Bagpipe News

Steven McWhirter from SFU has taken out the world Solo drumming Championships held in Monkstown Norther Ireland,

Jim Kilpatrick, 16-time-winner of the House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band took 2nd place with Eric Ward third.

NZ’s own Jeremy McLaughlin got 8th in his heat, the first time he has competed at this competiton,

The Piobaireachd Society recommends the following lists of set tunes for competition in 2007

Competitors will submit four tunes from the above list, one of which they will be required to play.

PS = Piobaireachd Society Collection. K = Kilberry Book of Ceol Mor

Competitors are not restricted to the settings or styles in the books mentioned above, and may play any other setting or style, provided that the judges may take into consideration the authenticity and merits of the setting or style submitted.

Competitors are advised to give advance notice to the judges should they intend to play settings or styles not contained in the Piobaireachd Society Collection or the Kilberry Book.

Altogether different tunes known by the same or similar names will not be accepted as alternatives.

This announcement is made by the Piobaireachd Society to ensure earliest publication. It is without prejudice to any arrangements made by either the Argyllshire Gathering or the Northern Meeting.

A. SENIOR COMPETITION

1. Scarce of Fishing - PS.3 & K
2.The Red Speckled Bull - PS. 4 & K
3. Lament For Hugh - PS.13
4.Good Health to You Donald -PS 13
5. Lament for the Duke of Hamilton - PS 3& K
6. The Bells of Perth - PS 2

B. GOLD MEDAL COMPETITION

1. Lady Margaret MacDonald’s Salute - PS 3 & K
2. Lachlan MacNeill Campbell’s Fancy - PS 8 & K
3. Prince’s Salute - PS 1 & K
4. Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay - PS 13 & K
5. Lord Lovat’s Lament - PS 9 & K
6. MacNeill of Barra’s March - PS 10
7. Battle of Waternish - PS 2 & K
8. Rory MacLeod’s Lament - PS 11

C. SILVER MEDAL COMPETITION

1. MacGregor’s Salute - PS 10
2. Parading of the MacDonalds - PS 7 & K
3. Castle Menzies - PS 8
4. The Bicker - PS 4 & K
5. Lament for the Viscount Dundee - PS1 & K
6. The Groat - PS 1 & K
7. Lament for MacSwan of Roaig - PS 1 & K
8. MacLeod of Raasay’s Salute - PS 8 & K

Piobaireachd Society Set Tunes - Full List

The new Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl - Back to the Future DVD is now availabe on the College of Piping Website Store

Price does not include postage and packing.

Price: £12.77 £15.00 Including VAT at 17.5%

Upgrade Grade 1 from Grade 2

Robert Malcom Memorial (Canada)
Tayside Police

Upgrade Grade 2 from Grade 3A

Battlehill
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Regrade Grade 3A from Grade 2

Inverclyde and District

Upgrade Grade 3A from Grade 3B

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Upgrade Grade 3A from Grade 4A

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Upgrade Grade 3B from Grade 4A

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Upgrade Grade 3B from Grade 4B

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Upgrade Grade 4A from Grade 4B

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Upgrade Novice Juvenile to Juvenile

Kintyre Schools
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Piobaireachd:

1st Angus MacColl, ‘Red Speckled Bull’
2nd Greg Wilson ‘My Dearest’
3rd Euan MacCrimmon ‘Mrs MacLeod of Talisker’
4th Roddy MacLeod ‘Earl of Ross’
5th Iain Speirs ‘Cherede Darivea’
Judges: Iain MacFadyen, Jack Taylor, John Wilson;

March Strathspey and Reel:

1st Gordon Walker
2nd Willie McCallum
3rd Greg Wilson
4th Angus MacColl
5th Roddy MacLeod
Judges: John MacDougall, Jimmy Banks, Jim McGillivray

Balvenie Medal for services to piping goes to Sir Iain MacKay, New Zealand

The Executive for the Niagara-Hamilton Branch has put together the schedule
for the 2006-2007 Branch meetings. This year’s activities are as follows:

November 10, 2006
Piping Contests – 2/4 March (ALL LEVELS)
Drumming Contest – 2/4 March (ALL LEVELS)
Adjudicators – John Cairns
Graham Kirkwood

December 8, 2006
Pre-AGM Hooley (details to follow)

January 12, 2007
Details to Follow

February 9, 2007
Kitchen Party & Drum Salute Contest (details to follow)

Saturday, March 10, 2007
The Agnew-Harrison Invitational Drumming Contest

April 13, 2007
Branch Mini Band Contest
As with last year there will be a cut-off date for entries into this contest,
please prepare early. If the entries warrant, the grade level may be increased
(i.e. gr 2, gr3, gr4 & gr5)
If sufficient entries are not received by March 10th, this event may be
cancelled and replaced with another event.

