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Armadale, Skye, Scotland – June 1, 2002 – Colin MacLellan of Edinburgh, playing “Glengarry’s March,” won the Donald MacDonald Quaich at the Clan Donald Centre here today in one of the year’s more prestigious solo piping events. Sponsored by Glenfiddich Pure Malt Whisky, the event is an invitational competition. Other […]
Argyllshire, on Scotland’s west coast, is rich with piping history. Among the historic sites is the village of Easdale, a serene and remote village just south of Oban. In some respects, it is the cradle of canntaireachd, the vocal depiction of piobaireachd, which was standardized into written form by Colin […]
The Loch Sloy Highland Games at Fort Erie, Ontario, the first Champion Supreme event on the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario’s circuit, is moving from its scenic fort location to grounds adjacent to the Fort Erie Race Track. The event has been held on the banks of Lake […]
Campbeltown, Scotland – June 8, 2002 – Gordon Walker, Glasgow, was the overall winner at the 3rd annual Kintyre Piping Society invitational competition held at the Argyll Arms Hotel. Walker won the March, Strathspey & Reel event, while Roddy MacLeod, Glasgow, took the Piobaireachd contest and Chris Armstrong, Bathgate, Scotland, […]
The concept of “set tunes” is not new to most pipers. Since the Piobaireachd Society decided to standardize the top events at the Argyllshire Gathering and the Northern Meeting in the early 1900s, top pipers have grown used to the notion that they sometimes have to choose from a list […]