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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

Like our previous offer of over 100 CDs, cassette tapes, and DVDs, pipes|drums has, over the years, received many music collections from their publishers. To be sure, they are all fine, appreciated works and superb additions to the pipe music canon. Every single one of these composers and compilers should
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Big Ben strikes big at Blair
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Atop Dollar: Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
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Australian Ladies much more than a great march this July
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2026 Dollar competition promises robust entry and an exciting Grade 1 medley event
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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

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

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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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Bowen, Dominion win big at Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan Highland Gathering & Celtic Festival took place Friday and Saturday, with worrisome bouts of snow,...
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Video – 2015 North American Champions: 78th Fraser Highlanders
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Borreraig gifted by General I.S. Martin to College of Piping, Glasgow, for fee of 1 penny per annum.
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