Inveraray and District British Champions at Paisley

This is Inveraray and District Pipe Band under Pipe Major Stuart Liddell winning the Grade One Pipe Band British Championship at Paisley on 21 May 2016.

This was a medley competition and the band's medley was:

Ceilidh Lines, An Cota Ruadh, The Islay Ball, Jig of Slurs, Skye, She Moved through the Fair, John Morrison of Assynt House, and Alick C. MacGregor.

Want to learn the jig, Skye? Check out Cameron Drummond's class from June 7, 2023.

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