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The Grade 2 Phoenix Honda-Glasgow Skye Pipe Band of Glasgow has commenced its search for new leadership after the resignation of Pipe-Major Craig Campbell . . .
The innovative nature of the Silver Cap Invitational Solo Piping Competition will see the event in a bigger and better venue at the Lord Todd Bar . . .
Results from the 2010 European Pipe Band Championships at Belfast
The Peel Regional Police Pipe Band continued its 2010 unbeaten streak by winning its first North American Championship under Pipe-Major John Cairns, taking . . .
With little more than two weeks left before the 2010 World Pipe Band Championships, the Grade 1 Ballycoan Pipe Band of Belfast has imported . . .
Doug MacRae of London Ontario won the Piobaireachd Society Gold Medal (Canada) today at the Glengarry Highland Games
It was a rare perfect day for Gordon Walker of Galston, Scotland, who won all four events at the Arisaig Highland Games on Scotland’s west coast.
The Glasgow-based production company, Bees Nees Media, has been commissiond by BBC ALBA to develop a series on the 2010 Piping Live! International Festival . . .
The European Championship at Belfast, the last major contest before the 2010 World Pipe Band Championship on August 14th in Glasgow, determined . . .
Derek Midley and David Wilton scooped up the firsts at the annual Bathgate Highland Games against a field of more . . .
As a way to celebrate 50 years of pipe bands in the state of Nevada, three pipe bands will suspend individual activities in 2011 to . . .
A new compact disc from a piobaireachd enthusiast’s private collection of reel-to-reel recordings that showcases seven . . .
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.