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Alan McSporran, Finlay Wylie and Bill Johnston provide candles during the power cut. To buy: c10pip10 |
YOU’VE heard of Piping Live and Piping Hot, but on Saturday night Campbeltown could boast Piping in the Dark.
Kintyre Piping society was playing host to Oban High school Pipe Band, under PM Angus MacColl at the town’s Masonic Hall.
It was their first visit to Campbeltown and after the band had played to open the proceedings with some very good selections and the first soloist Donald Morrison had started to play the place was plunged into darkness. To Donald’s credit, he never missed a note.
When fuses were checked it was discovered that Main Street was also in darkness, so candles and lamps were soon produced and the pipers carried on as usual.
It certainly was something to talk about and the pipers produced some great selections.
The soloists for the evening were, Angus MacColl, one of the world’s leading pipers, then Ewan Dewar, who is a member of the Strathclyde Police Pipe band.
Ewan played a long 20-minute selection and his playing should surely catch the eye of the judges this year.
Others were Donnie MacDougall, Niall Jordan, Angus MacColl junior, and Scott Fellgate.
What a great night’s entertainment; some of the band came on to finish the night in their ancient MacColl tartan played some more stirring selections and then on came the lights again to a big cheer.
Fear-an-tighe for the night was Finlay Wylie who kept things moving along.
Willie McCallum gave the vote of thanks and wished the band and all the soloists well in the future.
The next recital will be this Sunday in the Argyll Arms Hotel when four Breton Pipers will give a recital of their own tunes on a variety of different pipes.
The next Masonic Hall recital will be on April 12, when local pipers John Brown, PM Ian McKerral, Julie Blue, Fraser Wylie and also Gavin Ferguson will perform.
You are invited to go along and support the Kintyre Piping Society in their endeavour to bring piping talent to Campbeltown.
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