Now only a few days till the Gathering. Don’t miss the exhibition of piping on Saturday 25th July @ 2pm featuring John Mulhearn, Gillian Chalmers and Roddy MacLeod. Then on Sunday 26th July come along and enjoy Pipe Idol featuring 8 of the country’s best young pipers and the Gathering Invitational Solo Competition @ 9.30 am featuring gold medallists Bruce Gandy, Willie McCallum, Angus MacColl, Gordon Walker, Greg Wilson, Naill Stewart, Euan MacCrimmon and Stuart Liddell. All events in Holyrood Park. For more information click on the link at the bottom left of the home page.
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Results from Inveraray Games
A Piobaireachd
1st Angus MacColl
2nd Roddy MacLeod
3rd Fiona Manson
4th Donald MacPhee
5th John Angus Smith
A March
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Gordon Walker
3rd Alastair Dunn
4th Gordon MacCready
5th Angus MacColl
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The National Piping Centre on STV
The National Piping Centre and its Principal, Roddy MacLeod MBE, will feature in the upcoming documentary “Made In Scotland”. The series will be shown on STV at 9pm and begins on Thursday 23rd July, with the National Piping Centre appearing on Thursday 30th July. The series runs for three weeks. This documentary was filmed during the Spring School week, so if you attended make sure you tune in!
Results from Roseneath
A Grade Piobaireachd
1st Martin Kessler
2nd Finlay Johnstone
3rd Allan Russell
4th William Geddes
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Results from Balloch Games
2/4 March
1st Finlay Johnstone
2nd Allan Russell
3rd Gordon McCreadie
4th Donald MacPhee Continue reading
Calling Gaelic Speakers – Piping Live! needs you
Piping Live! and BBC Alba are teaming up to record this year’s festival – 10th -16th August. We would like to hear from young gaelic speakers who are attending this year’s festival and would like to be interviewed. Continue reading
Perth Games Entries
Perth entries close on Monday 20 July. Date of competition is Sunday 9 August. Email entries to jimmie.mcgregor@btinternet.com
Draw for Roseneath
The CPA has issued the draw for the Roseneath Highland Games to be held on Sunday the 19th of July. Full draw here Continue reading
Scottish Piping Society of London Competition 2009
Competition will be held on the 7th of November 2009. The organisers have updated their entry criteria for the competition in response to last year’s particularly large entries. Entries close 10th September.
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World Pipe Band Championships Draw
The draw for the World Pipe Band Championships can be found by following this link. http://www.rspba.org/html/contestdraw.php?contest=World%20Championships