Auckland & Districts Qualify for Worlds Finals

The Auckland & Districts PB qualified 2nd out of 18 in the qualifiers. Click here to listen to their performances.

The Canterbury Caledonian Society PB also competed in the qualifiers. Click here to listen to their performance.

Saint Andrews College PB were 5th in the juvenile.

BBC Scotland to Stream Worlds Again This Year

This is great news. I watched the whole thing last year and, apart from getting very little sleep, it was brilliant. The tyranny of distance is really becoming less of an issue now. There will be two NZ bands competing in the grade 1 qualifiers. Hopefully they will get to play again later in the day. Plan to stay up on the evening of the 14/15 August.

clipped from www.pipesdrums.com They say that the best way to improve the World Pipe Band Championships most years would be to put a roof over it, and once again BBC Scotland will allow enthusiasts to stay warm and dry in the comfort of their home by providing umbrella Internet coverage of the event via live video streaming of the Grade 1 competitions.

Pipeline Piobaireachd: The Battle of Auldearn (setting #2)

click on www.bbc.co.uk to listen. Titles: The Battle of Auldearn [setting #2] Artist: Glenn Brown BBC recording May 2010

BBC Pipeline features Greg Wilson

Well worth a listen any time, but this week’s Pipeline features Greg Wilson. It also has performances of Munro’s Salute and Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel’s Salute from Breton piper Patrick Molard, some rip snorting playing from Stuart Liddell and other fantastic music. IMHO one of the more interesting programmes. Click here to listen.