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Two things are perhaps surprisingly uncommon when it comes to piping and drumming in Toronto: there are few pipe bands actually based within the actual city of four-million people; and there . . .
The latest in the off-season leading-drummer changes in the top grades is the Grade 1 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) appointing Jeremy Keddy . . .
A month since the 2013 World Pipe Band Championships at Glasgow Green, Glasgow, and pipes|drums Magazine revisits the two-day spectacle with a video montage from the event that . . .
The Grade 2 City of Regina Pipe Band of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada has accepted the resignation of Leading-Drummer Roland Reid and appointed Willie Currams to the post. A resident of Winnipeg – some . . .
Peter Hendrickson is the new Leading-Drummer of the Grade 1 Dowco-Triumph Street Pipe Band of Vancouver following the departure of long-time L-D Andre Tessier, who resigned in order . . .
The 2013 version of the Glenfiddich Invitational Solo Piping Championship on October 26th marks the fortieth anniversary of the event at Blair Atholl . . .
Jim Stack reviews the new CD – Live at the Quarry – by the Grade 1 Western Australia Police Pipe Band, recorded at the band’s concert last March at an outdoor amphitheatre venue in Perth
The Grade 2 Bucksburn & District Pipe Band of Aberdeen, Scotland, has made Simon Lipp Leading-Drummer after incumbent Mike Haggart stepped down . . .
sunny day for the annual Blairgowrie Games, where Gordon McCready of Renfrew, Scotland, had the best overall success in the top-level events . . .
It was a long day for solo pipers and judges at the annual Royal Braemar Highland Gathering, and competitors who played in the late afternoon and evening had to contend with cold and damp, with wet drones an extra challenge. The events finished at 7 pm, and organizers have been asked . . .
Matt Pantaleoni of St. Louis was delighted to be presented the overall trophy by the organizers of the Birnam Highland Games in Scotland on August 31st, but days later when he took a closer . . .
Stuart Liddell completed rare perfect sweep of all events he competed in at the Northern Meeting, by taking his third Clasp for piobaireachd . . .
Callum Beaumont was the winner of the Highland Society of London’s Gold Medal at Inverness, adding one of the solo piping world’s biggest prizes to his growing array of wins. The first day of solo piping competitions at the 2013 Northern Meeting at Eden Court Theatre also saw Alasdair Henderson of Dunoon, Scotland, win the Silver Medal, and Alastair Dunn of Glasgow win the A-Grade March, Strathspey & Reel. The events open the door for the winners to compete in the Highland Society of London Gold Medals and the Silver Star MSRs at both Oban and Inverness . . . stay tuned.
In the aftermath of the World’s, punters are trying to assess the value and impact of the two-day event. Thanks to correspondent “Andy” who sent this photo of the queues at the Saturday World’s. Andy remarks: “The queues outside the World’s at two o’clock prove the popularity of the two-day […]
They’re a self-described “project band” comprising students and available players from various bands that Pipe-Major David Ogilvie . . .
pipes|drums Magazine staked out a great spot to capture all twelve bands in the Grade 2 Final at the World Pipe Band Championships on August 17, 2013, at Glasgow Green. The march, strathspey & reel event saw the Buchan Peterson Pipe Band of Aberdeen, Scotland, take the title, after each finalist band finished in the top six in its qualifying heat earlier in the . . .