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August 31, 2008

The order of play for the major events at this year’s Argyllshire Gathering at Oban, Scotland, has been made. Competitors anxiously await the draw, since where . . .

Willie McCallum, Niall Stewart and John Mulhearn were the big winners at the annual Lochaber Gathering . . .

Gordon Walker of Galston, Scotland, won just about everything at the annual Mallaig & Morar games on a sunny and warm day. There was . . .

We continue our exclusive interview with Robert Mathieson, as he goes into detail about how pipe band competitions ¨C and specifically the World Pipe Band Championships ¨C could improve.

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Bagad Cap Caval took the 2008 Breton Bagad Championships, securing the victory at the second leg . . .

The University of Strathclyde is once again offering a full slate of daily piping and drumming events to complement the chock-a-block Piping Live! program during . . .

Our series continues with the Ontario-based band heading over for the World’s

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The Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario has said that, due mainly to a computer error, it made a mistake in the calculation of the Grade 4 band competition . . .

Jonathan Greenlees of Lisburn, Northern Ireland, was the winner of the Dunvegan Medal, becoming the first piper from that country ever to capture the . . .

We bring back our seventh annual guide to finding the world’s best bands as they make final preparations for August 16th

Roddy MacLeod took home the Silver Chanter, playing “Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay” at the annual competition held in the . . .

The Perth Highland Games, scheduled for Sunday, August 10th, has made a last-minute change of venue, with the event moving to . . .

A giant of the Irish pipe band scene passes away

Brainy Banbridgian’s answer first opened of hundreds entering contest

The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band of Vancouver won its fifth World Champion title today under good weather conditions and before a large, appreciative crowd. Field Marshal Montgomery . . .

Five bands go through to 14-band Final

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