News
A School of Piping group has been added on facebook. It provides the opportunity for users of the site to be updated, to enter into discussions and ask questions. Many pipers from the beginner through to the Internationally famous are now members of the group. Hope to interact with many of you there, come and feel free to add yourself and enjoy the friendship.
BRETON CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE STREAMED LIVE
In a similar format the the last World Pipe Band Championships, the 2010 Bagad Championship held in Brest will be streamed live here http://video-direct.france3.fr/player.php?id=692 on February 14 at 1.00pm local French time.
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R U BROWN PIOBAIREACHD SOCIETY GOLD MEDAL COMPETITION 2010
1 May - Adelaide, SA- R.U. Brown Piobaireahd Society Piping Recital 7.30pm, Scotch College, Adelaide Carruth Road, Torrens Park. www.rubrown.org.au
2 May - Adelaide, SA- R.U. Brown Piobaireahd Society Piping Competition,
11am, Scotch College, Adelaide, Carruth Road, Torrens Park. www.rubrown.org.au
3 May - Adelaide, SA- R.U.Brown Piobaireahd Society Piping Seminar,
10am-9.30pm. Regal Park Motor Inn, 44 Barton Terrace East, North Adelaide.
www.rubrown.org.au
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Mt. BARKER HIGHLAND GATHERING
The annual Mt. Barker Highland Gathering will be held on 21st February 2010 at the Main Oval Mt. Barker South Australia. This will feature a full band competition.
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AR SONER MAGAZINE FEATURES HANDBOOK
Ar Soner magazine from Bretonne (France) has featured "The Complete Pipers Handbook" in its latest edition. This presents an excellent review by Jean-Luc Le Moign from the University of Lorient and renown Breton piping expert. Also shown are photographs and extracts from the book.
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SILVER KYO BAGPIPE RAFFLE
The City of Adelaide Pipe Band is holding a "Bagpipe Raffle" with proceeds going towards defending their Australian Championships title at the 2010 Australian Pipe Band Championships and to assist in their youth development project.
The Prize: A magnificent set of hand engraved sterling silver and imitation ivory African Blackwood bagpipes supplied by Colin Kyo Bagpipes including Bag, Bag Cover, Reeds & Moisture Control System (as per City of Adelaide Pipe Band championship winning setup) (Prize Value $5000AU approx.)
An audio file of the pipes and chanter can be heard on the Mulimedia page of this site.
The raffle will be drawn at the 2010 R.U Brown Piobaireachd society Gold Medal Solo competition May 2nd 2010 by Murray Huggins the maker of Colin Kyo Bagpipes himself.
Tickets:
1 Ticket for $15
3 Tickets for $40
5 Tickets for $50
and can be purchased over the internet by heading to Bagpipe
Raffle and following the links.
or by contacting the band secretary.. All major credit cards are accepted,
as well as direct deposit.
Please send all enquiries to secretary@adelaidepipeband.com
INTERNATIONAL ENTRIES WELCOMED (Freight Included)
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RESULTS R U BROWN PIOBAIREACHD SOCIETY SILVER CHANTER 2009
1st Brett Tidswell - McDougall's Gathering
2nd Peter Hewlett - Lament for the Children
3rd Kaz Takehara - Desperate Battle
Prizes supplied by Colin Kyo Bagpipes.
