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UPCOMING EVENTS October 28, 2017Glenfiddich Solo Piping ChampionshipBlair Castle, Blair Atholl, Scotland
November 4, 2017London CompetitionsKensington Conference & Events Centre, The Town Hall, Hornton Street London
November 5, 2017Bloomington Pipers’ Society November GatheringSt Thomas Lutheran Church, Bloomington, IN
November 10, 2017Silicon Valley Pipe & Drum WorkshopSaratoga, CA
December 3, 2017Bloomington Pipers’ Society December GatheringSt Thomas Lutheran Church, Bloomington, IN
November 4, 2017London CompetitionsKensington Conference & Events Centre, The Town Hall, Hornton Street London
November 5, 2017Bloomington Pipers’ Society November GatheringSt Thomas Lutheran Church, Bloomington, IN
November 10, 2017Silicon Valley Pipe & Drum WorkshopSaratoga, CA
December 3, 2017Bloomington Pipers’ Society December GatheringSt Thomas Lutheran Church, Bloomington, IN
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Pipers: Never move the tape on your chanter, carve a hole, or move the reed until you have warmed your pipe up sufficiently that it is stable.
Lionel Tupman, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Pipers: Never move the tape on your chanter, carve a hole, or move the reed until you have warmed your pipe up sufficiently that it is stable.
Lionel Tupman, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
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