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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 . . .

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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 . . .

The Saul Bass & Tenor Drum Tuner, a follow-on to the Saul Bagpipe Tuner launched last year, will make its debut at the 2009 Piping Live! Glasgow Festival . . .

While SFU won both Grade 1 events at the Seattle Highland Games, the event made news with Dowco-Triumph Street receiving . . .

With the Seattle Highland Games being the final competition of the 2009 British Columbia Pipers Association season, the organization . . .

Martin Kessler of Germany took down two firsts and a second, and P-M Michael Gray of . . .

Gordon McCready of Renfrew, Scotland; Donald MacPhee of Alexandria, Scotland; and Cameron Drummond of Edinburgh each continued . . .