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The piping and drumming world, and especially those in the Central Scotland area, were saddened by the death of Richard Owen on September 13, 2009, after an illness. Originally from Clydebank, Scotland, Richard Owen was a member of the College of Piping and Dumbartonshire Scout pipe band in the 1950s […]
The non-competing Haddington Pipe Band won the award for “Best Medium Event in Scotland” in 2009 at a major ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow . . .
Iain Marshall won the Dunrobin Gold Medal, while Craig Muirhead and David Wilton tied for the overall . . .
John Elliott has retired from the Grade 1 Peel Regional Police Pipe Band of Brampton, Ontario, after 16 years . . .
Based on criteria to gain entry, 10 of the world’s most successful solo pipers from the past year should be invited to compete at the 2009 Glenfiddich . . .
We speak with several of today’s most prominent pipe band leaders for their views on the best ¨C and worst ¨C ways to depart a pipe band
The Grade 1 Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band, of Vancouver has been selected by the Vancouver Olympic Committee to be the official pipe band . . .
Adrian Melvin has resigned as the Pipe-Major of the Grade 2 Midlothian Scottish Pipe Band of Chicago. His departure closely follows . . .
The Grade 1 Peel Regional Police of Brampton, Ontario, has confirmed the addition of 14 new players ¨C nine pipers, three snare-drummers and two tenor-drummers ¨C to its . . .
The Grade 2 City of Regina Pipe Band has been officially elevated by the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario from . . .
Part 3: Piobaireachd, judging, MSRs, practicing, styles, exams . . . the candid 1996 conversation with the late, great piper
Craig Colquhoun, the founder and owner of Hosbilt, makers of hand-made pipe band bass- and tenor-drums, has confirmed that his company will . . .
After a lengthy struggle with diabetes, Brian MacPhee of Vermillion, Alberta, died on September 30, 2009. MacPhee was born on Febuary 10, 1955, and served for many years as the Drum-Major and Band Manager of the Alberta Caledonia Pipe Band of Edmonton, Alberta. He started as a piper […]
Bruce Gandy of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, won three out of the four regular events to gain the most aggregate points to achieve . . .
The 78th Fraser Highlanders won the North American Championship under sunny and warm conditions, marking the band’s fourteenth . . .