http://www.pipesdrums.com/SearchObjects.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-Submit=115Thu, 2 Sep 10 05:36:25 GMTen-ushttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18336Results from the 2010 Northern Meeting at Eden Court Theatre as they are announced.Thu, 2 Sep 10 05:31:12 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18335Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Chairman Kevin Reilly has resigned his position, effective, September 1st, due to "personal reasons." He had served with the organization for almost 30 years in various capacities, and was appointed Chairman in 2003.
No specific explanation was immediately available, and Reilly had been reappointed for another term in the powerful Chairman role in 2009. During Reilly's tenure in office . . .Wed, 1 Sep 10 09:27:58 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18333The two-week fundraising efforts by the 2010 Champion of Champions Field Marshal Montgomery have resulted in £1500 so far gained for the Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Campaign. But the band has decided not to stop until another £1000 is raised. FMM will continue to offer both its RE:CHARGED CD and DVD at a reduced £10, with . . .Tue, 31 Aug 10 01:58:12 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18327Returning to his family roots, Kenny MacLeod, a former pipe-major of the band, has come back as the new leader of Phoenix Honda-Glasgow Skye . . .Fri, 27 Aug 10 07:27:36 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18329The policies, rules and format of the pipe band competitions at the April 2011 Las Vegas Invitational Championships have . . .Sun, 29 Aug 10 01:47:20 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18324After 29 years at the helm of one of the world's most famous pipe bands, Bill Livingstone has stepped down as Pip-Major of the 78th Fraser Highlanders. Livingstone made . . .Fri, 27 Aug 10 11:39:28 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18325Faye Henderson of Kirriemuir, Scotland, became history's first female winner of the Highland Society of London Gold Medal, playing "Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay" at the Argyllshire . . .Mon, 30 Aug 10 02:29:26 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18323Two Grade 4 pipe band based in the Pacific Northwest have developed a novel agreement that will see the best of each group merge into a single new Grade 3 band, while leaving . . .Wed, 25 Aug 10 01:51:52 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18316Chinese culture places great importance on symbols, and there are few luckier images than the dragon. Little did the Grade 3 Greighlan Crossing . . .Fri, 20 Aug 10 09:53:42 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18317The Grade 1 Tayside Police Pipe Band of Dundee, Scotland, has dissolved after its pipe-major, David Clunie, resigned following . . .Sat, 21 Aug 10 03:56:53 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18315With a substantial number of withdrawals by those accepted for the upcoming Silver Medal competitions at Oban and Inverness, the Argyllshire Gathering will . . .Fri, 20 Aug 10 03:38:19 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18314The piper who famously played on the beaches of Normandy during the first wave of the Allied Forces' invasion on June 6, 1944, has died in Devon, England, at the age of 88 after a stroke.Wed, 18 Aug 10 01:40:56 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18312pipes|drums' 2010 Pick The Six contest drew a record number of entries, with almost 3,000 readers testing their powers or prognostication and pipe band punditry to predict the top six places in the Grade 1 Final at this year's . . .Tue, 17 Aug 10 07:08:06 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18313About 40 of the world's top solo pipers sit on the edge of their sporrans each year as they await the all-important order-of-plays for the Highland Society of London's Gold Medal piobaireachd Wed, 18 Aug 10 07:35:10 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18310Sun, 22 Aug 10 03:08:50 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18295After an 18-band MSR Qualifying competition at Glasgow Green, the following six Grade 1 bands emerged as finalists for the afternoon Medley and MSR competitions to determine the 2010 World Pipe Band Champion.Sat, 14 Aug 10 11:13:46 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18296St. Laurence O'Toole of Dublin won the 2010 World Pipe Band Championship under dry and relatively warm weather at a very crowded Glasgow Green. It was the first . . .Tue, 17 Aug 10 02:47:05 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18308The last day before the World's, the weather holds and there's a spring in the step around Glasgow as Meaghan Proudfoot recants her day from the International Festival of PipingMeaghan ProudfootMon, 16 Aug 10 01:11:54 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18306Thursday at Glasgow's International Festival of Piping brings unexpectedly warm - no, positively hot -weather and equally incandescent performances to match. Meaghan Proudfoot sheds some light on the day. Meaghan ProudfootFri, 13 Aug 10 11:19:17 GMThttp://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.aspx?sys-Portal=57&sys-Class=Article&sys-ID=18302The third day from this week's centre of the piping and drumming universe, brings events for all tastes, ages and energies.Thu, 12 Aug 10 08:30:42 GMT