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Glasgow
I Allan MacDonald The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 10am. £6 (£4). Piobaireachd and Gaelic Song workshop from the master piper and singer. Part of Piping Live.’
I Family Fun Day The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. I 1am—4pm. £2.50 per adult and child; 50p each extra child. Quizzes. tours. ceilidhs. Highland dancing and fun for all the family. Part of Piping Lii'e.’
FREE Piping in the Square George Square. 1 1am & lpm. See Mon 1 1. FREE Bagpipes by Hugh Cheape The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 l. Noon. Hugh Cheape launches his new book Bagpipes. Part of Piping Live.’
I Lunchtime Recital The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 1pm. £8 (£6). See Mon 1 1.
FREE Piping Live Street Cafe The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 l. lpm. 2pm & 5pm. See Mon 1 1.
FREE Art Exhibition Recital llutchesons' Hall. Ingram Street. 552 8391. 3.30pm. See Mon 1 l.
I Masters Drumming Recital: A Tribute to Alex Duthart Lord Todd Bar. Campus Village. University of Strathclyde. 548 2435. 4.30pm. £10. Celebrate Scotland's great drumming genius. with sticksmen Gordon Brown. liric Ward. Jim Kilpatrick. Reid Maxwell. Barry Wilson and Drew Duthart. hosted by Ken liller. Part of Piping Live.’
I Pipes of Peace ()ran Mor. Great Western Road. 357 6200. 7pm. £17. A convocation of international pipers. featuring Fred Morrison. St Mary’s Band Club. Australia. Celtic Spirit. Patiala Pipe Band from Pakistan. Alex Gandy. Celtic Spirit Pipe Band. plus special guests
I International Quartet Competition Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14 (£10; family ticket £40). This event will showcase the best quartets from the best international pipe bands (Australia l-iighlanders Pipe Band. Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band. LA Scots Pipe Band. ScottishPower Pipe Band. The Band Club Pipe Band and St. Laurence ()‘Toole Pipe Band) as they try to wrest the title from last year's winner. Laurence ()‘Toole. Part of Piping Live.’ I Piping Live! Festival Club The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 10pm. £7. See Mon 11.
Stirling
FREE Highland Dancing and Pipe Band Display Stirling Castle Esplanade. ()1786 274000. 7.15pm—8.15pm. An hour's Highland dancing and pipe band performance each Tuesday during July and August.
Glasgow
I Reedmaking The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 5511. 10am. £6 (£4). Colin Macl.ellan of MacLellan Reedmakers presents a workshop about the processes and techniques behind reedmaking. Part of Piping Live.’
FREE Piping in the Square George Schuare. l 1am & 1pm. See Mon 1 1.
F EE Piping Live Street Café The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 l. Noon. 2pm &
5 in. See Mon 1 1.
REE Along The Road The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 l. lpm. Launch of his new collection of music for the Highland bagpipe by Iain MacDonald. Part of Piping Live.’
40 THE LIST 7—14 Aug 2008
I Lunchtime Recital The National Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 1pm. £8 (£6). See Mon 1 1.
FREE Art Exhibition Recital Hutchesons' Hall. Ingram Street. 552 8391. 3.30pm. See Mon 1 1.
I Scottish Gourmet Night Windows.
Carlton George Hotel. West George Street.
354 5070. 7pm. £45. Five course Scottish gourmet evening in Glasgow's only
i rooftop restaurant. with live pipe music.
Part of Piping Live.’
I Daimh and Skipinnish Windows. Carlton George Hotel. West George Street. 354 5070. 7.30pm. £14 (£10). The two top West Highland bands. from Tiree/Lochaber and Moidart. Part of Piping Live.’
I The House of Edgar Shotts s Dykehead Pipe Band Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £17.50. The legendary pipe band (15 times Grade 1 World Champions) present a programme of new. traditional and favourite tunes. Part of Piping Live.’ I Michael Simons Tchai ()vna. Deanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2.
l Glasgow-based guitarist plays folk/blues. I Piping Live! Festival Club The
National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. 3 Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 10pm. £7. See
Mon 1 l.
Dunfermline
I Carlos Arredondo Thistle Tavern. Baldridgeburn. 0845 458 9709. 8pm. £5. Powerful Edinburgh-domiciled Chilean singer-songwriter. Arrendo presents his
; Spanish guitar. Bolivian charango. f Venezuelan cuatro and Colombian tiple.
Linlithgow
I Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow
‘ Palace. Kirkgate. ()1506 845698.
