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SUMMARY:Lonach Highland Gathering 2023
DESCRIPTION:Lonach Games has announced that this year\, and for the next 50 years\, a generous donor has given £1000 towards the piobaireachd competitions. The date is Saturday\, August 26\, between the Oban and Inverness competitions\, so is a golden opportunity for pipers from all over to come to beautiful Strathdon in Aberdeenshire. Enter here before August 13 preferably\, although this year entries are accepted on the field. \n\n\n\nThe winner will receive £500 and the Charles Morrison medal. Second place will receive £300\, and third place £200. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n•Charles Morrison\nThe donation has been made by Ivan Reid in memory of his uncle Charles Morrison\, a man of music\, born 1899\, served in WW1\, emigrated to Canada before returning to his native land to work in the family grocers business.  He piped with the Lonach Pipe Band\, still a strong force today\, and he also played the fiddle\, the cornet and the saw.\n\n\n\nIn a programme note Ivan Reid writes: “In the days before television brought the curtain down on DIY entertainment\, Uncle Charlie and his fiddling friends would often gather to make music\, an impromptu concert in the store of the shop. His expertise in prising music from a crosscut saw\, held upright between the knees\, the blade twisted to various degrees and played with a bow was demonstrated on stage as a member of our local concert party\, The Strathdon Sparklers.” \n\n\n\nIt was Ivan Reid’s respect for his Uncle’s love of the music and the associated camaradarie which led to the gift being made. \n\n\n\nIvan added: “In years to come my wish is for pipers to mark on their calendar the fourth Saturday in August when in increasing numbers they journey to the arena in Bellabeg to compete in friendly rivalry. \n\n\n\n“My Uncle Charlie would have smiled saying\, ‘I like the sound of that’.”
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LOCATION:Bellabeg\, Strathdon\, Aberdeenshire\, AB36 8UL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:North Lanark Highland Games (Almonte)
DESCRIPTION:Pipe Band and Solo Piping and Drumming competition entries are made through the PPBSO website here
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LOCATION:Almonte Fair Grounds\, 195 Water Street\, Mississippi Mills\, Ontario\, K0A\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Capt. John A. MacLellan Memorial Dinner and Recital
DESCRIPTION:Douglas Gardiner\, President of the the Eagle Pipers’ Society made an announcement yesterday\, February 16\, about the Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner & Recital for 2023. Douglas said: “I am pleased to confirm The Eagle Pipers’ Society will once again be running The Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner & Recital Competition on Saturday\, August 26\, 2023. \n“The venue will be the Caledonian Hotel\, Edinburgh.  Dress code is black tie. Tickets are £60 each and can be bought on The Eagle Pipers’ Society website: The Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner | The Eagle Pipers’ Society\, Edinburgh. \n“The evening is currently Edinburgh’s only premier solo piping event and honours of one of our founding members.  It also provides a rare platform for the playing of 20th century piobaireachd.   The success of the dinner since its inception in helping to bring Captain John’s tunes into the popular competitive repertoire is illustrated by his tunes winning first prize at the Glenfiddich in 2019\, first and second prizes in the Bratach Gorm in 2021 and first prize in the Gold Medal at The Argyllshire Gathering in 2022. \n“We are once again indebted to the generous support of The William Grant Foundation.” \nhttps://eaglepipers.wordpress.com/
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LOCATION:The Waldorf Astoria Caledonian Hotel\, Princes Street\, Edinburgh\, United Kingdom
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