motivates […]
Results from day two of the Northern Meeting
Angus MacColl of Benderloch won the Gold Clasp yesterday, Friday, September 2, on day two of the Northern Meeting in Inverness. His winning tune was Nameless, Cherede Darievea. Angus also won the Senior Piobaireachd last week at the Argyllshire Gathering, and won the A-Grade Hornpipe & Jig yesterday in Inverness. Clasp […]
Vintage prizes donated / Mòd on the march to Perth / Fraser Fifield recording
Two interesting prizes awarded to two brothers at Victorian-era Northern Meetings have been donated to the trustees of the Inverness-based piping competition. The prizes are snuff mills, one presented to Duncan Ross for the “third best performance on the Great Highland Bagpipes” at the 1862 Northern Meeting, and the other […]
Willie Lawrie Gold Medal photo discovered / Hopes for resumption of band practices / MacCrimmons mark milestone
Piping and pipe band historian, Jeannie Campbell has unearthed a fascinating photograph of Willie Lawrie receiving the Gold Medal in 1910. There are very few known photographs of the Ballachulish-born piper in existence so the find is extremely valuable. It was in 1910 that Lawrie became the second piper ever […]
Stuart Letford: One picture, many stories
This is not a photo essay. Rather, it’s an essay on a photo, the one shown here. That said, the purpose of a photo essay is nothing if not a way to tell a story or evoke emotion from the viewers through a series of photographs. And I think there […]
S. A. confirms no pipe band season for 2021
Pipe bands in South Africa have been given certainty that there will be no competition season there this year. The Pipe Bands’ Association of Southern Africa (PBASA) informed its members of this decision yesterday. In a statement, Greg Hurly, PBASA President, said: “Over the last few weeks, there has been […]