Our history

Duncan Davidson's great granda,  Pipe Major Alec C McGregor was a native of Deskryside, Strathdon.  In his younger years farmed for a time as tenant of Little Tolly.  He was associated with Lonach for over seventy years.  A champion piper he won coveted medals at all the principle gatherings.  He was a life long friend of Pipe Major G S Mclennan who named a reel after him- ALEC C MCGREGOR; still played by solo pipers today.  He was a very distinguished musician, stalward of the Lonach Pipe Band, personal piper to G F Rose of Auchernach and he composed many tunes of his own.  Today his pipes are played by Pipe Major Ewan Chapman of the Towie Pipe Band.

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Duncan himself, played in the Lonach Pipe Band for 53 years;

his daughter Carol was a drummer in the band for 20 years.

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...And Sadie and Freddie Thomson,

first time playing the pipes and the drums, respectively,

at Lonach in the Lonach pipe band this year,

would be a great, great, great grandchildren of Pipe Major A C McGregor!

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His grandson Ian McGregor, from Dunoon,  His granddaughters, Jean Ewan and Isobel Baird from Glenrothes and both in their eighties, are coming for their first time to Lonach

His great grandsons, Alistair,and  Robbie McGregor, Bryan Laing, and great grandaughters Shona Ritchie, Arlene Stirling, Jennifer Watt from all over Scotland  are meeting up with their  McGregor cousin Duncan Davidson long time member of the Lonach pipeband .

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 Long may the pipes play...