Name: Anne Spalding (Novice Juvenile Pipe Major) Occupation: Piping instructor Year you started playing pipes: 1960 Taught by: Archibald Salmond (Grandfather) Bob Brown Bert Barron Tom Speirs Previous bands: MacLean Ladies MacKenzie Caledonian Favourite tunes: Lochanside, The Heights of Cassino, and thousands of others! Favourite bands: FMM, 78th Fraser Highlanders Favourite booze: MacAllan, Balvenie, Red Wine (all medicinal of course) Achievements/History of piping career: Anne has been mainly a solo player, and has competed on the solo circuit since she was a junior. As well as being taught by those mentioned above, she received a great deal of input from her mother, Reta Stewart of Maclean Ladies. Anne has been Scottish Ladies Champion three times, and was the first female piper to play in the Gold Medal competitions at the Argyllshire Gathering and the Northern Meeting in 1976. She has won numerous prizes over the years, but never quite got the big ones. She stresses she came close though! Anne was also PM of our Novice Juvenile band from 1996-1998, winning the World Championships in 1998, and being Champion of Champions that year also. You can read her "10 Questions" from Pipes|Drums here.