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October 4, 2024

Islay Spalding’s kilt pins create a distinctive style for pipers and drummers

In the 15 years since she started her business, Islay Spalding’s bespoke kilt pins have become one of piping and drumming’s true style differentiators. In a sea of uniform similarity, her unique, custom and often quirky designs have set kilt-wearers apart with a small yet subtly distinct statement of their
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Composing an Ensemble-Friendly™ 2/4 march

Alan Jones, the author of the pipe band study, “Insights into Pipe Band Ensemble,” and composer of the 16...
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The Future of Competitions: harnessing artificial intelligence for objective judging

In his second piece, top-tier piper and computer scientist Colin Johnstone looks at how AI might augment or even...
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Opinion: Only home associations should grade their members

Any association sanctioning a competition has the right to advise a competitor who they believe is entering the...
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The Polkemmet Pipe Band of the 1980s: a pipes|drums Reunion Interview – Part 2

We continue with the second part of the pipes|drums Reunion Interview with five Grade 1 Polkemmet Pipe Band members of...
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