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“The Dreaded Hot Flash (great name for a tune, by the way).” Our resident humourist faces up to life and, like Axl Rose, asks for just a little patience
Gillian Blaney of Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, won all three events at the 2024 George Sherriff Amateur Invitational to win the overall championship against eight other competitors from around North America. It was the 27th time the competition was held, this year at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church.
Alasdair Henderson was the aggregate winner in the top grades at the 2024 Scottish Piping Society of London’s annual competitions, held at the Caledonian Club in the UK’s capital city, thus securing an invitation to the 2025 Glenfiddich Championships in October. Henderson enjoyed a huge day, winning three of the four events in which he played.
Finlay Johnston of Glasgow won the 2024 Bratach Gorm for piobaireachd at the annual Scottish Piping Society of London solo piping competitions at the Caledonian Club in the heart of the city. It was Johnston’s first time winning the coveted prize.
While the world’s elite professional/open-grade pipers go at it in London, nine of North America’s most successful amateur players will compete at the 27th running of the George Sherriff Memorial Amateur Invitational Solo Piping Competition in Hamilton, Ontario, on Saturday, November 16th, at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in the heart […]
For the 84th time, the Scottish Pipipig Society of London brings back the prestigious Bratach Gorm piobaireachd competition for qualified solo pipers, this year on Friday, November 15th, at a special evening setting at the sumptuous Caledonian Club in the heart of the UK’s biggest city before the balance of […]
“Leading the Field Marshal Montgomery drum corps is the opportunity of a lifetime and I am honoured to take on the role.”
It’s the return of The Style Guy, your sartorial companion to proper ensemble – the clothing kind, that is. Let’s see what’s in yon olde mailbag . . . Hi Style Guy, I’ve noticed some judges wearing their old band kilt or a band tie when they’re doing their business. It seems to be more […]
Iain MacDonald (Regina) looks back at November 11th and the poignancy of the day for him, his family and all who served . . .
Callum Beaumont of St. Andrews, Scotland, won the third annual Sun Belt Invitational Solo Piping Competition held at the Orlando Sheraton North Hotel. The professional-level competition had a prize pool of more than US$6,000. It was Beaumont’s second time winning the aggregate prize after winning the 2022 event, the first year the competition was held.
In a stunning development, Ross Harvey, pipe-major of the Grade 1 Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia, has resigned only a season removed from winning the band’s first World Championship. Pipe-Sergeant Calum Watson has been appointed pipe-major. Watson has been a member of the organization for decades, and is one […]
We continue with the ninth installment of 10 “Castle Recordings” piobaireachds in our exclusive series of performances captured on reel-to-reel tape at Edinburgh Castle in the early 1960s by the late Captain John A. MacLellan MBE. “The Battle of Aldearn” #1 “The Blue Ribbon” “The Company’s Lament” “The Earl of […]
Not quite two years after taking the role, Lead-Drummer Gareth McLees is no longer with 13-time World Champions Field Marshal Montgomery. The band did not provide a specific reason for the move, but it is believed that the decision was accepted by McLees. A successor has not yet been named, […]
Alex Pavlovic and Nicolas Bowden, both from Houston, were the overall piping and snare drumming winners, respectively, of the 18th Balmoral Classic U.S. Junior Solo Piping & Drumming Championships held at the University of Pittsburgh for players 21 and younger.
A new app for pipers, drummers, pipe bands and pretty much all serious musicians is poised to launch after trial testing in Australia and New Zealand. MusoLink is designed to motivate musicians by tracking and sharing their practice sessions and routines, while creating helping to set goals and reminders for […]
The new president of the Royal New Zealand Pipe Bands’ Association is Liam Kernagahn after the Auckland-based top-tier competitive piper, still in his early thirties, was acclaimed to the role, taking over from Iain Blakeley, who earlier this year announced his intention to retire. Returning to the RNZPBA’s management board […]