ED NEIGH PRESENTS THE SET TUNES FOR THE 2008 SILVER MEDAL PIOBAIREACHD

The Piobaireachd Society of Antigonish has announced that Ed Neigh of Wellesley, ON, one of the top piobaireachd instructors and judges in North America, will present the set tunes for the 2008 Silver Medal Piobaireachd events at a weekend workshop in Antigonish on November 3rd and 4th. While the emphasis will be on the Silver Medal tunes, Open players who wish to see one or more of the Gold Medal and/or Clasp tunes covered are asked to list the tunes they would like when they register.

Pipers interested in attending the workshop should contact Scott Williams (scott.williams@ns.sympatico.ca). It will be helpful in planning for the event if you indicate the tunes from the lists below that you would especially like to see covered at the workshop. The fee for the workshop is $40 for one day and $60 for the two days (make cheques payable to The Piobaireachd Society of Antigonish, and indicate which day if only attending one). Please send your cheque along with your name, address, phone number, e-mail address and preferred tune list to Scott Williams by mail at 43 Hillcrest Street, Antigonish, NS B2G 1Z2 by October 20th. Late registrations may be accepted if there is room for an additional fee of $20.00.

The set tunes for 2008 are as follows:

Senior Piobaireachd (incl. The Clasp)

• Salute to the Isle of Iona (PS Collection of 20th Century Ceol Mòr and PS website)
• Salute to James Campbell (PS Collection of 20th Century Ceol Mòr and PS website)
• Roderick MacDonald’s Salute (Donald MacLeod’s Collection Vol 1 and PS website)
• The Phantom Piper of Corryaireachk (PS Collection of 20th Century Ceol Mòr and PS website)
• Lament for Pipe Major Robert Reid (PS Collection of 20th Century Ceol Mòr and PS website)
• Echoing Roots of Brittany (Patrick Molard’s Collection of Music for the Highland Bagpipe)
• Lament for Alan My Son (Duncan Johnstone “His Complete Compositions”

The Gold Medal

• The Blind Piper’s Obstinacy (PS 3 and K)
• Sobieski’s Salute (PS 5)
• The Stewart’s White Banner (PS 7)
• Clan MacNab’s Salute (PS 15 and K Mach must be played)
• The King’s Taxes (PS 5 and K)
• My King Has Landed In Moidart (PS 5 and K)
• The End of the Great Bridge (PS 7)
• The Park Piobaireachd # 2 (PS 4 and K)

The Silver Medal

• Hector MacLean’s Warning (PS 2)
• Rout of the MacPhees (PS 4)
• Lament for the Castle of Dunyveg (PS 1)
• I Am Proud to Play a Pipe (PS 6 and K)
• The Little Spree (PS 7 and K)
• The Massacre of Glencoe (PS 6 and K)
• Corrienessan’s Salute (PS 8 and K)
• Kinlochmoidart’s Lament # 1 (PS 6 and K)