Scott Williams is a regular contributor to "Celtic Heritage" (formerly known as "The Clansman"). Several sample articles are listed below, as well as a complete listing of past, present and future articles.



Sample Articles

 

Articles Written by

Scott Williams

   The Clansman

Issue

Article

April ‘89   

Great Duckie Race, May 22
June ‘89   Dancers Represent Canada  
August ‘89   Great Duckie Race Results  
February ‘90   Piobaireachd Competition Promoted  
June/July ‘90  

Piobaireachd Recital a Success  
Scott Long Knockout Winner  

April/May ‘91   Piping Recital Impressive
Dec ‘91/Jan ‘92

Kids Learn Bagpipe Maintenance 
Piobaireachd Workshop  
Truro Native Wins Pipe Tune Competition

June/July ‘92 Islander Wins Silver Medal  
Champion Piper Plays For Keen Audience  
Dec ‘93/Jan ‘94

Piping In Scotland  
Teaching Exchange To Scotland  

April/May ‘94  

Discovering Ardival Harps in Scotland
Lessons With Bill Taylor, Clarsair

June/July ‘94   The Pipe Major Donald MacLeod, MBE Memorial Competition  
Aug/Sept ‘94

An Interview With Pipe Major Andy Venters  
Highland Videos: Alison Wilkie and Albavision  

 

   

Celtic Heritage

Issue

Article

Oct/Nov ‘94   In Conversation With Piper Finlay MacNeill of Inverness - Part 1
Dec ‘94/Jan ‘95

Scottish Highways and Byways - Part 1
In Conversation with Piper Finlay MacNeill - Part 2  

Feb/Mar ‘95  

The 28th MacCrimmon Memorial Piobaireachd Recital, 1994  
NSPPBA’s Piobaireachd Library  
Bill Taylor, Clarsair - Update  
AHS School of Piping and Drumming  
Scottish Highways and Byways - Part 2  
Pipers Pay Tribute to John Ban MacKenzie  

April/May ‘95

A Day Trip To Oban  
Internet Pipers Support Sheriff’s Pipe Band  

June/July ‘95

An Interview With John Walsh - Part 1  
North American Pipers Series - Ken Eller  
Dr. Dan Reid Memorial Competition  
Atlantic Provinces Indoor Meet  

Aug/Sept ‘95

Travels With My Aunt  
An Interview With John Walsh - Part 2  
North American Pipers Series - Jim McGillivray  

Oct/Nov ‘95

North American Pipers Series - Sean Folsom  
Maxville Experience  

Dec ‘95/Jan ‘96

Martial Music of the MacDonalds  
North American Pipers Series - Bruce Woodley  

Feb/March ‘96  

North American Pipers Series - Jimmy MacIntosh, MBE  

April/May ‘96

North American Pipers Series - Ann Gray - Part 1  
Bob Worrall Recital  

June/July ‘96

North American Pipers Series - Ann Gray - Part 2  
North American Pipers Series - Harold Sutherland  

Aug/Sept ‘96  

North American Pipers Series - Allan Joseph Cameron  

Oct/Nov ‘96

North American Pipers Series - Colin MacLellan  

Dec ‘96/Jan ‘97

North American Pipers Series - Barry Ewen  

April/May ‘97  

North American Pipers Series - Michael Grey  

June/July ‘97  

North American Pipers Series - Neil Dickie
Oct/Nov ‘97 North American Pipers Series - Bob Worrall
Dec ‘97/Jan ‘98  

Piobaireachd: The Pure Music... An address delivered at the annual Clan Murray dinner
Celtic Colours: An Extravaganza of Sight and Sound

Feb/March ‘98

North American Pipers Series - Barbara Stewart  
Where Are They Now? (1923/1948)

April/May ‘98

North American Pipers Series - Sandy Gordon  
Where Are They Now? (1928/53)