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RESULTS PIPING SOCIETY OF LONDON COMPETITION 7 NOVEMBER
2009
Bratach Gorm (reserved for Gold Medallists)
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Bruce Gandy, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
3rd Gordon Walker, Galston, Scotland
4th Willie McCallum, Bearsden, Scotland
5th Roddy MacLeod, Glasgow
Gillies Cup Piobaireachd (reserved for A-Grade and Silver
Medallists)
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Bruce Gandy
3rd James Murray, Cupar, Scotland
4th Willie McCallum
5th Glenn Brown, Glasgow
London Medallion MSR (reserved for those eligible for the Former Winners
MSRs at Oban or Inverness and London Strachan winners)
1st Willie McCallum
2nd Callum Beaumont, Bo'ness, Scotland
3rd Iain Speirs, Edinburgh
4th Niall Stewart, Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
5th Roddy MacLeod
J.B. Robertson March
1st James Murray
2nd Willie McCallum
3rd Roddy Macleod
4th Stuart Liddell
5th Callum Beaumont
Hornpipe & Jig
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Glenn Brown
3rd Gordon Walker
A-Grade
Piobaireachd (Snuff Mull)
1st Simon McKerrell
2nd Callum Beaumont, Bo'ness, Scotland
3rd Innes Smith
4th Jonathan Greenlees, Northern Ireland
5th Andy Rogers, Fredericton, New Brunswick
MSR (Strachan Trophy)
1st Gordon McReady, Renfrew, Scotland
2nd Andrea Boyd, Glasgow
3rd Alan Johnstone, Glasgow
4th Andrew Carlisle
5th Cameron Drummond, Edinburgh
Hornpipe & Jig
1st Jonathan Greenlees, Northern Ireland
2nd Gordon McCready
3rd Alan Johnstone
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BALVENIE MEDAL AWARDED TO MALCOLM MCRAE
The 2009 Balvenie medal for services to Piping was awarded to Malcolm McRae at this years Glenfiddich Championship. Congratulations to Malcolm, a well deserved recognition indeed. The details of the award and Malcolm's achievements can be seen here: Balvenie Medal for Malcolm McRae.
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GLENFIDDICH CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 31 OCTOBER 2009
Overall
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Willie McCallum
3rd Roddy MacLeod
4th Bruce Gandy, Dartmouth Nova Scotia
5th Gordon Walker, Galston, Scotland
Piobaireachd
1st Roddy MacLeod, tune: "Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay"
2nd Bruce Gandy, tune: "Lord Lovat's Lament"
3rd Stuart Liddell, tune "The Earl of Seaforth's Salute"
4th Willie McCallum, tune: "Lament for the Earl of Antrim"
5th James Murray, tune: "The Old Men of the Shells"
Judges: Malcolm McRae, Ronnie McShannon, Jack Taylor
MSR
1st Willie McCallum, tunes: "Capt. Campbell of Drum a Voisk," "Ewe
wi' the Crookit Horn," "Roddy MacDonald's Fancy"
2nd Stuart Liddell, tunes: "The Duke of Roxburgh's Farewell to the
Blackmount Forest," "Atholl Cummers," "The Little
Cascade"
3rd Gordon Walker, tunes: "Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band," "Maggie
Cameron," "Major David Manson"
4th Angus MacColl, tunes: "Benderloch, Scotland", "John
MacColl's Farewell to Kilbowie Cottage," "Caledonian Society
of London" ,"Mrs.
MacPherson of Inveran"
5th Roddy MacLeod, tunes: "The Marchioness of Tuillibardine," "Arniston
Castle," "Ca' the Ewes"
Judges: Bill Livingstone, Iain MacFadyen, Andrew Wright
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SILVER CHANTER COMPETITION 13 NOVEMBER 2009
The R U Brown Piobaireachd Society will be running its annual Silver Chanter Competition on 13 November 2009 at the Blair Atholl Uniting Church Hall. Further details at www.rubrown.org.au
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2010 AUSTRALIAN PIPE BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2010 Tartan Spectacular Festival - Australian Pipe Band Championships will be held on Saturday 3 April 2010 (Easter Saturday) in conjunction with the Highland Dancing Champion of Champions and the Queensland Highland Dancing Championships.
Further details can be seen here: Tartan Spectacular
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PM BRETT TIDSWELL IN SINGAPORE
Brett Tidswell' Principal of Piping with the Australian Pipe Band Asociation with be judging the Boys Brigade Competitions and running a number of seminars in Singapore from the 5th December 2009.
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TANUNDA PIPE BAND COMPETITION - SOUTH AUSTRALIA
A Pipe Band competition is to be held within the Barossa Valley township of Tanunda in conjunction with the Brass Band Championships on Saturday 24 October 2009. This contest has become a feature of the South Australian calendar which is well supported by bands, the township, and is ideally located in this premier wine producing region and therefore popular with visiting bands.
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A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF GORDON DUNCAN
The Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust presents
A National Treasure III:
A Celebration Of The Music Of Gordon Duncan
featuring
The Treacherous Orchestra
Karen Matheson
Andy M Stewart
The Vale Of Atholl Pipe Band
John McSherry and Francis McIlduff
Edelmiro Fernandez
Iain MacLeod
Alex Duncan
Perth Concert Hall
Saturday 26th September, 7.30pm
£
16/£14 concessions
This year’s house band is the brilliant young Treacherous Orchestra, with four of their members premiering specially commissioned Tunes For Gordon.
