East Lothian Pipes & Drums Trust

Preston Lodge High School made a promising start to their first fully competitive season lifting 3rd prize in the Junior Miniband Competition at George Watson’s College on Sunday 3rd March. A second band from PLHS were placed 6th in the … Continue reading →

Members of Preston Lodge High School Pipe Band performed at Holyrood Palace on three separate occasions during December and January. All three events were hosted by HRH The Princess Royal. In December S1 pupils Ben Muir, Erin Ritchie and Lucy … Continue reading →

Primary 4 and 5 pupils from Channelkirk Primary School, Oxton in the Borders visited the Friday afternoon PLHS Pipe Band practice on 7 December. The field trip was part of their studies in Scottish music as part of the curriculum … Continue reading →

Preston Lodge High School Pipe Band in association with East Lothian Pipes and Drums Trust hosted the first East Lothian Solo Piping and Drumming Competition on Saturday 24th November at St. Gabriel’s Primary School. The event was a huge success … Continue reading →

Craigmount High School Pipe Band held its annual solo piping and drumming competition on Saturday 1st December. It attracted a huge entry of pupils from all over Scotland with most events having to be split into heats with the top … Continue reading →

Preston Lodge Pipe Band joined over 9000 other young musicians in bandstands all over the country for the UK Bandstand Marathon, as part of the closing ceremony for the Paralympics. The audience at Lewisvale Park in Musselburgh were treated to … Continue reading →

After leading the band for most of its 31 year history Davie Leckie resigned his position as Pipe Major of Haddington Pipe Band. He officially resigned his position at the bands AGM last week but will remain very involved with … Continue reading →

12 year old Erin Ritchie travelled to The Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping on Saturday 20 October at Stevenston, North Ayrshire. The long journey proved very worthwhile as she picked up a fourth prize in the 12yrs and under March … Continue reading →

The first meeting of the PL Pipe Band Parental Committee was held on 27 September 2012. The meeting was chaired by the Head Teacher, Gavin Clark and was well attended by both parents and pupils. School Pipe Major, Lee Moore … Continue reading →

On Friday the 24 August PLHS Pipe Band took part in a Scottish Fantasia at the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh. A Scottish Fantasia was a charity event which ran for the duration of the festival, putting on … Continue reading →