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2010 was one of the most active years ever when it came to piping and drumming world news. pipes|drums Magazine brought you . . .
Andrew Gray of Edinburgh was the winner of the Falkirk Banner, a competition organized by the Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust that put together four of Scotland’s best young pipers. The event commemorated the previous tradition of the Falkirk Tryst competition that began in 1781. The . . .
New York-based piper Donald Lindsay, nearly synonymous with the Oran Mor Pipe Band that he helped to found and lead for . . .
Sandy Spence passed away on November 2, 2010, after a long period of extremely debilitating and painful illnesses. His example to all in the face of such adversity was quite extraordinary, and he kept a cheerful and forward outlook in all his pursuits, particularly his piping activities. He was Pipe-Major […]
The Midwest Pipe Band Association has approved an upgrade request made by the City of Chicago Pipe Band to move to . . .
Bill Livingstone, a perennial sufferer of pipe bag slippage, reviews The Bagpipe Harness, a new device from Scotland that recently hit the shelves, intended to keep the Highland pipe tucked snuggly under the arm.
The Las Vegas International Tattoo is still very much a go, according to organizers, who said that messages to those who . . .
The Haddington Pipe Band of East Lothian, Scotland, may not be much for competition, but they’re emerging as one of the country’s best known bands through canny . . .
Iain Currie of Store Merloese, Denmark, is the big winner of the 2010 pipes|drums’ Pick the Glenfiddich Five contest!
Roddy MacLeod of Glasgow won his fifth career Bratach Gorm and secured an invitation to the 2011 Glenfiddich Championship. Willie McCallum of Bearsden, Scotland won his second . . .
Jim McGillivray continues his exclusive series with “Pipe-Major Willie Gray’s Farewell to the Glasgow Police,” one of the great 2/4 marches from the hand of John MacDonald, Glasgow Police. Subscribers to pipes|drums can enjoy a fascinating look into the story behind the tune, as well as an instructional sound file by Jim McGillivray of his own rendition of the tune on the Deger pipe.
Mrs. Winifred MacLeod, wife of the late Pipe-Major Donald MacLeod, M.B.E., passed away November 5, 2010, after several months of ill health. Mrs. MacLeod is survived by daughters Susan and Fiona, and their extended family. “Winnie” MacLeod was partner to her husband’s many successful years as a soldier, teacher, businessman […]
Don Bradford has left the pipe-major position of the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band following a band committee meeting . . .
Following in the footsteps of his late father, Jim Sim Sr. has a positive outlook on the future of the Midwest Pipe Band Association after . . .
For the last 15 years Tyler Fry of Kincardine, Ontario, has been energetically teaching . . .
pipes|drums touches base with the recently minted Northern Meeting Gold Medallist on – among many other things – his journey to the prize, his thoughts on his teachers and his tips for young pipers and drummers who want to embark on their own voyage to solo success.