7.15pm—10pm. £7.50 (£5; under 12s free). Lively Scottish dancing with live bands
and instruction all in the unique setting of 3 the Palace Courtyard. Tickets can be bought on the door.
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Glasgow
FREE CLASP Competition The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 l. 9am. A day of competitive events for amateur pipers organised by the Competitive League for Amateur Solo Pipers. Part of Piping Live!
I Ensemble 8. Tonal Balance The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 10am. £6 (£4). Workshop will look at how pipe bands are set up musically. Led by Winston Pollock. Part of Piping Live.’
FREE Piping in the Square George Square. 1 lam & 1pm. See Mon 1 1. FREE Piping Live Street Cafe The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 l. noon. 2pm & 5pm. See Mon 1 l.
FREE Australia Highlanders Pipe
Band The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287
551 l. lpm. Launching their new C1) Sans Peur (Without Fear). Part of Piping Live.’
I Lunchtime Recital The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 1pm. £8 (£6). See Mon 1 1.
FREE Art Exhibition Recital Hutchesons‘ llall. Ingram Street. 552 8391. 3.30pm. See Mon 1 I.
I Pipes/Drums Pub Quiz The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 5.30pm. £12 per team. The first ever ‘Pipes and Drums Trivia Challenge Open Championship lixtravaganza‘. Please register online at www.pipingfestival.co.uk. Part of Piping live!
I Girls & Gracenotes St Andrew's in the Square. St Andrew‘s Square. 559 5902. 7.30pm. £14—£10; family ticket £40. An evening dedicated to great female pipers from across the globe including Stornoway singer and piper Anna Murray with guitarist Brian
A week-long piping extravaganza that takes over the whole of Glasgow. Get set for a packed programme of
demos, workshops, art, family fun days and of course plenty of concerts. Expect free daily shows in George Square, late-night sessions in the Festival Club and performers such as Fraser Fifield, Old Blind Dogs, the LA Scots Pipe Band and Daimh from across the globe, with everything culminating in the RSPBA World Pipe Band Championships on Glasgow Green (16 Aug) and The Masters Solo Invitational Piping Championships at the National Piping Centre (17 Aug).
I Various Venues. Glasgow, Mon 7 l—Sun 77 Aug.
()‘hliadhra. Gemma Donald. and Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell
, with brother Peter. Part of Piping Live.’
I Todd’s Bar Piping Recital Challenge Lord Todd Bar. Campus Village. University of Strathclyde. 548 2435. 7.30pm. £10. Featuring Chris Armstrong. Angus MacColl. Alasdair Gillies and Stuart Liddell. Top competitive pipers have a square go. Part of Piping Live.’
I John Hinshelwood Tchai ()vna. ()tago Lane. 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Scottish roots. country and folk.
I Piping Live! Festival Club The National Piping Centre. MePhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 10pm. £7. See Mon 1 1.
Peebles
I The Wilder's Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre. Eastgate. 01721 725 777. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). American roots from the Kansas City hillbilly livewires. promoting their new album .S'mnenne's Got To Pay.
Classical
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St Andrews
I St Salvator’s Chapel Summer Series: Evening Chamber Recitals St Salvator's Chapel. North Street. 01334 462226. 8pm. £4 (£3). A series of Thursday evening chamber recitals from a varied selection of performers.
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Glasgow
I Festival of British Youth Orchestras RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. Titties vary. Prices vary. The Festival of British Youth ()rchestras showcases youth orchestras and ensembles from across the UK with occasional international guests. in a series of concerts held in Edinburgh and (ilasgow.
I Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of Hong Kong RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £8 (free—£4). Mixed programme of popular classics and famous Chinese melodies including (ilinka‘s Ruslun and Lia/milla and Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. Part of the festival of British Youth ()rehes‘tras.
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Glasgow
FREE Organ Recital Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Argyle Street. 276 9599. 3pm. Music from Ludo Geloen. who is all the way from Ypres.
Tuesday 12
Glasgow
I East Rentrewshire & Orkney Schools Symphony Orchestra RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £8 (free—£4). James Lowe conducts a programme of Wagner (Prelude to Die Meistet‘s‘inger i'UIl Niirnhetg). Holst (‘Murs'from The Planets). Sibelius. Kenneth Leighton and Dvo_ak. Part of the I-estivul of British Youth ()ri‘hestrus.
Dundee
I Summer 2008 Organ Recitals Caird Hall. City Square. 01382 434940. 7.15pm. £3.25. From classical favourites to dance-hall crackers. these Tuesday evening concerts will showcase the variety of sounds that the concert organ can produce.