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Peel Regional Police take Grade 2; Ian K. MacDonald wins Pro Piping aggregate.
Band focusing on long-term goals, seeking full-time lead-drummer . . .
First of eight summer events on Ontario calendar . . .
RSPBA accredited judges flying in for North American Championships . . .
Satirical observations from around the crazy world of piping and drumming . . .
The winner of the 2017 Senior Piobaireachd at the Argyllshire Gathering, has been added to the lineup of world-class pipers for the 2018 Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Trust Dinner on Sunday, August 26, in Edinburgh.
An Comunn Gàidhealach (The Gaelic Association) of Scotland is hoping for a big entry to both senior and junior solo piping competitions at the venerable and long-running Royal National Mòd (Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail), this year in Dunoon, Scotland, on October 13.
We continue our exclusive discussion with one of the greatest pipers of the last 50 years . . .
The Los Angeles Scots made their debut as a Grade 2 band and won both events at the two-day Costa Mesa Scottish Fest just south of Los Angeles.
The Alt Pibroch Club of New York has taken that cue, collaborating with PipeTunes.ca, calling for new ceol mor compositions with a goal of creating a library of modern piobaireachd.
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) is reviewing competition playing requirements for Grade 4A and Grade 4B bands, issuing a survey to pipe-majors specifically reviewing its Musical Appreciation & Presentation (MAP) system of prescribed tunes that it introduced in 2006.
The 51st Annual Alma Highland Games were held on a hot and sunny Memorial Day weekend, with the official United States Pipe Band Championships taken place on the second day.
A total of 15 bands competed at the annual Kingston Scottish Festival near Canada’s first capital city. The predicted bad weather bypassed the event, and, instead, sunny and humid conditions prevailed, with temperatures reaching 30.
Contestants were treated to a gorgeous, sunny day in Scotland’s Perthshire at the annual Atholl Gathering on the grounds of the Duke of Atholl’s estate. Angus MacColl (the older one) won both Premier/A-Grade light music events, while Gordon McCready captured the Piobaireachd.
When a piper, drummer or pipe band competes, they expect the judge or judges to have proven successful competition experience at a high level. It’s called “minimum criteria” – the years of competition experience and success a prospective judge must have before he or she can sit an accreditation exam.
Despite electing to take the 2018 season off, the Grade 3 Empire Pipe Band of New York and Connecticut is making big plans, with sights firmly set on Grade 2 by 2020.