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May 29, 2026

Start your championships engine: five 2026 RSPBA majors start with the British in Edinburgh

After a few “minor” contests, the UK’s 2026 pipe band competition season really gets going in Ingliston, on the west side of Edinburgh, with the British Championships, where a total of 124 bands are entered across the nine grades. This year marks the return of the British to the RSPBA’s
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May 28, 2026
An instant music library can be yours! Sixty collections (in one whole lot) available to the highest bidder
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May 27, 2026
Set Tunes Series 2026: “Duncan Macrae of Kintail’s Lament”
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May 25, 2026
Prince Charles kings of Grade 3 at Costa Mesa 2026; City of Angels wins the Medley
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May 25, 2026
Big Ben strikes big at Blair
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May 24, 2026
NPC celebrates 30th birthday today with social push (#PipingCentre30), many events TBA
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May 23, 2026
Atop Dollar: Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
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May 23, 2026
Australian Ladies much more than a great march this July
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May 22, 2026
2026 Dollar competition promises robust entry and an exciting Grade 1 medley event
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May 21, 2026

Ayrshire’s Land Energy provides financial support to help sustain Grade 4A Strathendrick

“Keeping a pipe band running week to week is an expensive business, and we rely on fundraising and donations to...
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May 20, 2026

“Highland Cathedral” – we can learn from the composer of the most commercially successful tune ever made for the pipes

While some might dismiss the piece as pure schmalzt, its success in bringing the sound of the pipes to billions of ears...
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May 19, 2026

Greighlan Crossing, A.Lee, McAndrew, Justice the top winners at Victoria Games ’26

Greighlan Crossing was the overall Grade 3 winner in the top contested band event at the Victoria Highland Games, held...
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May 17, 2026

Walter J. Cowan, 1936-2026

Walter J. Cowan passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 15, 2026, in Annan, Scotland. Born in Annan on August 7,...
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