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The piping world suffered another loss with the death of Sue McIntyre, MBE, one of Scotland’s greatest teachers of the instrument, and the first full-time piping instructor employed . . .
The band’s late application to be upgraded to Grade 2 has resulted in part in the Burnett’s & Struth Pipe Band of Ontario being blocked . . .
Andrew Bonar continued his solo success with a win of the 11-contestant Professional Solo Piping Piobaireachd event at the Bellingham Highland . . .
Derek Midgley of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, continues with his insights and advice for non-Scottish pipers who want to try their hand at solo competitions in Scotland, but may not know the esoteric and mysterious world that can be the UK solo scene. From finding transportation to sourcing accommodation, from diet recommendations to practice connections, from weathering the ever-changing rain-to-wind-to-sun-to-cold-to-rain conditions to warming up apr¨¨s-games, Midgley sees the lighter side to the heavy-lifting that is the most competitive solo scene on earth. The second part of the series.
By winning the Piobaireachd and finishing fourth in the MSR, Derek Midgley of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, was the overall winner at the Markinch Highland . . .
The Grade 2 Burnett’s & Struth Pipe Band will in fact be allowed to compete at the June 12th Georgetown Highland Games in Georgetown, Ontario, after a three-way “misunderstanding” about total band . . .
Stuart Easton had a clean sweep of the light music to take the A-Grade/Open aggregate prize at the Queen’s Birthday Solo Piping Competitions. Greg Wilson won the . . .
For most pipe band organizations, the collapse of its flagship band might negatively or even catastrophically impact the rest of the . . .
The Peel Regional Police triumphed in the first Grade 1 contest of the Ontario outdoor season, besting the 78th Fraser Highlanders in a four-band medley event. Fredericton . . .
American football has its Monday Morning Quarterbacks ¨C the amateur experts who review the previous day’s games ¨C and the pipe band world has its equivalent Sunday Morning Pipe-Majors. pipes|drums is . . .
Gordon McCready of Renfrew, Scotland, and Allan Russell of Kelty, Scotland, had fine days at the Strathmore Highland Games, which went on after being . . .
A devastating fire on June 11th that left the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 93 hall a smoldering wreck burnt to the ground . . .
The piping competitions at one of Scotland’s longest-running and most popular Highland games with soloists will receive a major injection of funding this year from . . .
Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh has finally chosen its new Director of the school’s piping degree program, settling on Andrew Carlisle of Ballygowan . . .
Stuart Liddell of Inveraray, Scotland, was the winner of the Donald MacDonald Quaich, an annual piobaireachd competition organized . . .
The journey to Holland by the Pipes & Drums of St. Andrew’s College to mark the 65th anniversary of Liberation Day was a fine week of meaningful performances and ceremony for the young pipers and drummers. Never before had these young pipers and drummers experienced such attention and adulation. We feature a photo-rich account of the moving and life-altering experience for the 22 pipers and drummers over that week in May 2010.