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LA filmmaker John McDonald’s latest piping and drumming project might not happen if he doesn’t raise $20,000 in “Kickstarter” funding by 3 am EDT . . .
Only hours after pipes|drums reported that the On The Day Box Set of three discs and other material . . .
Marketed as “No travel, no vacation days, no gas money, just bagpipes,” Andrew Douglas of Albany, New York, has extended his Piper’s Dojo . . .
The Toronto Police Pipe Band won its first Grade 1 competition since the mid-2000s by taking the medley contest at the annual Cambridge Highland Games. It was the first win since the mid-2000s for the band. Ian K. MacDonald enjoyed a fine day in the Professional solo piping, with three firsts and a second. The games were held under blazing sun in very dry, hot and challenging conditions. Stay tuned to pipes|drums for high definition video footage from the Grade 1 and Grade 2 competitions . . .
Twelve pipers competed in the remote Tomintoul Highland Games, where Greig Canning of Fife was the overall winner of the McArthur Prize.
Weather at the annual Roseneath Games was pleasant and dry for most of the day, but an Open Championship of Golf-style blustery gale and howling rain blew through intermittently soaking a few unlucky players. The event was well attended by competitors across three CPA grades.
Pamela Whyte of Aberdeen won both of the light music events at the annual Stonehaven Highland Games in fair weather. James Hamilton judged both of the events.
It was 1981 when Richard Parkes took the Pipe-Major’s post at the then Grade 2 Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band and, in 2011, he finds himself and the band going strong in their fourth . . .
Simon Fraser University had eight straight first-placings across both the Medley and MSR events at the annual Portland games. The other band in Gradde 1 was Dowco-Triumph Street.
The annual Inveraray Games in the shadow of Inveraray Castle retained its spot as the best organized Highland games in Scotland, and the weather stayed dry. Results were varied across the three CPA grades.
As part of pipes|drums Magazine’s sponsorship of the Street Caf¨¦ marquee tent at the National Piping Centre at 1:15 pm on Wednesday, August 10th . . .
Callum Beaumont won the Piobaireachd and Stuart Liddell took both of the light music events at the annual Tobermory Highland Games on the isle of Mull . . .
The practice chanter that Pipe-Major Donald MacLeod MBE said belonged to the legendary Angus MacKay will be returned to . . .
A gorgeous, sunny day and a high standard field competing for relatively big prize-money made Airth Games enjoyable for the 20 pipers attending. A few prospective entrants allegedly did a U-turn when they discovered one of the judges was not . . .
Andrew Carlisle of Pittsburgh took in seven first-prizes around the three events around Scotland’s outer Hebrides, including the Young Piper of the Year championship.
Each of Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia’s three bands won their respective grades at the first Edinburgh Pipe Band Championship, a new event on the RSPBA rota. The event enjoyed beautiful weather. It was the first full pipe band competition to be held in Edinburgh in more than 15 years . . .