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October 5, 2022

Pick The Glenfiddich Five to win the first Celtic Heritage Peter Henderson Blackwood Practice Chanter from R.G. Hardie!

In the piping world, October means one thing: the Glenfiddich Invitational Solo Championships, the world’s most prestigious and refined event. And along with the competition, it means the return of pipes|drums’ Pick The Glenfiddich Five contest! The winner will receive the first-ever example of the...
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October 2, 2022
Johnston, Liddell big winners at Capt. John Memorial
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October 2, 2022
Hawthorn wins 2022 Australian Pipe Band Championships
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September 30, 2022
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September 28, 2022
The Eagle Pipers second-place piob: Iain T. Cameron’s ‘Scots Guards Club, Edinburgh’
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September 27, 2022
James L. McWilliams, 1938-2022
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September 26, 2022
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September 25, 2022
Glengarry Cup MSR goes to Ian K. MacDonald
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September 23, 2022

David Bailiff, 1962-2022

David Bailiff, the accomplished piper, teacher and organizer, passed away in Newark, Delaware, on September 20th after...
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September 22, 2022

Ten Glenfiddich Championship competitors confirmed

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September 21, 2022

“Pretty cool!” – Inverness Gold Medal finally gets to Nick Hudson at surprise presentation

While Nick Hudson was performing “Lament for the the Laird of Anapool” on the Eden Court Theatre stage at...
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September 20, 2022

RSPBA attempts to level the Grade 1 playing field . . . with MSRs

The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association’s Music Board & Standards and Grading Group has changed the rule for...
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From the archives
Results
September 30, 2012
Willie McCallum adds a Silver Star; MacCrimmon wins Inverness Gold Medal; Drummond takes A-Grade MSR
Willie McCallum won his fourth Silver Star MSR, and Euan MacCrimmon added the Northern Meeting Highland Society of...
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Pipe-Major Sam Scott born, Glasgow, 1905.
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