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Robert Burns 18th Annual Piping Competition

Robert Burns 18th Annual Piping Competition, Saturday 2nd September 2017, Locharbriggs Primary School, Dumfries, DG1 1UW, 10 a.m. PROMPT

The entry cost will be £4.00 per class payable with return of entry.

Cheques and Postal Orders should be made payable to “South West of Scotland Piping and Drumming Academy”.

Closing date for entries: 31st August 2017: NO ENTRIES ACCEPTED IN HALL

All Entries should be sent to: 

Ms Fiona Morton
13 Garden Hill Drive
Castle Douglas
DG7 1LX

Email: swspda@btinternet.com

Entry Form: Robert Burns 2017 Piping Application Form

This event is supported by ~ South West of Scotland Piping and Drumming Academy

Entry open for SPA Juvenile contest

In addition to the usual categories, this year's annual Scottish Pipers' Association Juvenile contest will feature chanter competitions. This is in order to stimulate interest in the younger learners.

The competition will be held at the College of Piping on September 9.

Download the entry form: Annual Juvenile Piping Contest Entry Form 2017.

Entries are now being accepted for this year's Iain Dall MacKay Young Pipers Festival. The competition takes place on Saturday, 23^th September in Gairloch High School.

The memorial to Iain Dall MacKay which is located in the Flowerdale Glen, Gairloch.

Organiser, Ian Blake, said: "We have been running this competition for many years now with the main purpose being to encourage young pipers – under 18 years of age – to participate in friendly and relaxing competitions in memory of the celebrated Blind Piper of Gairloch.

"Iain Dall MacAoidh (1656-1754) was piper to MacKenzie of Gairloch and was blind from the age of seven as the result of smallpox. He composed some of the finest pibroch we have, of which about a dozen are still extant. He was also a fine poet."

There are eight classes: 

 Competition 1 – Primary pupil, March on practice chanter

Competition 2  – Secondary pupils, March on practice chanter

Competition 3 –Novice March on pipes, pupils playing pipes for less than 1 year        

Competition 4 – Under 15 years, Piobaireachd (Iain Dall Chanter)

Competition 5 – Under 15 years, March, Strathspey and Reel

Competition 6 – Under 18 years, Piobaireachd (Iain Dall Quaich)

Competition 7 – Under 18 years, March Strathspey and Reel

Competition 8 – Open  Under 18, Original Composition for Pipes or Fiddle,  £100 (The Ishbel MacAskill Memorial Prize)

Entry forms s.a.e. by 1st September to the Acting Convenor, Blair Cottage, Aultgrishan, Melvaig, Gairloch, IV21 2DZ enclosing entry fee of or email: mackenzie@iambik.org

2017 Skye Games Entry Form

Entry forms for this year's Skye Games – on 8^th and 9^th August – can be downloaded here.

Skye Games 17 Piping Information Skye Games 17 Piping Entry Form

Aberfeldy Mòd Entries 2017

Late entries are being accepted for the piping competitions at the Perthshire & Angus Provincial Mòd. The competition takes place on June 10 at the Breadalbane Community Campus in Aberfeldy, Perthshire.

The competition has categories for juniors and adults.

Download the entry form: Aberfeldy Mod Piping.