June 2, 2002 – The Markinch Highland Games in Fife, Scotland, were won by the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band, tipping home turf favourites Dysart & Dundonald for top honours. All events were judged by Bob Shepherd and Joe Noble. Actor Dougray Scott, of Mission Impossible II fame, was the chieftain […]
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 […]
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, […]