Lee continues run of success with Silver Chanter win

It was Lee’s second big prize in in eight days and the first time he has won the award. He was the winner of the Bar to the Gold Medal piobaireachd competition at Maxville, Ontario, on August 2, taking along with it $3,000. He played “Lament for the Earl of Antrim,” assigned to him from the list of piobaireachds attribute to or closely associated with the MacCrimmon dynasty of pipers from the Isle of Skye.

Also competing were Callum Beaumont, Linlithgow, Scotland, “Lament for Rory MacLoud”; Jamie Forrester, London, “Lament for Patrick Og MacCrimmon”; Finlay Johnston, Glasgow, “The King’s Taxes”; Stuart Liddell, Inveraray, Scotland, “Lament for the Children”; and Iain Speirs, Edinburgh, “Lament for MacLeod of Colbeck.”

The auditorium where the event was held was very warm, and several problems with the audio system were a distraction, including something like a siren going off when Callum Beaumont started his tune.

The Silver Chanter is officially the first event of the Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival.

The contest is sponsored by the William Grant Foundation, which also sponsors the Glendfiddich Invitational, the Senior Piobaireachd at the Argyllshire Gathering and the Scottish Piping Society of London competitions, among others.

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