The 45th annual Georgetown Highland Games were held, Saturday, June 11 in the town about a 40 minutes drive west of the city of Toronto. Weather was fine with clear skies and a temperature around 23 degrees at mid-day. This contest kicked off the Ontario games season. There was a […]
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Bill Livingstone: not the singer but the song
PIOBAIREACHD TUITION by Bill Livingstone Piping Today #98, 2019. I once was judging a piobaireachd competition with the great John MacDougall and a piper performing before us had finished his tune. It had no errors, the pipe was fine, technique fine, but John turned to me and said: “Bill, I’m […]
Bill Livingstone: Hockey Lessons
HOCKEY LESSONS by Bill Livingstone Piping Today #96, 2019. I grew up in the town of Copper Cliff in Northern Ontario, and completed my secondary education (“high school” in some quarters) in Copper Cliff High School (CCHS) which boasted a total enrolment of about 300 students in Grades 9 through […]