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 […]
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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 […]
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
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
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
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; […]
Piping Show Christmas Special and Roddy MacLeod at the Glenfiddich on YouTube
The final episode of The Piping Show for 2022 is a seasonal treat with Christmas piping tunes from Brodie Watson-Massey, a good fun blooper reel, a Christmas history special from Dr Andrew Bova, and The National Piping Centre staff discussing their best-ever piping Christmas gifts and favourite piping moments from […]
Retired life filled with music, piping competitions and bespoke tuition of the highest order
Luciano Lanaro doesn’t let the grass grow under his feet. When Lou retired seven years ago he increased his musical ability by adding the Highland pipes to the range of instruments he already played. Like many pipers it is not just a pastime, but a full blown obsession that he […]
P.M. R. J. Gillies’ pipes / Dugald Gillespie / Kilberry Castle for sale / Roddy’s recital
Reader, Alexander Gillies is seeking information on his late father’s pipes. Alexander’s father was Pipe Major Roderick John Gillies [pictued] and he died in 1997 aged 67. Roderick served as Pipe Major of the Cameronians just before it disbanded in 1968. He was then Pipe Major of the Royal Scots […]
Piper’s Memorial anniversary to be marked next summer / Roddy’s recital on Lewis
Pipers are being asked to participate in the 20th anniversary of the Piper’s Memorial at Longueval in northeast France. Sculptured by Andy DeComyn of Birmingham, England, the three metre high monument in Longueval village square [pictured] was erected on July 20, 2002. It is dedicated to all pipers who fell […]