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Hundreds turn out to pay last respects to one of history’s greatest solo pipers.
The usual bevy of solo pipers, including many international stragglers, turned out for the Blairgowrie games on a dry and mainly sunny day. Derek Midgley and Peter Hunter copped the most prizes, while James MacHattie won the top piobaireachd award . . .
At 125 years and counting, the Wallacestone & District Pipe Band is one of the world’s longest-running bands and, after almost 40 years as Pipe-Major, Tam Anderson has decided to . . .
Many bands after a grueling competition season take several weeks or even months off before regrouping, but the Grade 1 Peel . . .
The Grade 2 Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary Pipe Band of Scotland is in need of a Pipe-Major and Leading-Drummer after Callum Watson . . .
In the year that is the 50th anniversary of the Glengarry Pipe Band of Maxville, Ontario, most of the members of the Grade 2 band have joined the Grade 2 Ottawa Police . . .
The passing of the famous pipe band drummer Jim Hutton in June of this year brought into focus his role in and contributions to our community. Over Hutton’s 75 years he accomplished much, including competitive, teaching and organizational success. In light of his work, we chose to look back at the interview we conducted with him in 2000, and bring to subscribers to pipes|drums the full text of the conversation in the latest in our Interviews from the Archives series.
Eleven pipers competed in the senior solo events at the mostly wet Pitlochry games. As always, there was no piobaireachd event. Two Grade 1 bands competed, and Robert Wiseman-Vale of Atholl topped the Lothian & Borders Police.
William Donaldson reviews Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Piobaireachd Volume 2, Manuscript (1826), recently released by the Piobaireachd Society.
One of history’s greatest contributors to piping, Captain John A. MacLellan MBE, will be honoured with an annual piobaireachd recital competition and dinner in Edinburgh that . . .
The final contest of the continental Europe pipe band season was held at Alden Biesen Castle, and Antwerp & District came away with three first, playing up to a “Grade 1st” event in addition to Grade 2nd and Open contests.
The 2010 edition of the Piping Live! Glasgow International Festival of Piping was named the Best Traditional Event of the year at . . .
The final, final outdoor event of the Scottish outdoor season saw Greig Canning of Fife win all four events, a rarity at any Highland games. Weather was dry most of the day except for steady rain during the jig. The light music events were judged by Andy Venters and . . .
Local native Willie McCallum was the overall winner of the annual Springbank Invitational, an even sponsored by Springbank Distillers. The aggregate is decided from the Piobaireachd and MSR events. The judges for all events were . . .
Thirteen-year-old Emma McDowell may have set the record for youngest female piper ever to compete with a Grade 1 band when she took the field at the 2011 Cowal Championships . . .
The fifth annual concert to celebrate the life and music of the late Gordon Duncan, A National Treasure V, will now benefit from the addition of one of 2011’s most talked-about . . .