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Last Updated: 28/11/2011
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Saturday 30th of April 2011 - Branch Mini-band and Trio Piping Competitions:
After a period of just short of 10 years the Branch organised a mini-band competition and a trio piping event. This was held in Forfar Academy. Many thanks to Angus Council for permission to hold the event; the Rector, Mr Lynch, for presenting the prizes; all our sponsors for grants and gifts of catering materials and the committee for all their efforts in setting up and running the events. The prizewinners were:
Trios: 1st -Glenrothes and District; 2nd - Bucksburn and District; 3rd - Stockbridge
Mini-Bands:
Grade 1: 1st - Lothian and Borders Police; 2nd - Lothian and Borders Police
Grade 2: 1st - Glenrothes and District; 2nd - MacDonald Energy City of Brechin
Grade 3: 1st - Glenrothes and District; 2nd - Stockbridge
Grade 4: 1st - Arbroath RBL; 2nd - RAF Leuchars
Highest placed Novice Juvenile band: Bucksburn and District.
For the full set of results please see the Calendar page.
Piping and Drumming Tutors:
Kinross & District Pipe Band is working in conjunction with Kinross High School, based at Loch Leven Community Campus, to institute after-school tuition in both pipes and drums, and is currently looking for potential professional instructors, to be engaged by the school, to take on this once-a-week tutoring role.
Saturday the 1st October - Kinross & District Pipe Band
Dozens of local children attended the first Kinross Pipe Band "Come & Try" workshop at the Loch Leven Community Campus on Saturday 1st October where they were all given a chance to try every discipline in a pipe band - chanter, pipes, snare and tenor drum. The children mainly aged between 9 and 11, but with some as young as 6, approached all the challenges with enthusiasm, and many walked away with prizes of band caps and t-shirts, while all participants took home a small souvenir of the band in the form of a mini tub of sweets.
Saturday the 19th November - Branch Solos at Loch Leven Campus, Kinross
80 competitors took part in the branch solos that day. Thanks to the head teacher, staff at the campus, our judges, committee members and all helpers for a well-run day. Results
Competition Winners:
PIPING Chanter - Kieran Kettles, Carnoustie & District
Novice - Robbie Millar, Crieff High School
18 and Under Intermediate - Angus Milne, Mackenzie Caledonian
14 and Under - Harry McLachlan, Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl
16 and Under - Allis Sutherland, MacDonald Energy City of Brechin
18 and Under - Stuart Scott, Crieff High School
Open - Alec Sutherland, MacDonald Energy City of Brechin
16 and Under Jig - Ailis Sutherland, MacDonald Energy City of Brechin
Open Jig - Craig Black, MacDonald Energy City of Brechin
DRUMMING Pad - Cameron Bell, 6th/8th Dundee Companies BB
Novice - Lewis Cox, Kinross & District
Novice Tenor - Bethany Guthrie, MacDonald Energy City of Brechin
14 and Under - Fraser Nicholson, Mackenzie Caledonian
16 and Under - Alex Cox, Kinross & District
18 and Under - Lewis Taylor, Pitlochry & Blair Atholl
Open - Barham Brummage - Mackenzie Caledonian
18 and Under Tenor - Robyn Laird, MacDonald Energy City of Brechin
Competition winners
The Mains of Fintry Pipe Band under the leadership of Pipe Major Richard Smith has just returned from Poland. Following in their international success of playing at the opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing, China in 2008 and playing last September for Pope Benedict XVI in Edinburgh, they took part in the Polish Independence Day Celebrations in Gdynia on Friday the 11th of November.
They featured in the main parade through the streets of Gdynia followed later by a concert. Many thousands of people lined the one mile route in near zero temperature and were very much taken by the sound of the Pipes and Drums from Dundee.
The Band stopped on the route to be presented to the Mayor of Gdynia, Wojciech Szczurek and presented him with a framed photo of the Band, a bottle of Scottish Malt Whisky and a Plaque from the City of Dundee from Lord Provost John Letford.
Sunday 21st August
The branch held very successful branch-organised pipe band and drum major competitions as part of Crieff Highland Games. Events covered grades 1 to 4 including, for the first time, a grade 4 MSR. Results can be seen on the Calendar page and on the RSPBA website.