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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 . . .

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 . . .