Saturday, May 12, 2007
Wm. Livingstone Sr. Memorial Invitational Competition

Please note that ALL EVENTS are being held in the Sergeants Mess at the Foote Armouries, on James Street North in Hamilton, Ontario. With the exception of the Wm Livingstone Piping Contest and the Agnew-Harrison Drumming Contest, all events are held on the second Friday on each month and will commence at 7:30 pm. Please contact a member of the executive with any additional questions.

Ceol Mor Software and Publishing Ltd are a small software and publishing company based in Scotland, UK. They develop Windows based music notation software for traditional music instruments such as the Highland Bagpipe and Pipe Band Drumming. They have existing products on the market - PiobMaster 2.3 and DrumScriobh 2.0. They are underway to complete the development of our new upgrade to their bagpipe notation application PiobMaster to bring it to version 3.0. Little is known about the new features at this time, any new infomation will be posted.

Jordan McKay Rowley, 14, competed in a bagpipe competition this past weekend at the annual Ventura, CA, Scottish Highland Games. Rowley, who has played the pipes since age 9 under the instruction of Campbell Naismith, won first place while competing against almost 20 pipers from around the United States. He played a “Piobaireached,” a slow, long Scottish tune.

Village News - Full Story

Check under the Newsletters section to download it in PDF format. If you’d like to be included on the branch newsletter mailing list, please contact Graeme Ogilvie.

October - Branch Newsletter now online! (640kb PDF File)

The Transcona and District Pipe Band has been teaching youth the fine art of playing the bagpipes and drums for over 20 years. Band members - boys and girls - range in age from 10 to 18 years, and students sometimes begin even younger. The band is always looking for new students to learn to play these instruments and join the band on parade and in competition.

For more information about the Transcona & District Pipe Band and their events, please contact:

Pipe Major Keith Petrie - email: kapetrie@mts.net ph: 224-4402 or
Henry MacNeil - email: macneil1@mts.net ph: 224-5397

The St. Andrew’s Society of Winnipeg Pipe Band is having a Ceilidh on Saturday November 4, 2006 at the Elmwood Legion, 920 Nairn Ave. Doors open at 8pm, and the fun lasts until 1am. Tickets are $10 and available from any band member. The Ceilidh will feature performances by the Pipe Band and guest performers. Bring your instruments and join us!

The Grade 2 Maple Ridge Pipe Band of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, thanks to an influx of new players, is still alive despite losing several pipers . . . - Full Story

Finally, we’ve also included a little video on what the heck the Great Highland Bagpipes are, courtesy Killdares bagpipe expert Matt Willis.

Full Interview

The Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was a fan of Hitler, a murderer of 300,000 and perhaps even a cannibal. But one thing he was not - the bumbling buffoon much of the world made him out to be.

The Last of Scotland, the British Oscar hope that opened the 50th London Film Festival on October 18, exposes the calculating charm that allowed Amin to get away with it all.

He had an odd affinity for the Scottish nation - he employed a personal bagpipe player and took to wearing kilts.

Chorley Citizen - Full Story

ST. PETERSBURG - The Battlefield Band will perform on Saturday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m., at the Palladium Theater. Tickets are $16 to $20.

Inspired by their rich heritage of Celtic music and fired by the strength of today’s Scottish cultural scene, which they have done much to create and fuel, the Battlefield Band performs music of rare passion and joy under the banner “Forward With Scotland’s Past.”

They have mixed the old songs with new, self penned material, playing them on a unique fusion of ancient and modern instruments such as bagpipe, fiddle, synthesizer, guitar, cittern, flute, bodhran and accordion…

TBN Weekly - Full Story

Sunday, 22 October 2006

Matt Supranowicz has taken out the 2006 Silver Chanter event at St. Andrews
College beating of some stiff competition. John Mulhearn was 2nd with Jamie
Hawke third and Jared Syme 4th

Brian Switalla has taken the Clasp double MSR event

Full results to follow at the conclusion of the weekend

On this day in history: Archie MacNeill dies, age 83, Glasgow, October 23, 1962.

The City of Chicago Pipes and Drums has a 28×18 Premier Hosbilt Bass - Black Wrap Finish they will sell for a good price. Call Pat Lynch 773-875-6812.

MWPBA

October 22 - Results from the first BCPA Member’s survey up to Oct. 15th can
be viewed in PDF form HERE.

All survey forms completed and returned by Saturday October 28 will be eligible
for three random draws of a rebate of your BCPA 2006/7 membership fee (to
a maximum of $50).

http://www.bcpipers.org//pdf2006/BCPA2005-6memberssurveyasofoct15.pdf