June/July ‘98

North American Pipers Series - Mark Stewart  
1998 Silver Medal Piobaireachd Challenge  
Where Are They Now? (1958)

Aug/Sept ‘98

North American Pipers Series - Pipe Major Ed Neigh, Part 1  
Where Are They Now? (1933/1963)  

Oct/Nov ‘98

North American Pipers Series - Pipe Major Ed Neigh, Part 2  
A Piobaireachd Summer, Part 1  

Dec ‘98/Jan ‘99

North American Pipers Series - Pipe Major Wayne Moug  
Playing Piobaireachds In Vermont: A Piobaireachd Summer, Part 2

      

Feb. ‘99/March 99

Nova Scotia Piper Information? A Letter to the Editor re Pipers and Pipe Bands of Nova Scotia Project  
North American Pipers Series - Donald F. Lindsay, Part 1  
Piobaireachd Workshops: Bellowing With the Best Of Them: A Piobaireachd Summer, Part 3

April/May ‘99

North American Pipers Series - Rufus Harley  
North American Pipers Series - Donald F. Lindsay, Part 2  
ACPBA Piobaireachd Challenge

June/July ‘99

North American Pipers Series - Alasdair Gillies  
Piobaireachd Challenge Competitions

Sept/Oct ‘99

North American Pipers Series - Captain Iain G. Millington  
Piobaireachd Society of Antigonish - Jim McGillivray Workshop Scheduled  

Nov/Dec ‘99

Alasdair Gillies To Offer Workshop in Antigonish 
North American Pipers Series - Edward Rogers

Jan/Feb ‘00 North American Pipers Series - Rob Crabtree
March/April ‘00 North American Pipers Series - The Honourable Jack MacIsaac
May/June ‘00 North American Pipers Series - Pipe Major Archie Cairns
July/August ‘00 North American Pipers Series - Pipe Major Ivan Downie (1915-2000)  
First Pipers’ Memorial: A Success
The Piobaireachd Society of Antigonish - September Workshop announced
Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Association Piobaireachd Challenge Competitions
Sept/Oct ‘00

North American Pipers Series - Madelyn Evans  
Corrections Needed (Letter to the Editor)  
Piobaireachd Society of Antigonish  

Nov/Dec ‘00

North American Pipers Series - Reay MacKay  
Piobaireachd Society of Antigonish

Jan/Feb ‘01

North American Pipers Series - John Knox Cairns  
On The Trail of A Chanter: 18th Century Chanter in the Maritimes  
Majestic Scotland: The Black Watch on Video and CD  
Piobaireachd Workshop in Antigonish

May/June ‘01 North American Pipers Series - Gail Brown
July/Aug ‘01

North American Pipers Series - Pipe Major James Watt  
Recalling Our Ancestors: 2nd Annual Pipers’ Memorial  

Sept/Oct ‘01 North American Pipers Series - George Balderose  
North American Pipers Series - Sandy MacBeth (1922-2001)
Nov/Dec ‘01 North American Pipers Series - Bruce Gandy
Jan/Feb ‘02

North American Pipers Series - Michael Rogers 
Reviews: 1. There Was a Piper, A Scottish Piper: the Autobiography of Pipe Major John T. MacKenzie;
2. 2 CDs and an instructional video by Jimmy Mcintosh; 
3. Down Under - The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band in Sydney, Australia  

March/April ‘02

North American Pipers Series - Jack Lee  
Andrew Wright: Champion Piper Offers Piobaireachd Workshop  

May/June ‘02

Young Pipers Series - Andrea Boyd  
Pipers Hold 3rd Annual Memorial  

July/Aug ‘02 North American Pipers Series - Jori Lance Chisholm
Sept/Oct ‘02

Young Pipers Series - Andrew J. Douglas
Stories Behind the Set Tunes: 2003 Silver Medal Tunes

