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June 15, 2025

Fathers to the fore with new “Gandy Bagpipes” by McCallum Bagpipes

Father’s Day 2025 is the perfect time to officially announce the new “Gandy Bagpipe” by McCallum Bagpipes, an exact reproduction of the 1939 instrument played for many years by Ray Gandy in Victoria, British Columbia, then by Bruce Gandy and, most recently, by Alex Gandy. That makes three...
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Florida’s City of Dunedin wins Grade 2 at Georgetown 2025
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Closkelt on top at 2025 Mid Ulster Championships
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June 10, 2025
Canadian bands opt out of Bellingham Gathering
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June 8, 2025

PPBSO holds its first independently run outdoor event

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“Cabar Fèidh” drops today. A chat with Boghall & Bathgate’s Calum Watson and Kerr McQuillan about the project

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June 4, 2025

The Castle Recordings – Installment #17

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Masterful Medleys 2008: Toronto Police
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