Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
When I was at Perth and The Worlds last August yes the pipes & drums of 2SCOTS was there at both.

The pipes and drums of 3SCOTS and 4SCOTS also compete at various Highland Games when they can. Obviously they're sometimes deployed overseas and not available. Ditto the pipes & drums of The Scots Guards and The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, which are London-based Guards regiments, not Highland regiments.



There are TONS of apps and standalone handheld tuning devices designed specifically for the Highland pipes.

Yes they work for the chanter and drones both.
How can you tune two different notes on the Chanter? Or, is it a matter of finding the best compromise?


Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
There are tons of Highland Games across Scotland (and the rest of the UK) all summer. Most larger Games have pipe band competitions.

The biggest one of course is the Worlds, with over 200 bands each year. But Perth, the weekend prior to the Worlds, is nearly as big due to the fact that overseas bands generally arrive a week and a half before the Worlds so they can compete at Perth as well.

Perth did happen this year, and most of the bands at the Worlds were there. It's sort of the "warmup" for the Worlds.
My mistake. It looks as though it was the "British" championships that have gone into Limbo. And, I think the event in Perth is called the "European" Championships.

Apparently, there's also a separate "UK" Championships, which (at least this year) took place in July in Edinburgh. It might be delightful to be in Scotland that long, but I cannot imagine how I could afford to do so. I'm also wondering how the bands who come from other CONTINENTS can afford to come to Scotland TWICE, a month apart. But then, I was AMAZED to see what organizations managed to send bands (even High School bands!) from Scotland to NYC for the Tartan Day Parade…

But, a trifecta of the European, Worlds, and the Edinburgh tattoo might be all my spouse would be willing to sit through, and that could all be done in a 10-14 day interval.

And, I think my wife might be more interested in the trip if I could find another venue in addition to Lochcarron that offers tours of a historic tartan woolen mill. (I'd love to visit them again).