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About 30 pipers turned out for the annual Atholl Gathering, where cool and showery weather was not as bad as was forecast . . .
Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia made a statement by winning at Dunfermline against ScottishPower, which finished second . . .
First band in the top grade to “take delivery” of a complete set of carbon fibre drums designed and produced by Cleland Instruments . . .
We can learn from smallpipers – not those vertically challenged, but the ones who play that other bagpipe, and our man, Jim, is in fine fettle with a few solutions to an age-old tuning problem . . .
An expanded festival setting for both days provided nice crowds of spectators for the band and other events . . .
African Skye remained unbeaten in Grade 2, with wins in the MSR and Medley, winning overall for the third consecutive contest . . .
The annual Prairie Piping Invitational was held as part of the Saskatchewan Highland Gathering & Celtic Festival . . .
After the RSPBA surprisingly upgraded the EUSPBA’s Stuart Highlanders to Grade 1 last week, the spotlight turned to the Colonial Highland Games at Fair Hill . . .
Cameron Drummond has been made the new Senior Piping Instructor at Fettes College in Edinburgh, one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious “public” schools . . .
Change of pace for the southern California contest and first trip of its kind for Glasgow-based band . . .
The RSPBA’s proactive upgrading of the Stuart Highlanders to Grade 1 will be put to an interesting test on May 17th . . .
The RSPBA has, unsolicited, upgraded the Stuart Highlanders of Massachusetts to Grade 1, the band recently learned after entering for the 2014 World Pipe Band Championships in Grade 2 . . .
Featuring superb video, we bring together eight members of the legendary Clan MacFarlane Pipe Band of St. Catharines, Ontario, one of the world’s most influential piping and drumming groups . . .
One of the world’s most successful and famous bands will change its name after gaining a “substantial” two-year monetary sponsorship. It will be the Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonian Pipe Band for . . .
The Western United States Pipe Band Association’s Golden Jubilee Collection of 90 original compositions . . .
Callum Beaumont of Bo’ness, Scotland, nipped on down under to nab the Clasp in the R.U. Brown Piobaireachd Society of South Australia’s annual competitions . . .