The Board Of Directors and Staff are sorry to announce the news that former Director, Walter McGregor, passed away peacefully on November 27th after a short fight with cancer . Walter had long and fruitful career with the RSPBA.He became the RSPBA London and South of England Branch Treasurer in 2009 and was the obvious […]
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Re-grading and Appeal Process Should a band wish to be re-graded or appeal against a recent re-grading decision from the Music Board, please can you ensure that the following is carried out in order for the Music Board to make a decision:- Please email RSPBA HQ (enquiries@rspba.org and rachel@rspba.org) who will issue a current band list for
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The Minutes of the Board of Directors meetings can be accessed via the following link: BoD Minutes
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RSPBA Glasgow West of Scotland Branch are hosting the Graeme Johnston Memorial Juvenile Solo Piping Competition this Saturday 9th November at RSPBA HQ. Please click on the link to find out more on Graeme Johnston.
RSPBA is delighted to announce that CHRIS ROSS, former CEO of Partick Thistle, has joined the HQ as Fundraising Officer. This is a new post, and we are fortunate to have acquired Chris, who has 10 years experience in fundraising and management roles, to start us off on the right path. He will develop a
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Saturday 9th November 2024 at RSPBA HQ Washington Street, Glasgow. William Fergusson was born in Arbroath in 1885 and died in Glasgow in 1949. He learned his piping first in the 102nd Boys Brigade and then latterly in the 7th Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry ( HLI ). He proceeded to become divisional Pipe Major of
The draw for the 2024 World Championships can be found here Following discussions on the changes to the playing order during the day of The World Pipe Band Championships can all solo players ensure you have a dedicated player for yourself at the World Solo Drumming on Saturday 19th October. There will be no change
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Report by Robert Mathieson APMB Convener, on behalf of the APMB The RSPBA adjudication panel at the start of the 2024 season consisted of 66 panel members in total who are responsible for delivering thousands of critique sheets over the competition season. By far, the largest adjudication commitment is the World Pipe Band Championship where
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NOV B to NOV A Burntisland – 1140 Dollar Academy – 1090 High School of Dundee – 1251 Strathallan School – 1189 Scotch College No.2 – 1191 NOV A to Juvenile Dollar Academy – 990 George Watson’s College – 369 Renfrewshire Schools – 1225 West Lothian Schools – 890 Grade 4B to 4A Altnaveigh –
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Many thanks to the RSPBA Northern Ireland Branch for hosting and to Andante for Sponsoring the competition on the 7th September 2024. This was the seventh of the eight competitions which form part of the new RSPBA International Solo Drumming Circuit and was contested with Adult and Juvenile Sections. Adult United Kingdom Snare Drumming Championship
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