Battlefield Band Concert 5 June in Christchurch

Returning to New Zealand on Thursday June 5th, Scottish folk legends, The Battlefield Band will be entertaining Christchurch music enthusiast’s with a night of Scottish and Irish folk music for all ages. Following the release of their latest album ‘Dookin’, the band has decided to stop off in Christchurch on their tour round the globe.

Date: Thursday 5th June

Venue: Al’s Bar,
31 Dundas St,
Christchurch

Cost: $30

Tickets available by texting ‘TICKET’ to 0276976815 or emailing ‘TICKET’ to tickets.battlefield@gmail.com

Be sure to include the number of tickets required, delivery address and contact details.

Under 18s are welcome when accompanied by a guardian.

Annual Noisy Bagpipe Beatup

This year it’s the turn of the London Sunday Times to find a story about how loud the GHB is. When are they going to realise that part of the appeal of the GHB is the perfect volume.

clipped from www.timesonline.co.uk Brussels slaps a noise order on heart of Scotland

Complete 2009 Set Tunes Issued

SET TUNES FOR 2009

Clasp Competition

1. The Sisters Lament - PS Bk 4
2. The Big Spree - PS Bk 1
3. Lament for Captain Donald MacKenzie - PS Bk 15
4. *The Unjust Incarceration - PS Bk 2
5. Lament for MacDonald’s Tutor - PS Bk 3
6. The MacRae’s March - PS Bk 10
7. The Earl of Seaforth’s Salute - PS Bk 5
8. Lament for the Viscount of Dundee - PS Bk 1

* beside a tune indicates a crunluath a mach variation is compulsory. The winner receives the First Prize, the Louis MacKinnon Challenge Cup and a Clasp for the Gold Medal. The competition is confined to winners of the Society’s Gold Medal. Competitors are to submit 4 tunes chosen from the list of 8 Clasp tunes above, one of which they will be required to play. There must be a minimum of 3 competitors or the event will not be held.

Gold Medal Competition

1. *The MacKay’s Banner - PS Bk 7
2. Nameless (Hiharin dro o dro) - PS Bk 4
3. Glengarry’s March - PS Bk 2
4. The Kings Taxes - PS Bk 5
5. *The Pipers Warning to His Master - PS Bk 12
6. Tulloch Ard - PS Bk 6
7. *The Gathering of Clan Chattan - PS Bk 2
8. Lament for Captain MacDougall - PS Bk 6

* beside a tune indicates a crunluath a mach variation is compulsory. The winner receives the First Prize, The Highland Society of London Trophy for one year, and the Comunn na Piobaireachd (New Zealand) Inc Gold Medal. Former winners are not eligible to compete. Competitors are to submit 3 tunes chosen from the list of 8 Gold Medal tunes above, one of which they will be required to play. Entry to the Gold Medal competition is restricted to pipers who have not previously won the Gold Medal event and who are:

• Pipers with a P&D Assn ‘A’ Grade, or
• Pipers with a CPA(NZ) ‘A’ Grade for Piobaireachd, or
• Pipers who have been awarded a prize (other than first prize) in a previous Comunn na Piobaireachd Gold Medal competition since 1990, or
• Pipers who have previously won the Comunn na Piobaireachd Silver Medal competition.

No medal will be awarded if the judges are of the opinion that the standard does not warrant the award.

Silver Medal Competition

1. Lament for Alasdair Dearg Macdonell of Glengarry - PS Bk 14
2. The Little Spree - PS Bk 7
3. Cabar Feidh Gu Brath - MC
4. The Massacre of Glencoe - PS Bk 6
5. A Flame of Wrath for Patrick Coagach - PS Bk 5
6. The Munro’s Salute - PS Bk 11

The winner receives the First Prize and the Comunn na Piobaireachd (New Zealand) Inc Silver Medal.

Former winners are not eligible to compete. Competitors are to submit 3 tunes chosen from the list of 6 Silver Medal tunes above, one of which they will be required to play. Entry to the Silver Medal competition is restricted to pipers who have not previously won the Silver Medal event and who are:

• Pipers with a P&D Assn ‘B’ Grade or lower, or
• Pipers with a CPA(NZ) ‘B’ Grade for Piobaireachd or lower.

No medal will be awarded if the judges are of the opinion that the standard does not warrant the award.

PS = Piobaireachd Society Collection
MC = Music will be available online or from Secretary of the Music Committee

For the Music Committee

Greg Wilson
Secretary

10 April 2008

2008 Piobaireachd Seminar Photo

You had to be there!

