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Published: May 16, 2013 Rubber-sleeved skin pipe bags a first for Highland pipes
RATING  Only last September Lee & Sons Bagpipes introduced zippered sheepskin and goatskin pipe bags, and now the Vancouver-based company has brought out what is thought to be the first production skin bag with rubber grommet sleeves for drone and blowpipe stocks. In testing with the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, the new bags take three weeks to make, according to Jack Lee. "We have been developing the pipe bags . . . Read More | COMMENTS (6) |
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Published: May 14, 2013 Boghall's Fiona Morris determined to win
RATING With the Grade 1 Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia, tenor drummer Fiona Morris of Kinross, Scotland, is used to being determined to beat . . . Read More | COMMENTS (6) |
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Published: May 11, 2013 Gourock nixed due to swampage
RATING  The spirits of many have been dampened after the 2013 Gourock Highland Games were cancelled, nixing the first Scottish outdoor . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: May 09, 2013 Shotts unveils new look for 2013 with revamped roster, logo and website
RATING What a difference a year makes for the storied Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band of Scotland as the historic band enters the 2013 season . . . Read More | COMMENTS (3) |
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Published: May 08, 2013 Showtime: Scottish season gets going Saturday, Sunday at Dunbar, Gourock
RATING After a long, cold, lonely winter, the Scottish outdoor pipe band season gets started across all grades on May 11th and 12th at Dunbar and Gourock . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: May 03, 2013 No Montreal games in 2013, but promises return next year
RATING  The resurrected and popular Montreal Highland Games & Celtic Festival and its legendary beer tent will not happen in 2013 after . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 29, 2013 Jack, Terry Lee to receive honorary doctorates from Simon Fraser University
RATING Simon Fraser University Pipe Band leaders Terry Lee and Jack Lee will have more than great . . . Read More | COMMENTS (7) |
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Published: April 25, 2013 While Kingston Festival rises, PPBSO says no thank you
RATING The Kingston Scottish Festival continues to grow to the point of being bigger than at least two other full outdoor Highland games on the Ontario competitive piping and drumming . . . Read More | COMMENTS (12) |
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Published: April 18, 2013 Invercargill on the hunt for L-D and success in Grade 1
RATING  The ILT City of Invercargill of New Zealand is one of the oldest pipe bands in the antipodes and, with several years in Grade 2, was recently . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 16, 2013 Piping Live! turns 10 with official launch of 2013 festival
RATING  The tenth anniversary version of the Piping Live! Glasgow International Festival of Piping was launched officially with the promise of new venues, including the use of St. Enoch . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 10, 2013 Beyond Skype: National Piping Centre to deploy in-house streaming technology
RATING Skype has been a familiar platform for "e-learning" for pipers and drummers for some time, but the National Piping Centre plans . . . Read More | COMMENTS (3) |
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Published: April 08, 2013 Bleary returns as Grade 2 band back after seven-year hiatus
RATING The Bleary & District Pipe Band of Northern Ireland will return to competition in the 2013 UK season after a seven-year . . . Read More | COMMENTS (3) |
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Published: April 04, 2013 Andy Ross, 1943-2013 (updated)
RATING Andy Ross, one of the most popular chanter reed-makers in piping history, died on April 2, 2013, after a protracted illness . . . Read More | COMMENTS (4) |
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Published: March 28, 2013 Canada stays indoors for Vancouver, Toronto Easter weekend events
RATING The world's two biggest indoor piping and drumming events will take place on the same day when the British Columbia Pipers' Association . . . Read More | COMMENTS (1) |
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Published: March 27, 2013 Silver Medal contestants to be tested in 2014 Set Tunes list
RATING While the lists for the Senior and Gold Medal piobaireachd competitions comprise mostly familiar tunes and a conventional approach, the Piobaireachd Society has added a twist . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: March 24, 2013 Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band officially ends 130 years with final performance
RATING After 130 years, the Edinburgh City / Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band officially ended . . . Read More | COMMENTS (7) |
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Published: March 22, 2013 MWPBA goes all-online for contest entries
RATING If you want to compete at competitions sanctioned by the Midwest Pipe Band Association, you'd best have access to the Internet and a PayPal . . . Read More | COMMENTS (1) |
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Published: March 20, 2013 New life for Saskatchewan Highland games
RATING The Canadian "May Long Weekend" has for any years marked the open of the Highland games season on the prairies, even though the . . . Read More | COMMENTS (2) |
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Published: March 14, 2013 New mallets promise "new dawn for tenor drumming"
RATING With patent-pending features that "herald a new dawn for pipe band tenor drumming," TyFry Ultimate tenor drum mallets . . . Read More | COMMENTS (33) |
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Published: March 11, 2013 Decision: Grade 2 bands allowed to play up in Ontario
RATING After months of deliberations, Grade 2 bands in Ontario will be allowed to "challenge up" at select contests, going head-to-head against bands in the top grade – but only if there are three or fewer bands competing in Grade 2, and only where the Grade 1 event . . . Read More | COMMENTS (4) |
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Published: March 07, 2013 Antigonish calling for alumni to gather for 150th
RATING Nova Scotia Antigonish Highland Games, one of the world's oldest and longest-running piping, drumming . . . Read More | COMMENTS (2) |
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Published: March 06, 2013 Shotts ends 10-year sponsorship
RATING Shotts & Dykehead is now officially once again Shotts & Dykehead, as one of the world's most storied pipe bands has ended its . . . Read More | COMMENTS (1) |
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Published: March 04, 2013 PPBSO strikes down consultative band judging
RATING Seven years after it originally implemented it, the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario has eliminated its practice of consultative pipe band judging, a topic of active debate for . . . Read More | COMMENTS (13) |
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Published: February 28, 2013 Aughintober's ScottishPower concert brings good news to Belfast
RATING The Grade 2 Aughintober Pipe Band is taking a major leap of faith by putting on an ambitious concert by the Grade 1 ScottishPower . . . Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: February 27, 2013 J. Duncan McGillivray, 1930-2013
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