LBPS Annual Collogue 2024 – Friday 8th to Sunday 10th November 2024
This year’s Collogue will take place at Mabie House Hotel, an atmospheric 17th-century country house just outside Dumfries (DG2 8HB), on the weekend of 8-10 November 2024. The main theme is Patrick MacDonald’s Collection of Highland Vocal Airs which was published 240 years ago and which offers much for the bellows piper.
The AGM will be held midway through the conference.
Timetable (timings are approximate):
Friday 8th November (evening) – Session in the bar.
(Please make your own dinner arrangements. A two-course meal for £35 will be available if anyone wishes.)
Saturday 9th November
09:30-09:40 – Convenor’s Welcome and Introduction
09.40 – Chris Bacon: Why Patrick MacDonald’s Collection of Highland Vocal Airs is of significance.
10.00 – Allan MacDonald The Argyllshire Airs section.
10.30 – Tea and coffee.
10.45 – Christina Anderson: Thomas Bewick and the Vocal Airs.
11.15 – Stuart Letford: The Preface and the context.
11:45 – Bruce Hitchings MBE BEM: The portal into the harmonic universe.
12:15-12.30 – Group session.
12:30 – Lunch.
13.15 – AGM.
14:15-15:00 – Pete Clark: The Perthshire Airs section.
15.00 – Tea and coffee.
15.15 – Lindsay Davidson: Musical structures in the book.
15:45 17.00 – Group session.
18:30 – Dinner.
19:30 - Evening concert featuring Allan MacDonald, Pete Clark, Christina Anderson, and the LBPS Ensemble
Sunday 10th November
09.30 Zexuan Qiao: Why there’s no such thing as ‘Border’ pipes’.
10.00 Allan MacDonald: The North Highland Reels and Dances section.
10.30 Tea and coffee.
11.00 Chris Bacon: Intaglio and letterpress – printing the Vocal Airs.
11.30 Group session.
12.30 Lunch then depart
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LBPS Annual Competition 2024
Saturday 30th March
– in the rooms of the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society,
127 Rose Street South Lane, Edinburgh EH2 4BB
This year’s competition has a different format. We encourage you to have a go at competing and/or performing in a supportive atmosphere where you will meet great people, have a chance to listen to a wide range of playing and receive constructive feedback on your performance.
The venue is the historic rooms of the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society in the centre of Edinburgh (where we held a Collogue a few years ago). The venue is just off Rose Street (parallel to Princes Street) in the centre of Edinburgh,. and is just along from Waverley train station and the main bus station.
The rooms will be open from 09.45 with tea and coffee available on arrival. The first class – the Skeely Piper competition – will commence at 10.30 prompt. The Composing competition follows immediately after. Entries can be performed by a single piper or by duets, trios, quartets and more – and be accompanied by musicians playing other instruments including voice.
There will be space available for tuning.
The theme for the Skeely Piper competition is: a tune or tunes associated with Scottish topography, e..g Tullochgorum, Tweedside, Crags of Stirling, The Waters of Kylescu, Inveraray Castle, Bonnie Milldams o’ Norham, Atholl Braes, Gallowa’ Hills, Loch Tay Boat Song, Hills of Glenorchy, Flow Gently, Sweet Afton, the Braes of Castle Grant etc. A rich seam, indeed, we are sure you’ll agree
Anyone residing overseas – this includes people based in the British Isles who can't make it on the day – can enter these classes and they should record a video that will be shown and judged on the day. Please see the Competition Rules for full details of the deadline and how to submit yo3ur entry.
Running order for the day:
10.00 - Arrival. Tea and coffee
10.30 - Skeely Piper competition
c11.15 - Composing competition (followed by a group performance of the winning tune)
c11.45 - ‘Open mic’ performances
12.30-14.00 - Lunch
14.00 - ‘Open mic’ performances and group playing sessions led by an LBPS Ambassador
c15.30 - Results and presentations
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Entry fees:
Members: £2.50 per class
Non-members: £3.50 per class
Spectators: Free
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LBPS 40th Anniversary
The LBPS is pleased to announce that 2023 is the year of the 40th anniversary of the society and the committee is planning some exciting celebrations during the year to mark the occasion.
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LBPS Annual Competition 2022 – The Results
The LBPS Annual Competition 2022 was held in Linlithgow on Saturday, 9th April 2022.
It was the first time the Society had been to this historic town. The town's old municipal building, the Burgh Halls proved to be a superb venue and was only a five-minute walk from the railway station. The town itself is conveniently situated roughly halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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The results of the two LBPS Competition classes held at the Annual Collogue and AGM in October 2021
The Society held its Annual Collogue and AGM at the end of October along with two remaining classes from the competition in what turned out to be a very pleasant day at Old Gala House in the Scottish borders.
The competition was organised by Anne Duncan and featured a mix of in-person and pre-recorded entries. Hamish Moore was the judge along with members of the audience in the time honoured fashion.
Some of the performances can be watched on the LBPS Youtube channel at Lowland & Border Pipers' Society Official - YouTube
The winners were:
Skeely Piper, Sir Walter Scott theme
1 - Robert Porter - Jack Lattin
2 equal - Matt Seattle - Soor Plums, Hoop and Gird Her.
2 equal - Anne Duncan - Uamh an Oir
3 Pete Stewart - The Border Widow Lament, Hoopers and Girders, Round Headed Cuckolds Come Dig.
London Trophy- New Composition
1 - Matt Seattle- The Little White Rose of Scotland
2 - Pete Stewart - The Auld White Road
3 - Rod Nevin - Whitmire
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