Decision on Final 2009 Tunes One Week Away

The Music Committee of CNP will make a decision on which of the Piobaireachd Society (UK) 2009 tunes will be added to the NZ list within a week from now.

Piobaireachd Society (Scotland) 2009 Tunes

The following tunes for 2009 have just been announced by the Piobaireachd Society. Four tunes from the Senior Competitions list below will be added to the NZ Clasp list and four tunes from the Gold Medal list below will be added to the NZ Gold Medal List. The complete NZ lists for 2009 will be announced shortly. See piobaireachd.co.uk for details.

A. SENIOR COMPETITIONS
• The Earl of Ross’s March PS 10
• Lament for Donald Ban MacCrimmon PS 2, K
• The MacDonalds’ Salute (*) PS 11
• Lament for the Duke of Hamilton PS 3, K
• Rory MacLoude’s Lament PS 11, K
• Lament for the Children PS 3, K
• The Battle of Waternish PS 2, K
• Lament for the Harp Tree PS 12, K
• MacLeod of MacLeod’s Lament PS 15, K
• John Garve MacLeod of Raasay’s Lament PS 5, K
• Lament for the Earl of Antrim PS 3, K
• Mrs MacLeod of Talisker’s Salute PS 11, K
• MacLeod of Colbeck’s Lament PS 10
• Lament for Patrick Og MacCrimmon PS 3, K

Competitors will submit six tunes from the above list, one of which they will be required to play. (*) The version of this tune in PS 11 is considered to be deficient and a revised version will be published in the next re-print of the book. The revised score will be made available on the Society’s website.

B. GOLD MEDAL COMPETITIONS
Group 1
• Lament for MacDonald’s Tutor PS 3, K
• Lament for the Dead PS 11
• The MacRaes’ March PS 10
• Nameless: ‘Hiharin dro o dro’ PS 4, K
Group 2
• Beloved Scotland PS 6, K
• The Earl of Seaforth’s Salute PS 5, K
• The Battle of Auldearn No 2 PS 2, K
• Lament for the Viscount of Dundee PS 1, K

Competitors will submit two tunes from Group 1 and two tunes from Group 2. They will be required to play one tune.

C. SILVER MEDAL COMPETITIONS
• The Mackays’ Banner PS 7, K
• Mackintosh’s Lament PS 8, K
• Tulloch Ard PS 6, K
• The Piper’s Warning to his Master PS 12, K
• The Gathering of Clan Chattan PS 2, K
• A Flame of Wrath for Patrick Caogach PS 5, K
• The Desperate Battle PS 7, K
• Lament for Captain MacDougall PS 6, K

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 different from sources stated above. 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.

For the Music Committee
Alan Forbes, Honorary Secretary
Last Updated ( Thursday, 27 March 2008 )

Switalla Clasp, Jamie Hawke Gold, Harrison Hawke Silver

Results for the Comunn na Piobaireachd (NZ) annual competitions held at the Easter Hastings Highland Games are as follows:

Clasp

1st Brian Switalla – The Park Piobaireachd (No 2)
2nd Stuart Easton – The Battle of the Pass of Crieff
3rd Brendon Eade – Scarce of Fishing

Gold Medal

1st Jamie Hawke – The Battle of Auldearn (No 2)
2nd Tracey Williams – The Little Spree
3rd Scott Kennedy – Beloved Scotland
4th Tom Glover – Lament for the Castle of Dunyveg

Silver Medal

1st Harrison Hawke – Lament for Alasdair Dearg Macdonell of Glengary
2nd Bradley Guy
3rd Andrew Broadbent
4th Courteney Williamson

Comunn na Piobaireachd NZ’s AGM 22 March 08

The AGM of the Society will be held at the dining room of Lindisfarne College, Hastings immediately following the conclusion of the piping competitions.

Wellington Pipers Club Brown Cup 14 June 08

The Wellington Pipers Club Presents the annual club competitions Saturday June 14 08.

The Brown Cup (Open Light Music).
The Everest Memorial Open Piobaireachd.
The City Of Wellington Cup. (B Grade and below excl former winners).

To be held at the Royal New Zealand Police College, Papakowhai, Porirua.

The Wellington Pipers Club has decided to continue to develop the winter solo piping season by scheduling its annual competitions for members immediately following on from the Claymore Invitational in Palmerston North and the Queens Birthday weekend competitions in Dunedin by holding its annual Everest Memorial Piobaireachd and Brown Cup and City of Wellington Cup Competitions on Saturday June 14 2008.

