The piping and drumming events of the Highlands & Islands Music & Dance Festival take place on Saturday, April 29 in Oban High School. The competitions are organised by the Netherlorn Piping Society and they are offering Junior Drumming, and Junior and Senior Piping events. Closing date for all entries […]
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Jamie Forrester wins Gold Medal in Oban
The Highland Society of London’s Gold Medal was won by Jamie Forrester at the Argyllshire Gathering today, August 25, 2022. The top five placings were: Jamie Forrester, Haddington Sandy Cameron, Roy Bridge John Mulhearn, Glasgow Sean McKeown, Bowmanville, Canada Derek Midgley, Tinton Falls, USAJudges: Alan Forbes, Murray Henderson and Bob […]
Piobaireachd names in Gaelic – curios, mix-ups and puzzles
• From the January 2008 Piping Times. By Angus Nicol The End of the Great Bridge or ‘Ceann Drochaid Mhoire’ (ceown drochitch voiruh) is something of a mix-up. Drochaid is feminine, so it should, in the genitive, be drochaide. But with the article it na drochaide (nuh drochitchuh). So the […]