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November 5, 2024

Field Marshal Montgomery in L-D recruitment mode as McLees departs

Not quite two years after taking the role, Lead-Drummer Gareth McLees is no longer with 13-time World Champions Field Marshal Montgomery. The band did not provide a specific reason for the move, but it is believed that the decision was accepted by McLees. A successor has not yet been named,
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November 4, 2024
Alex Pavlovic and Nicolas Bowden win 18th Balmoral Classic US Junior Solo Championships
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November 3, 2024
Hawthorn pipe-major creates new app to promote practice and make prep fun
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November 2, 2024
RNZPBA goes with younger street cred with Liam Kernaghan as President
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November 1, 2024
Final fundraising campaign to complete film on Great War hero James Richardson VC
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October 31, 2024
Scott Long wins R.G. Hardie Legacy pipes and Henderson blackwood chanter in 2024 Pick the Glenfiddich Five contest!
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October 29, 2024
Anna Kummerlöw – Germany’s rising star on the international solo piping stage
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October 28, 2024
Jori Chisholm innovates again with moisture-absorbing Endurance Practice Chanter
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October 26, 2024
Callum Beaumont: 2024 Glenfiddich Champion
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October 24, 2024

Bagpipes, memory and luck

Regina's Iain MacDonald shares a memory from his days in Scotland in the 1970s
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October 22, 2024

Sources: ANAPBA shelves RSPBA re-grading letter initiative

According to several sources close to the matter, the Alliance of North American Pipe Band Associations (ANAPBA) has...
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October 21, 2024

StarBox: Andrew Hayes lists Every. Single. Thing. in his pipe case.

The twice Highland Society of London Gold Medallist does an audit of what he carries with him en route to competing for...
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October 19, 2024

Steven McWhirter wins 2024 World Solo Drumming Championship

After two gruelling rounds and three plays, Inveraray & District Lead-Drummer Steven McWhirter gained the 2024 World...
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