Colin Johnston

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Interviewee: Colin Johnston

Interviewer: Billy Hutchison

Background: Colin’s early piping was carried out under the auspices of the Boys’ Brigade in Barrhead and Paisley. His playing career has seen him heavily involved in the pipe band scene in the greater Glasgow area. He is currently pipe major of the Strathendrick and District Pipe Band.

Publisher: The National Piping Centre

Date: 26-02-2012

Format: Audio

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Organization:

  • 100 Pipers Pipe Band
  • 108th Glasgow Boys Brigade
  • 22nd Paisley Boys’ Brigade
  • 4th Paisley Boys’ Brigade
  • Babcocks
  • BandRoom
  • Black Bottle Whisky Pipe Band
  • Boys’ Brigade
  • British Pipe Band Championships
  • Chivas Regal
  • City of Glasgow Pipe Band
  • Dumbarton and District Pipe Band
  • Dunoon Grammar School
  • Gleniffer High School
  • Graham Johnston Memorial Trophy
  • John Rankin
  • Kilbarchan Pipe Band
  • Knightswood Pipe Band
  • Langcraigs Primary School
  • Milngavie Pipe Band
  • Paisley Battalion Boys’ Brigade
  • Paisley Pipe Band
  • Pipe Band Committees
  • R.G. Hardie
  • Red Hot Chilli Pipers
  • Renfrew District Association Pipe Band
  • Royal Scottish Pipe Band Assocation Competitions
  • Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association
  • Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Examinations
  • Scottish Power Pipe Band
  • Victoria Police Pipe Band
  • Videoplex Paisley
  • Wallace Bagpipes
  • Washington Street

Person:

  • Abbey Johnston
  • Alan Craig
  • Alan Lochore
  • Annie Grant
  • Billy Hutchinson
  • Colin Johnston
  • Craig Munro
  • David Wetherspoon
  • Donald MacKenzie
  • Eddie Kinnaird
  • Eddie McAtear
  • Erin Speirs
  • Gordon Walker
  • Graham Johnston
  • Graham Richardson
  • Greig Martin
  • Gus Clark
  • James Wark
  • Joe Noble
  • John Muir
  • John Smith
  • Kyle Johnston
  • Malcolm MacKenzie
  • Matt Connell
  • Matt Connor
  • Neil Martin
  • Paisley
  • Paul Warren
  • Pipe Major Robert Matheson
  • Ross Johnston
  • Rouken Glen
  • Sam Black
  • Tom MacLean
  • Willie MacIntosh

Place:

  • Bellahouston Park

Prize:

  • Betty Kinnaird Trophy

Subject:

  • 1973
  • Age
  • Bagpipe Maintainance
  • Bagpipe Setup
  • Blindness
  • Champions of Champions
  • Deafness
  • Disadvantaged Children
  • Drone Tuning
  • Feeder Bands
  • Friendships in Piping
  • Fundraising
  • Grade 1
  • Grade 3
  • Grade 3B
  • Grade 4B
  • Guitars
  • Highland Dancing
  • Home-made Bagpipes
  • Juvenile Grade
  • Musical Development
  • Musical Notation
  • Novice Juvenile Grade
  • Personal Development in Piping
  • Pipe Bag Manufacture
  • Pipe Band Development
  • Pipe Band Discipline
  • Pipe Band Leadership
  • Pipe Band Practice
  • Pipe Sergeant
  • Pipers with Disabilities
  • Playing Technique
  • Politics of Piping
  • Promotion to Higher Grade
  • Repetoire
  • Repetoire Changes
  • Side Drumming
  • Side Drums
  • Sightreading
  • Social Benefits of Piping
  • Talent Competitions
  • Teaching
  • Teaching Styles
  • Tenor Drum
  • Tenor Drumming
  • Theory of Music
  • Traditional Music
  • Unison
  • World Tenor Drumming Championships

Tartan:

  • Blue Ramsay Tartan

Tune:

  • Amazing Grace