We’re immensely pleased to welcome two of Scotland’s greatest ever traditional singers as our special guests – Karen Matheson of Capercaillie and Perthshire’s own Andy M Stewart, of Silly Wizard fame.
The piping lineup comprises The Vale Of Atholl Pipe Band, the brilliant Irish duo John Mcsherry, Galician's own Gordon Duncan - Edelmiro Fernandez and Gordon's immensely talented nephew Alex.
Tickets from 01738 621 031 and www.horsecross.co.uk
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BRAEMAR GATHERING (SCOTLAND) RESULTS 2009
Piobaireachd
1st Marion Horsburgh
2nd Greg Wilson
3rd Michael Gray
4th Jamie Forrester
5th Jori Chisholm
6th Simon McKerrell
March
1st John-Angus Smith
2nd Alasdair Gillies
3rd Jori Chisholm
4th Greg Wilson
5th Simon McKerrell
6th Jonathan Greenlees
Strathspey & Reel
1st Alasdair Gillies
2nd Greg Wilson
3rd Jori Chisholm
4th Andrew Carlisle
5th John-Angus Smith
6th Andy Rogers
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NORTHERN MEETING (INVERNESS) RESULTS 2009
Highland Society of London Gold Medal
1st Glenn Brown, "Beloved Scotland"
2nd William Geddes, Edinburgh, "Nameless - hiharin dro o dro"
3rd Fiona Manson, Glasgow, "Lament for the Dead"
4th James Murray, Cupar, Scotland, "The Earl of Seaforth's Salute"
5th Calum Beaumont, Bo'ness, Scotland, "The Battle of Aldearn #2"
Judges: Jim McGillivray, Jim McIntosh, John Wilson
Clasp
1st Stuart Liddell
2nd Roddy MacLeod, Glasgow
3rd Jack Lee, Surrey, British Columba
4th Murray Henderson, Kirriemuir, Scotland
5th Richard Hawke, New Zealand
Judges: John MacDougall, Iain MacFadyen, Iain Morrison
Silver Medal
1st Cameron Drummond, Edinburgh, "The MacKays' Banner"
2nd John Mulhearn, Troon, Scotland, "The Gathering of Clan Chattan"
3rd Jamie Forrester, "A Flame of Wrath for Squinting Peter"
4th David Wilton, "Lament for Captain MacDougall"
5th Alistair Lee, Vancouver, "The Desperate Battle"
Judges: Ian Duncan, George Lumsden, Jack Taylor
RSPS Silver Star Former Winners MSR
1st Willie McCallum, Bearsden, Scotland
2nd Angus MacColl, Benderloch, Scotland
3rd Stuart Liddell, Inveraray, Scotland
4th Gordon Walker, Galston, Scotland
5th James Murray, Cupar
Judges: Iain MacLellan, Malcolm McRae, Ronnie McShannon
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COWAL RESULTS -Dunoon August 29, 2009
Grade 1
1st Field Marshal Montgomery
2nd St.Laurence O'Toole
3rd House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead
4th Strathclyde Police
5th Boghall & Bathgate
6th ScottishPower
Drumming: House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead
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AGYLLSHIRE GATHERING (OBAN) RESULTS 2009
Highland Society of London Gold Medal
1st Alastair Dunn, "Lament for the Viscount of Dundee"
2nd Glenn Brown, Glasgow, "The MacRaes' March"
3rd Marion Horsburgh, New Zealand, "The Earl of Seaforth's Salute"
4th Allan Russell, Kelty, Scotland, "Nameless – Hiharin Dro
o Dro"
5th Andrew Hayes, Ottawa, "Lament for the Viscount of Dundee"
Judges: John MacDougall, Iain MacFadyen, Colin MacLellan
Senior Piobaireachd
1st Angus MacColl, "Mrs. MacLeod of Talisker's Salute"
2nd Niall Stewart, Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland, "The Earl of Ross's
March"
3rd Jack Lee, Surrey, British Columbia, "Lament for Donald Ban MacCrimmon"
4th Willie McCallum, Bearsden, Scotland, "MacLeod of Colbecks Lament"
Judges: Malcolm McRae, John Wilson, Andrew Wright
Silver Medal
1st Cameron Drummond, Edinburgh, "Clan Chattan's Gathering"
2nd Alastair Lee, Vancouver, British Columbia, "The MacKays' Banner"
3rd David Wilton, Forfar, Scotland, "The Piper's Warning to His
Master"
4th Faye Henderson, Kirriemuir, Scotland, "Clan Chattan's Gathering"
5th John Mulhearn, Troon, Scotland, "The Piper's Warning to His
Master"
Judges: Alan Forbes, Jim McGillivray, Ronnie McShannon
RSPS Silver Star Former Winners MSR
1st James Murray, Cupar, Scotland
2nd Stuart Liddell, Inveraray, Scotland
3rd Gordon Walker, Galston, Scotland
4th Douglas Murray, Cupar, Scotland
Judges: James Banks, Barry Donaldson, Bob Worrall
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2009 WORLD PIPE BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS - RESULTS
Grade 1 Overall
1st Simon Fraser University (Canada)
2nd Field Marshal Montgomery (Northern Ireland)
3rd St. Laurence O'Toole (Ireland)
4th Strathclyde Police (Scotland).
