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Inner-bag digital BlowPro gauges pressure consistency via iPhone

April 20, 2018

Potential for pipe-majors to view read-outs from an entire pipe-section . . .

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Maxville under fraud scandal (updated)

April 19, 2018

Former secretary-treasurer arrested on allegations of “misappropriating” $600k . . .

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Something extraordinary this way comes: a solo piping album

April 18, 2018

Glasgow piper John Mulhearn in studio working on new solo project . . .

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Ten spotlight for Fife Police in Aberdeen

April 17, 2018

Dougie Rennie of Dundee reviews the April 14th concert in Aberdeen by Police Scotland Fife and Bucksburn & District . . .

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Glenfiddich Championship safe for now despite loss of Silver Chanter

April 15, 2018

The 2018 Glenfiddich Invitational Solo Piping Championship will go on as always, despite reduced funding and a decision to discontinue sponsorship of the Silver Chanter invitational piobaireachd recital-competition at Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye. The Silver Chanter reportedly will not be held in 2018, despite little apparent effort […]

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McCready wins aggregate at SPA

April 14, 2018

About 25 adult pipers of varying CPA grades competed at the annual solo piping competition run by the Scottish Pipers Association at the College of Piping, where Gordon McCready of Renfrew, Scotland, was the overall . . .

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Bonus of Balmoral: free lessons for novice registrants at summer school

April 13, 2018

Dating back to the early-1980s, the Balmoral School of Piping is one of the world’s most established brands for instruction, and this year the organization is taking a novel approach to attracting more students: free lessons. Exclusively for beginners or novices who register for at least one of the sessions […]

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Newly discovered six-parted 2/4 march by G.S. McLennan published first on pipes|drums

April 12, 2018

We bring readers a never-before-seen 108-year-old GS tune well-suited for top-grade bands or solo players . . .

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Editorial: Is Grade 2 now where it’s at?

April 9, 2018

With all credit due to the world’s Grade 1 bands and their awesome achievement in reaching and staying at the top, events over the last few years are suggesting that, increasingly, Grade 2 is, of the top two grades, the more interesting and competitive category of band competition. Outside of […]

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St. Thomas Alumni wins Dunedin in close call

April 7, 2018

Dunedin, Florida – April 7, 2018 – The St. Thomas Alumni Pipe Band of Houston were the overall winner of the four-band two-event Grade 2 competition, after a tie with the City of Dunedin Pipe Band was broken on by the MSR event, which in itself had a tie broken […]

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Hawthorn City Grade 2 winners at Australian Championships

Brisbane – April 7, 2018 – Hawthorn City of Melbourne won the four-band Grade 2 event at the bi-annual Australian Pipe Band Championships, this time held in Brisbane at the Brisbane Boys’ College in Toowong. There was no Grade 1 competition for the first time in the 57-year history of […]

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Angus MacColl wins Donald MacLeod

April 6, 2018

Stornoway, Scotland – April 6, 2018 – The annual P-M Donald MacLeod, M.B.E. Memorial Competition was won by Angus MacColl, with a first-place finish in both the piobaireachd and MSR events. The annual event invites top performers from the previous year’s competition season to compete in an event in which a […]

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Pipe Bands Australia inaugurates Hall of Fame with 12 inductees

April 5, 2018

There was a long-list of 20 pipers and drummers put forward by a nominating committee, and Pipe Bands Australia has whittled its list of final inaugural inductees to its Hall of Fame to 12. Nominations were open to all members of the various Australian state pipe band associations to make, […]

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Classics dominate 2019 Set Tunes

April 2, 2018

The Piobaireachd Society has released its lists of piobaireachds set for the major competitions, and, with few exceptions, each is a classic or even staple of any top-tier piper’s repertoire. Most of the pieces are analyzed in great detail in the pipes|drums Set Tunes Series by William Donaldson, featuring virtually […]

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Easton secures New Zealand Open Solo Piping Championship at Hastings

Hastings, New Zealand – March 31-April 1, 2018 – Stuart Easton of Palmerston North, New Zealand, emerged the overall winner of the New Zealand Open Piping Championship at the annual Hastings Highland Games held the over the Easter weekend, taking two firsts and two seconds, as well as the Gold […]

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