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Niall Matheson took the overall trophy in the senior solo piping at his local Inverness . . .

Gavin Walker of Stirling, Scotland, had the best overall showing at the annual Stonehaven Highland Games . . .

The Haddington Pipe Band of East Lothian, Scotland, has been nominated twice in the Scottish Event Awards competition, which honours . . .

Andrea Boyd of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, won all three light music events at . . .

The last and only time that all of the tickets were sold for the annual pipe band concert at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall before the World . . .

Performing at the Edinburgh Tattoo is an honour for many pipers and drummers, but it’s nothing compared with victory in the first-ever pipes|drums . . .

Just a few days after pipes|drums reported that only about 300 tickets were left for the 2008 World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band’s August 12th . . .

With two Canadian astronauts aboard the International Space Station for the first time in history, all three bands of the Hamilton Police Pipe Band organization . . .

Angus MacColl of Benderloch, Scotland, had a fine day in the Senior solo piping, with two firsts and a second . . .

Bands benefitted from sunny and warm weather at the European Pipe Band Championships, with Field Marshal Montgomery winning . . .

The UK-based bands that pre-qualified from results of the previous three major championships . . .

While many were slogging away at the European Championships, many other pipers were enjoying the Airth Highland Games, where . . .

Highlights from other excellent entries to the pipes|drums Show Us Some Skin! tattoo contest

Cold and rain fell mainly on the St. Andrew’s games, but it didn’t deter Gavin Walker of Stirling, Scotland, from winning . . .

The National Piping Centre played host to The Gathering, an invitational solo piping competition that brought some of the world’s best . . .

Gordon McCready, Renfrew, Scotland; Donald MacPhee, Alexandria, Scotland; and Keith Bowes, Glasgow took home all . . .