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  • Pipefest 2015 – TUNES

    Pipefest 2015 – TUNES

    Pipe bands are invited to Edinburgh, 9th August – to take part in Pipefest 2015.

    TUNES 2015

    6/8’s Marches:

    3/4’s Retreat Marches:

    4/4’s Marches:

    Note: Sheet music for ‘Glendaruel Highlanders’ will be available shortly.

  • Pipefest Stirling – 27 June 2014

    Pipefest Stirling – 27 June 2014


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    Special thanks to all players, dancers and clans that took part to mark the 700th Anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn and celebrating Homecoming 2014.

    Special thanks to EventScotland, The Famous Grouse Experience and Stirling Council for supporting this event.

    View the Pipefest parade line-up

  • Stirling Bagpipes – gets set to welcome Pipers from around the World

    Stirling Bagpipes – gets set to welcome Pipers from around the World

    Stirling Bagpipes, which recently celebrated their 5th year in business, are all set to welcome pipers from around the World taking part in Pipefest, 27th June 2014.  Conveniently located on the parade route at Broad Street – this is a great place to pick-up new reeds or even a set of bagpipes!

    ‘Stirling Bagpipes’ is a traditional bagpipe making business based in Stirling’s old town. The shop combines a manufacturing workshop and a retail outlet. Situated only 2 minutes’ walk from the Stirling castle, the shop is brimming with a wide selection of antique and new bagpipes as well as anything else any bagpiper or drummer can think of.

    Alan Waldron – the owner and master craftsman – specialises in making high quality Great Highland Bagpipes, Scottish Smallpipes and Border Pipes. His hands on method makes ‘Stirling Bagpipes’ a rarity, as most bagpipes are now mass produced. They are one of the last shops in town where things are actually made on the premises!

    To celebrate their 5th year in business they’ve got a good piping / folkie session with ‘The Scott Wood Trio‘ and other folk musicians. The event is free and takes place in the ‘Conway’s Bar’ (formerly Whistle Binkies), St Mary’s Wynd, Stirling, FK8 1BU on Saturday 28th June from 8pm onwards. All folk music and piping enthusiasts are welcome. They would like to especially invite all the pipers and drummers participating in this year’s ‘Pipefest’.

    Over the years Alan has accumulated a wide range of antique bagpipes of classic makes, eg. Henderson, Glens, Lawrie, Robertson, Hardie, Starck . This collection proves to be very popular and sells well all over the world. One day in the nearest future Alan would love to set up a bagpipe museum in Stirling and be able to display all his historical pipes and piping memorabilia to be admired by bagpipe enthusiasts from all walks of life.

    Alan’s speciality however is restoration of old bagpipes. He loves restoring antiques because everyone is different. They are sent from all over the world. It keeps up a bit of sparkle because you never know what’s coming through the door.

    The shop stocks a wide range of piping (i.e. pipe & practice chanter kits, chanter reeds, bagpipe covers & cords, moisture control systems, valves & tuners) and drumming accessories as well as a large selection of piping and drumming books & CD’s. We also have a large selection of pipers’ headwear, capes, skin dubhs and sporrans.

    They also replace broken parts, do refurbishments andgive valuations.

    Please pop round and see us in the shop, you might be really delighted at what you might discover in this interesting place! We are open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm but we will also be open on Sunday the 29 June.

    Stirling Bagpipes, 8 Broad Street, Stirling, FK8 1EF.  Tel: 01786 448886

    www.stirlingbagpipes.com

  • The D-DAY Piper Statue Unveiled

    The D-DAY Piper Statue Unveiled

    D-day Piper Bill Millin Statue Unveiling Ceremony
    Colleville-Montgomery
    8th June 2013

    The D-day Piper Bill Millin Association Committee is proud to say that the result of fours years dedication and commitment is finally here.

    On Saturday 8th June 2913 in Colleville-Montgomery we unveiled the statue of my Father in front of a huge crowd which included many Veterans from the UK and France.

    The day began with a parade of massed bands of which 21 countries were represented, the latest estimate was more than 800 pipes and drums and ended with a dramatic Spitfire flypast.

    My Father was very proud that a statue was being made for him, it is a fitting tribute to a man who for almost six decades played the pipes in Remembrance for those who fell on D-day and the Normandy Campaign

    Thank you to PM Serge Athenour, President of the Association, for your childhood dream of meeting the “ Mad Piper of Normandy “ and suggesting the idea of a statue.

    Our Sculptor M Gaetan Ader, how can we thank you enough for the incredible statue you have created. We hope the statue will become a site of Remembrance in the future where families of Veterans and their children will visit.

    We would like to thank Magnus Orr and Pipefest for their contribution and the considerable help they gave our Association.

    Our heart felt thanks go to everyone who helped to make the day possible.
    John Millin and Family

    All photographs by ‘Elliot Wright Photography’ –  www.wrightphotographer.co.uk
    Prints are available on request

  • Piping Live 10th Anniversary Pipe Tune Competition

    Piping Live 10th Anniversary Pipe Tune Competition

    Glasgow International Piping Festival Piping Live! this year celebrates its 10th Birthday. As part of the celebration the festival is running a new tune composing competition and is now inviting entries to this event.

    Tunes submitted must be a March of any time signature for the Highland Bagpipe and must consist of 4 parts. Tunes must be original and entrants should send in manuscripts to the address below. The manuscript should not have any other information marked on it and should be accompanied by a separate cover page stating the composers name and contact details. These should be sent with a stamped addressed envelope so that the entry can be acknowledged. Alternatively entries can be submitted via email to [email protected].uk in PDF format only. All email entries will be kept anonymous from the competition adjudicators.

    Entries close at 5pm on Friday 26th July. Entries will be judged by a committee of National Piping Centre teachers chaired by the Principal, Roddy MacLeod MBE. The composers of the top 5 tunes selected will be notified on 2nd Augustand will receive an invitation to attend the performance at Piping Live!

    The top 5 tunes will be performed on Tuesday 13th August at a special Piping Live! event in The National Piping Centre Auditorium at 5pm. Each of the 5 tunes will be allocated to a piper from the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland to perform in front of an independent panel and live audience. The adjudicators will not have sight of any of the composers’ details until such a time as the tunes have been judged.

    The winning tune will be announced at the end of the Piping Live! Tune Competition event and the prize will be £500.

    Piping Live! Tune Competition
    The National Piping Centre
    30-34 McPhater Street
    Glasgow
    G4 0HW

     

    Terms and Conditions

    1. Copyright of all entries remains with the composer. However, by entering you are granting Glasgow International Piping Festival the right to broadcast, perform, record or publish your entry.
    2. The National Piping Centre teachers will not be eligible to enter this competition.
    3. The composition must not have appeared anywhere in the public domain before entry to the competition or during judging.
    4. Entries must be made in either printed manuscript or electronic PDF format.
    5. Entries must be easily read and interpreted by the judges.
    6. Any entry not conforming to these regulations or whose composer is made known to the judges by any other means will not be judged.
  • Pipe Tunes on your iPad

    Pipe Tunes on your iPad

    Print, email, and record tunes using the latest pipe tune apps from Pipefest. Both apps ‘Pipe Tunes‘ and ‘Pipefest‘ are available on iTunes. Check out the tune list of both apps.