The Everest memorial and Brown Cup competition has no entry fee and is open to all financial club members. Anyone interested in competing who is not already a financial member of the Club can join the club for $15.

The City of Wellington Cup has no entry fee and competitors are not required to be members of the club.

The City of Wellington Cup is open to all competitors B-Grade and below (excluding former winners.) Competitors play a Slow Air and 2/4 March of their own choice and will be judged by Mr Ross Hanning. This competition will commence at approx 9.30am. (Times may change depending on entries)

The Everest Memorial Piobaireachd competition commemorates Past President Bob Everest. Competitors will be required to submit three tunes of their own choice one of which will be selected by the judges to play. This competition will commence at 11.00am. (Times may change depending on entries)

The Brown Cup competition The Brown Cup was donated by former Club Patron WG Brown and requires competitors to play a march, strathspey and reel, jig and hornpipe and a slow air of their own choice with a maximum of two tuning breaks. This competition will commence at 2.00pm. (Times may change depending on entries)

The judges for both Open events will be two of New Zealand’s leading judges, both of whom are former multiple winners of the Brown Cup; Mr Iain Hines and Mr John Hanning.

Anyone interested in competing please contact the Competition Organiser: Ross Hanning at rjhanning@xtra.co.nz or 04 4795-605 (accommodation can be arranged for competitors).

2009 Tunes Released

Greg Wilson, the secretary of the CNP Music Committee, today announced half of the 2009 tunes. The remaining tunes are to be drawn from the Scottish list, which has not been released yet. Once the Piobaireachd Society (Scotland) announce their list the CNP Music Committee will select the remaining tunes to be included on the NZ list.

2009 Clasp Competition

1. The Sisters Lament - PS Bk 4.
2. The Big Spree - PS Bk 1.
3. Lament for Captain Donald MacKenzie - PS Bk 15.
4. *The Unjust Incarceration - PS Bk 2.

Four tunes to follow.

* beside a tune indicates a crunluath a mach variation is compulsory.The winner receives the First Prize, the Louis MacKinnon Challenge Cup and a Clasp for the Gold Medal. The competition is confined to winners of the Society’s Gold Medal. Competitors are to submit 4 tunes chosen from the list of 8 Clasp tunes above, one of which they will be required to play.There must be a minimum of 3 competitors or the event will not be held.

2009 Gold Medal Competition

1. *The MacKay’s Banner - PS Bk 7.
2. Nameless (Hiharin dro o dro) - PS Bk 4.
3. Glengarry’s March - PS Bk 2.
4. The Kings Taxes - PS Bk 5.

Four tunes to follow when Scottish Lists announced.

* beside a tune indicates a crunluath a mach variation is compulsory. The winner receives the First Prize, The Highland Society of London Trophy for one year, and the Comunn na Piobaireachd (New Zealand) Inc Gold Medal. Former winners are not eligible to compete. Competitors are to submit 3 tunes chosen from the list of 8 Gold Medal tunes above, one of which they will be required to play. Entry to the Gold Medal competition is restricted to pipers who have not previously won the Gold Medal event and who are:

1. Pipers with a P&D Assn ‘A’ Grade; or
2. Pipers with a CPA(NZ) ‘A’ Grade for Piobaireachd; or
3. Pipers who have been awarded a prize (other than first prize) in a previous Comunn na Piobaireachd Gold Medal competition since 1990; or
4. Pipers who have previously won the Comunn na Piobaireachd Silver Medal competition.

No medal will be awarded if the judges are of the opinion that the standard does not warrant the award.

2009 Silver Medal Competition

1. Lament for Alasdair Dearg Macdonell of Glengarry -PS Bk 14.
2. The Little Spree -PS Bk 7.
3. Cabar Feidh Gu Brath MC.
4. The Massacre of Glencoe - PS Bk 6.
5. A Flame of Wrath for Patrick Coagach - PS Bk 5.
6. The Munro’s Salute - PS Bk 11.

The winner receives the First Prize and the Comunn na Piobaireachd (New Zealand) Inc Silver Medal. Former winners are not eligible to compete. Competitors are to submit 3 tunes chosen from the list of 6 Silver Medal tunes above, one of which they will be required to play. Entry to the Silver Medal competition is restricted to pipers who have not previously won the Silver Medal event and who are:

1. Pipers with a P&D Assn ‘B’ Grade or lower; or
2. Pipers with a CPA(NZ) ‘B’ Grade for Piobaireachd or lower.

No medal will be awarded if the judges are of the opinion that the standard does not warrant the award.

PS = Piobaireachd Society Collection
MC = Music will be available online or from Secretary of the Music Committee.