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The “Pre-World’s Concert” is probably the most prestigious performances that a pipe band can be invited to stage, and the 2008 version of the Phoenix Honda-Glasgow Skye Pipe Band’s annual event will be put on by the House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band with a roster of members who . . .
Brett Tidswell of Adelaide won the Gold Medal Piobaireachd event at the annual R.U. Brown Piobaireachd Society of South Australia’s solo piping competitions at . . .
The Glasgow International Piping Festival, AKA Piping Live!, officially kicked off its fifth year with a sneak preview of the full agenda, which will include a focus on females in piping and a decidedly edgier feel with . . .
The Leading-Drummer of the Peel Regional Police selects his five very most favourite music recordings.
If everyone plays, the annual William Livingstone Sr. Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition on May 10th in Hamilton, Ontario, will feature its smallest . . .
A winter of hard work comes down to reality for many bands with the start of the outdoor competition season in the UK at Dunbar, Scotland, on May 10, which also marks the debut of the new Grade 1 Fife . . .
The newly formed Grade 1 Fife Constabulary Pipe Band won its first competition and the first outdoor event of the UK season, by taking . . .
No fewer than five significant competitions were scheduled over the May 10-11 weekend, with soloist and bands . . .
Kemptville, Ontario – May 10, 2008 – The Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario’s Ottawa Branch held its competitions on a warm and sunny day that allowed the events to move outdoors. With its expanding popularity, the contests were moved to the St. Michael’s Catholic High School in Kemptville. […]
San Francisco – May 10, 2008 – Willie McCallum of Bearsden, Scotland, was the winner of the annual Dr. Dan Reid Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition and Recital held at the Marines Memorial Club and Hotel. MastersPiobaireachd1st Willie McCallum2nd Jack Lee, Surrey, British Columbia3rd Roddy MacLeod, Glasgow MSR1st Willie McCallum2nd […]
The 29th William Livingstone Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition was won by Simon McKerrell of Glasgow with a first-prize in the . . .
Field Marshal Montgomery won the Grade 1 event at Banbridge, a new contest organized by the Northern Ireland branch of the RSPBA after the demise of the Malahide Festival . . .
On May 24th Levengrove Park in Dumbarton, Scotland, once again will be the venue of the Scottish Pipe Band Championships, the first major contest of the 2008 UK pipe band . . .
The Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band ¨C Sponsored by Glenfiddich will be performing and competing in August with a full set of Premier drums and matched McCallum . . .