Tag: bagpipes

School piping championship comes to the capital

A SCHOOL bagpiping championship will take place in Edinburgh next year - despite the council not funding bagpipe tuition for secondary pupils. More than 60...

Bagpipes only for “rich middle-class” kids

SCOTS children will have to go to a private school if they want to learn the bagpipes, industry experts have warned. A report by the...

Vancouver bagpipe ban lifted

CABINET Secretary for Culture and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop has welcomed the reversal of Vancouver’s bagpipe ban. Buskers had been barred from playing bagpipes, bongos...

Pipe banned: drum majors ordered not to throw mace

PIPE bands have been forbidden to throw their ceremonial staffs in the air over health and safety fears. Traditionally drum majors, the band leaders, march...

Scots piper creates tune for New Zealand earthquake victims

A SCOTS piper has composed a new tune in honour of the earthquake victims of Christchurch, New Zealand. Pipe Major Donald Glass composed the music to...

Sir Sean Connery chooses an award-winning personal piper

By Oliver Farrimond A TALENTED young Scot has seen his bagpipe dreams realised after impressing both First Minister Alex Salmond AND screen legend Sir Sean...

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