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Ian Duncan of Perth, Scotland, has been officially confirmed as the new Pipe-Major of the Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band of Edinburgh. Duncan replaces David Barnes . . .

The world’s premier pipers will once again converge on Eden Court Theatre in Inverness, Scotland, for the annual Northern Meeting . . .

Results from the 2009 Northern Meeting

Results from the Northern Meeting at Inverness

Opportunities to lead a ready-made Grade 1 band are rare, and the vacancy present at the Torphichen & Bathgate Pipe Band of Whitburn . . .

Part 2 of our four-part conversation with the late Pipe-Major Angus recorded in November 1996.

Skies were sunny at Foothills Park in Calgary for the annual Calgary Highland Games. The new venue . . .

The City of Regina Pipe Band came back to win the Grade 2 contest at the scenic Canmore . . .

The Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario has reversed a decision to disqualify the Grade 2 Glengarry Pipe . . .

After 36 seasons of never missing a competition, Jim Sim has decided to retire from the Grade 2 Midlothian . . .

To celebrate its tenth anniversary, the Springbank Invitational Solo Piping Competition on Saturday, September 12th, at the Argyll Arms Hotel in Campbeltown . . .

Friends and colleagues of the former Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band bass drummer William McIntosh have been saddened to hear of his sudden loss earlier this week. Willie (55) passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of September 9, 2009, having only been diagnosed this August with […]

Twenty-seven pipers competed at the annual Braemar Highland Gathering, which had some rain . . .

After a search that lasted less than a month, Stuart Shedden of Glasgow has been appointed Pipe-Major . . .

Willie McCallum of Bearsden, Scotland, won his sixth overall Springbank Invitational title, and his sixth in the 10-year history . . .

Bands from Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom competed at the Belgian Championships on a . . .