Prizes: The Highland Society of London’s Gold Medal, Brigadier Lorne Campbell of Airds VC Trophy
Cash Prizes: Money prizes presented by the Highland Society of London and the Piobaireachd Society:
1st £550, 2nd £400, 3rd £250, 4th £200, 5th £150*
*this prize is at the discretion of the judges and stewards
Eligibility: Entry is restricted to those already notified of their eligibility to compete by the Joint Committee of the Argyllshire Gathering and Northern Meeting in the year of the competition.
Tunes: Competitors will submit four of the following tunes, one of which they will be required to play. For the purposes of the Gold Medal competitions, tunes marked (#) require crunluaths a mach.
The Prince’s Salute (#) PS 1, K
Lament for the Departure of King James PS 3, K
Lady Margaret MacDonald’s Salute PS 3, K
The Stewarts’ White Banner PS 7
Ronald MacDonald of Morar’s Lament PS 8, K
The Young Laird of Dungallon’s Salute (#) PS 10
The MacLeans’ March (#) PS 10
A Son’s Salute to his Parents Donald MacLeod Piob. 2019 edition
Competitors are not restricted to settings in the Piobaireachd Society Collection and Kilberry Book. Those who wish to play alternative settings should submit legible scores, indicating the origins of the settings, to competition organisers along with their tune selections.
PS = Piobaireachd Society Collection K = Kilberry Book of Ceol Mor. The Donald MacLeod and PS 20th Century Piobaireachd collections have been corrected and re-printed recently in A4 format and it is recommended that these be used as the sources for these tunes.
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