5th House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead (Scotland)
6th Boghall & Bathgate (Scotland)
Drumming: Simon Fraser University (Canada)
Grade 1 Medley
1st Simon Fraser University
2nd Field Marshal Montgomery
3rd St. Laurence O'Toole
4th House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead
5th Boghall & Bathgate
6th ScottishPower
Drumming: House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead (Scotland)
Judges: I Wood, T. Sloane (piping); G. Craig (drumming); Joe Noble (ensemble)
Grade 1 MSR
1st Simon Fraser University
2nd Field Marshal Montgomery
3rd St. Laurence O'Toole
4th Strathclyde Police
5th House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead
6th Boghall & Bathgate
Drumming: SFU
Judges: Malcolm MacKenzie, John Moles (piping); A. Steele (drumming);
David Clark (ensemble)
Grade 2 (MSR)
1st Inveraray & District (Scotland)
2nd Ravara (Northern Ireland)
3rd Mauchline & District
4th Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary (Scotland)
5th Grampian Police (Scotland)
6th New Westminster Police (Canada)
Drumming: Inveraray
Judges: Alan Ronaldson, G. Lawrie (piping); Gordon Parkes (drumming);
and Denver Cardwell (ensemble)
Grade 3A
1st Killen (Northern Ireland)
2nd Williamwood (Scotland)
3rd Howard Memorial (ensemble preference)
4th McNeillstown (Northern Ireland)
5th Auchintober (Scotland)
6th Cullen
Drumming: Auchintober
Grade 3B
1st Benoni MacTalla (South Africa)
2nd Castlerock
3rd Ulster Scottish (USA)
4th Methil & District (Scotland)
5th Manor Cunningham
6th Royal Burgh of Stirling (Scotland)
Drumming: Methil
Juvenile
1st George Watson's College (Scotland)
2nd Boghall & Bathgate (Scotland)
3rd Scotia Glenville (USA)
4th Robert Malcolm Memorial (Canada)
5th Kintyre Schools (Scotland)
6th Robert Wiseman-Dairies Vale of Atholl (Scotland)
Drumming: Boghall
Grade 4A
1st Letterkenny & District (Northern Ireland)
2nd Quinn Memorial (Northern Ireland)
3rd Geoghechan Memorial
4th Matt Boyd Memorial
5th Moneygore
6th City of Timaru Highland (New Zealand)
Drumming: Letterkenny
Grade 4B
1st Thiepval Memorial
2nd Ballyboley
3rd William Kerr Memorial
4th Achill Mayo
5th Tullylagan
6th Pasadena Scottish (USA)
Novice Juvenile
1st George Watson's College
2nd North Lanarkshire Schools
3rd Johnstone
4th Inveraray & District
5th Dumbarton & District
6th Kintyre Schools
Drumming: George Watson's
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VALE ALEC KERR
It is with sadness that we report the passing of Alec Kerr. Alec was a piper with the Black Watch and NCR Pipe Band in Scotland before emigrating to South Australia and joining the McDouall-Stuart Memorial Pipe Band. His funeral was held on Tuesday 18/8/09. He will be fondly remembered as one of the true gentleman of Piping.
