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and his team, who ensured this was an outstanding success for all enrolled.

T e RSPBANI School Ensemble joined the Cross Border Orchestra Ireland in February/March 2013 on the Concert Tour of Ireland. T is venture provided superb experience both musically and socially

for all involved. Six piobaireachd seminars were held

between September ’12 and March ’13. T e success of these seminars is evidenced by the increasing number of competitors in the Ulster and All Ireland Solo Piping Championships. T e instruction given at the ‘Sat’ Centres provides a vital introductory platform for the seminars taken by Chris Armstrong and Glenn Brown.

Added to the Ballymena, Banbridge, Cookstown, Enniskillen and Londonderry ‘Saturday’ Centres was a Pilot Centre in Ballynahinch in Term 2, 2012-13. In the past year there was a signifi cant increase in the School enrolment as indicated below:

Age 7 - 25 25+ 7 - 25 competing 25+ competing Pipes

71

Drums 69 D/M 27 Piob

Totals 22

8 5 0 2

W/shops 76 91 Day

191 0 446

105

71 69 0

22 47 0

209

6 5 0 1 8 0

94 pb pb

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Adjudicators Panel Management Board (APMB) Convenor Malcolm MacKenzie reported: ‘T rough the age policy we lost P/M Bob Shepherd who will be a huge loss to the APMB and the RSPBA. Alistair Aitken has resigned and that means that a new training group will have to be formed; he also will be missed for his contribution over the last decade.’

Kenny Crothers of the Finance Committee reported the purchase of new adjudicator tents for £10,000.

Education Offi cer Pat Whelan reported the digitising of the Structured Learning books and that a total of 232 pipers and drummers had sat SQA and PDQB exams.

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