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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 . . .
Niall Matheson of Inverness, Scotland, won three first-prizes in the four senior events at the Newtonmore Games. There was . . .
Willie McCallum won all of the top-grade light music events, and John-Angus Smith took the Piobaireachd prize . . .
David Wilton of Forfar, Scotland, enjoyed a fine day at the Aboyne Games in Royal Deeside, winning the Piobaireachd and . . .
Our eighth annual guide to finding the world’s best bands as they make final preparations for August 15th . . .
Grade 1 bands give pipes|drums subscribers an up-close look into the content, structure and orchestration of the medleys that they’re working on for the 2009 World Pipe Band Championships