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ULSTER CHAMPIONSHIPS 8th AUGUST 2009
1st. Field Marshal Montgomery (Northern Ireland)
2nd St Laurence O’Toole (Ireland)
3rd ScottishPower (Scotland)
4th Ballycoan (Northern Ireland)
5th Cullybackey (Northern Ireland)
6th Los Angeles Scots (USA)
7th Australia Highlanders (Australia)
Drumming: Field Marshal Montgomery
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS STREAMED LIVE
The RSPBA have announced that the 2009 World Pipe Band Championships will be streamed live from Glasgow Green by the BBC. It will be able to be seen at www.bbc.co.uk/worlds . This is quite a significant step forward, you can be at the "World's" in your own home without the rain and water burgers! I am sure many a get together will be arranged by bands around the world.
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SAUL TUNER
There is a new updated version of the Saul Tuner. This is what Mark says about it:
"About the 3.1 upgrade:
The upgrade to version 3.1 improves the reaction time of the tuner resulting
in a faster unit, and smoother operation, particularly for drone tuning.
It also provides a "Pro Mode" setting that doubles the resolution
and accuracy - something that's handy for Grade 1 pipers! It's now
also possible to use one tuner to share between any number of sets
of pipes that have sensors attached, which is proving to be a popular
approach for bands wanting the advantages of the sensors without the
expense of a tuner unit for each piper."
Sounds very interesting. I found the old version to be a very good tuner.
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ERNEST DOWLER
Pipe Major Ernest Dowler, formerly of the Adelaide University
Regiment Pipes and Drums has been awarded the Order of Australia Medal
at the Queens Birthday Honours for Services to the Pipe Band community. We
done Ern, a great ambassador for piping and many of us owe you a great
debt of gratitude. It is great to see Ernie still competing in Open competition
well into his eighties.
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HUNTER VALLEY SOLO PIPING COMPETITION
From 1pm, 27 February 2010
Carbeen Street Reserve (The Baseball Field)
Carbeen Street
Gateshead, NSW 2290
Entry fee: $10/event (covering association membership)
Entrants from all areas
Welcomed and encouraged
The promoter: Lake Macquarie Piping Association & S.J.Martin
Telephone (02) 49421879; E-mail Shannon.J.Martin@gmail.com
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PIOBAIREACHD SOCIETY SET TUNES FOR 2010
The Piobaireachd Society has for the first time in more than 20 years set a "free" year for Gold Medal and Silver Medal competitors, who can submit any tunes they wish. Competitors in the Gold Medal events will have to submit a list of any eight tunes of their own choice and play the one selected. Silver Medal competitors will have to submit a list of any six piobaireachd and play the one selected. Senior events will still operate from the set list below where they will be required to play a both tunes in a set pair:
Pair 1: ‘The Sister's Lament’ (Piobaireachd
Society Book 4, Kilberry), ‘Nameless’ (Angus Mackay's MS)
(PS Book 4, K)
Pair 2: ‘The Battle of Glenshiel’ (PS Book 4), ‘A Glase’ (PS
Book 11)
Pair 3: ‘Duncan MacRae of Kintail's Lament’ (PS Book 4, K), ‘Nameless’ (Colin
Campbell's Canntaireachd MS) (PS Book 4, K)
Pair 4: ‘The Old Woman's Lullaby’ (PS Book 4, K), ‘The
Aged Warrior's Sorrow’ (PS Book 12)Pair 5: ‘Lament for Red
Hector of the Battles’ (PS Book 4,
K), ‘The Middling Spree’ (PS 11)
Pair 6: ‘The Park Piobaireachd No.1’ (PS Book 4, K), ‘The
Pretty Dirk’ (PS Book 11)
Pair 7: ‘Nameless Lament’ (MacArthur MS) (PS Book 13), ‘Lament
for the Bishop of Argyll’ (PS Book 15)
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A School of Piping group has been added on facebook. It provides the opportunity for users of the site to enter into discussions and ask questions. Many pipers from the beginner through to the Internationally famous are now members of the group. Hope to interact with many of you there.
The City of Adelaide Pipe Band also has a new group posted on Facebook.
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© Brett Tidswell 2009
schoolofpiping@gmail.com