Tag: Roddy MacLeod

Exceptional talent from pipers and young old has been on display at The Royal National Mòd today. The premier Gaelic cultural celebration is back in Paisley for the first time in a decade.

Junior piping took place at the town’s Wynd Centre, while senior competitors played in the Jacquard Suite and The Spinning Shed within the newly refurbished Paisley Town Hall.

In the senior competitions, the Pìobaireachd and the March, Strathspey and Reel Premier and A Grade competitions were both won by acclaimed Glasgow bagpiper Roddy McLeod MBE, (PICTURED)who is the former Director of the National Piping Centre. Milngavie’s Bradley Parker won the B Grade March, Strathspey and Reel competition, while Inverness' Angus Macphee won the B Grade Piobaireachd.

Arran Green, 16 years old from Bannockburn High, scooped a double win. Arran took home the W.G.G. Wilson Trophy for the 16-18 Piobaireachd, and the Royal Highland Fusiliers Cup for the 16-18 March, Strathspey and Reel.

Kinross High School pupil Lennox Munro, won the Under 16 Roderick Munro Quaich for 2/4 March. The 15-year-old from Glenfarg also took the Under 16 Lighting Electrical Cup for his Strathspey and Reel.

The Mòd runs until Saturday 21st October, bringing fans of Gaelic music and culture together once again to celebrate the language, history and future of the Gaels, with a packed programme of cultural activities, competitions, concerts, workshops and more.

Solo piping winners from the Royal National Mòd in Paisley 2023

The solo piping events at the Royal National Mòd took place yesterday, Saturday, October 14 in Paisley. Junior piping took place at the town’s Wynd Centre, while senior competitors played in the Jacquard Suite and The Spinning Shed within the newly refurbished Paisley Town Hall. The Mòd runs until Saturday, October […]

History of the Argyllshire Gathering: the 1988 competition

History of the Argyllshire Gathering: the 1988 competition

• PART 53 • BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. The Argyllshire Gathering in 1988 was again a three day event, with similar arrangements to the previous year. On Tuesday, August 23, the Silver Medal heats took place in the Masonic Hall and the Corran Hall. The set tunes were The Battle […]

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Solo piping results from the Atholl Gathering 2023

A large entry competed today, May 28, on the grounds of Blair Castle for the annual Atholl Gathering, Scotland’s first major outdoor solo piping contest of the year. Roddy MacLeod was the Overall Winner and Junior Overall was Arran Green. The full results are as follows: P/A Piobaireachd B Piobaireachd […]

The Balmoral School Summer Camps in Pennsylvania 2023

The Balmoral School Summer Camps in Pennsylvania 2023

Two Camps in Pennsylvania – East Stroudsburg and Edinboro On July 9-14, the Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming will return to the popular ESU campus in East Stroudsburg, PA. The week after, July 16-21, a camp will be held at PennWest in Edinboro. Both camps will feature an exciting […]

The Uist and Barra competition in Glasgow’s Year of Culture

The Uist and Barra competition in Glasgow’s Year of Culture

On the eve of the Glasgow Uist and Barra Invitational 2023, we look back through the Piping Times archive to the report on the 1990 competition by Jeannie Campbell, and find this was the year that it became an ‘invitational’. It was a year that Glasgow presented it’s cleaned-up, modern, […]

Winter Storm concert free to view on Facebook

Winter Storm concert free to view on Facebook

The Winter Storm weekend came to a conclusion on Saturday, January 14, with a spectacular concert line-up of top class piping and drumming performers. The concert programme lists them as: Alastair Lee; Roddy MacLeod; Callum Beaumont; Dollar Academy Pipe Band; Craig Muirhead; Matt MacIsaac; Stephen Creighton; Jake Jørgensen; Reid Maxwell; […]