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“Lady Inverclyde” — a “new” 3/4 march by John McLellan, DCM discovered after 100 years in storage

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Grade 1 World’s will be 14 again; only three likely at UK Championships
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Finlay MacDonald, Ali Hutton cooking up a teaching, concert and culinary tour in June
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Eight elite pipers ready to take a turn at 2025 Wheel of Fortune in Edinburgh
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Alastair Donaghy, Stephen Creighton big winners at Ulster Solo Championships
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March 25, 2024
After 30-year hiatus Kenny MacLeod emerges to win AD&G Branch competition
Kenny MacLeod is one of few pipers in history to have competed playing a bagpipe they made. At the annual indoor...
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April 20, 1974
Willie McCallum wins under 18 piobaireachd, Campbeltown.
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