Nov/Dec ‘02 Stories Behind the Gold Medal Tunes
Jan/Feb '03 Young Pipers Series - Hector Macquarrie
North American Pipers Series - Angus Macquarrie
March/April, '03 North American Pipers Series - Don Roy
A Review: Bagpipe Solutions by John K. Cairns
May/June, '03 Young Pipers Series - Lionel Tupman
July/August, '03 Young Pipers Series - Doug MacRae
Sep/Oct, '03 North American Pipers Series: Piper James Alexander MacHattie
Young Pipers of Nova Scotia Recital Scheduled
Andrew Wright Piobaireachd Workshop, October 4th and 5th, 2003
Maritime Pipers and Pipe Bands Win International Acclaim in Maxville
Nov/Dec, '03 Fourth Annual Pipers' Memorial
Young Pipers of North America - Andrew Lewis - An Extraordinary Talent The Silver Medal Tunes for 2004
Jan/Feb, '04

North American Pipers Series:
     Finding the Soul in Piobaireachd: Michael Cusack, Houston, TX
Back-to-Back Gold for Bruce Gandy
Silver and Gold Medal Tunes Piobaireachd Workshop Scheduled
The Glenfiddich Solo Piping Championship  
Michael Grey: Nine Blasted Notes – CD Review

Mar/Apr, '04 The Cairn on the Hill: Piping by the late Pipe Major Robert U. Brown,
M.B.E. – CD Review
North American Pipers Series: Practice! Practice! Practice! Piper Andy Rogers
The 2004 Silver Medal Tunes
Donald Lindsay Hosts an Instructional DVD – DVD Review
July/Aug, '04 North American Pipers Series: Piper Heather Wiens – Extraordinary Struggle to the Top
Sept/Oct 2004 North American Pipers Series: Heather Wiens, Part 2
Nov/Dec 2004 North American Pipers Series: Robyn (Sutherland) Whitty
Jan/Feb 2005 Review: In and Out The Harbour – CD by Scott Long
North American Pipers Series: Bill Caudill
March/April 2005 Young Pipers of North America Series: John Sutherland
May/June 2005 Review: The Way Home – CD by Road To The Isles
July/Aug 2005 Pints And Piobaireachd – Halifax Celtic Fιis 2005
Sept/October 2005 Young Pipers of North America Series - Jacob Dicker
Nov/Dec 2005 North American Pipers Series: Pipe Major Roderick MacLean, 78th Highlanders
(Halifax Citadel) Pipe Band
CD Review: Matt MacIsaac: The Piping Album
Jan/Feb 2006
Young Pipers of North America Series: Amber Blair,Greensburg, PA
Music Book Review: The Tone Czar Collection, Volume 1 By Chris Hamilton
Mar/Apr 2006
North American Pipers Series: Paula Glendinning, Ashton, MD
July/Aug 2006 North American Pipers Series - Mark Elliott, Munroe, NC
Young Pipers of North America Series - Alex Gandy, Dartmouth, NS
Sept/Oct 2006
North American Pipers Series: Donald B. Willis, Lyndhurst, Ohio
Piping Competitions in Scotland
Nov/Dec 2006 Piping Competitions in North America
Jan/Feb 2007
North American Pipers Series: Bob Dunsire, Camano Island, Washington
March/April 2007 North American Pipes Series: Jim MacRae, Alabama
May/June 2007 North American Pipers Series: James Parker, Shreveport, LA
July/Aug 2007 North American Pipers Series: Pipe Major Ian MacDonald, Regina, Sask
Sept/Oct 2007 North American Pipers Series - John Bottomley, USA
Nov/Dec 2007 North American Pipers Series - Amy Garson, Ottawa, ON
Jan/Feb 2008 North American Pipers Series - Dave “Drogo Wulf” Jones
 

 

Still to Come:

 
Pipers of North America Series:

Sandy Keith, Dunedin, Florida
Eric Rigler, California
Iain Whitelaw, California
Sandy MacPhee