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Pipe-Majors: When selecting tunes for medleys, try to create a mix of old, established tunes and new compositions. Too much new may be lost on the listener.

− Richard Parkes, P-M Field Marshal Montgomery

If you had to choose one, what is the most important quality for a piping/drumming judge?

  • Fame - has won major prizes.
  • Experience - a long track record of competition success.
  • Knowledge - depth of intelligence about the music.
  • Fairness - calls it like he/she hears it without bias.
  • Accredited - has passed official association tests.
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December 4, 1908

John Garroway born, Chelsea Barracks, London.
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