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June 26, 2026

Octero (formerly MusoLink) launches Worlds Challenge 2026 for app users to win . . . and make practice even funner

Last year, IT whiz and pipe band supremo Matt Fraser combined his talents to create “MusoLink,” a free app for the piping and drumming community to record their practice routines, repertoire, goals and accomplishments. Now called “Octero,” the pipe-major of Melbourne’s Grade 1 Hawthorn is...
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June 24, 2026
The Medley Playbook: Field Marshal Montgomery
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June 23, 2026
Bonar, Greighlan Crossing top winners at 2026 ScotFestBC Games
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June 22, 2026
The new Highland Hoover? Ben Duncan consumes the prizes at Aberdeen
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June 21, 2026
(Videos) Ottawa Highlanders, Ian K. MacDonald walking on sunshine at Ontario’s 2026 Northumberland Games
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June 20, 2026
Bruce Gandy wins his ninth USPF Championship; Olivia Corcoran wins the amateur
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June 19, 2026
30th anniversary Skagit Valley Games increases prize pool to US$34,000, plans big music shows
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June 18, 2026
All pipers and drummers welcomed to join Piping Live! Big Band swing for charity Aug. 10th
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June 17, 2026
The Medley Playbook: Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
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June 16, 2026

Set Tunes Series 2026: “The Munros’ Salute”

Dr. Donaldson says about the tune: "Another tune whose modern popularity seems to stem from its being set for the great...
Results
June 14, 2026

Inveraray & District reigns at 58-band 2026 Chicago Highland Games

Fifty-eight bands competed in the five grades at the 2026 Chicago Scottish Festival at a hot and sunny DuPage County...
Results
June 14, 2026

Quay, Eagle, Stewart, Tran, McKittrick take the trophies at VPA Haileybury solo piping

Jono Quay of Melbourne continued his solo piping hot streak with an overall win of the A-Grade events at Haileybury...
Results
June 14, 2026

Ian K. MacDonald sweeps the Pro piping; Grade 2 Peel Police win Grade 1 band drumming at Georgetown

Ian K. MacDonald of Whitby, Ontario, won all four Professional-grade solo piping events, and the 78th Fraser...
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January 12, 2025
CLASP kicks off 2025 with Turnbull, Morrison and MacLachlan winning the trophies
Glasgow – January 11, 2025 – The Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers (CLASP) kicked off its year with an...
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