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April 29, 2025

The Castle Recordings – Installment #16

"Lament for Donald Ban MacCrimmon," "Lament for MacDonald's Tutor," "Nameless - Hihorodo Ha Hiento Tra," "Lament for Red Hector of the Battles," and "The Park Piobaireachd #1" -- the latest in our ongoing historic and exclusive series.
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April 22, 2025

60 years . . . and counting

The redoubtable Iain MacDonald, Regina, thinks back to 1965, when he began his piping odyssey as a very young boy in...
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April 21, 2025

Greg Wilson wins record 18th Former Winners Clasp at Hawke’s Bay

Greg Wilson of Tai Tapu, New Zealand, won his record eighteenth Former Winners Clasp to the Gold Medal at the Hastings...
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April 21, 2025

Cameron Bonar becomes youngest winner of MacCrimmon Cairn at BCPA Annual Gathering

Seventeen-year-old Cameron Bonar of Surrey British Columbia, became the youngest winner ever of the MacCrimmon Cairn...
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Call to pipers and drummers to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day in Ottawa

The Sons of Scotland Pipe Band of Ottawa and their spirited leader, Bethany Bisaillion, are organizing a creative event...
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Speirs, Drummond big winners at MacLellan Memorial
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