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The Strathclyde Police Pipe Band won the Grade 1 contest at the annual Bathgate Highland Games in West Lothian, Scotland, under warm sunshine . . .
After the sensationalist media stories, pipes|drums does the extraordinary: we actually talk to him directly. A special interview with the world’s foremost historian’s on Highland pipes, especially for subscribers.
Graham Brown, Reagan Jones and Ruaridh MacDonald won the snare-, bass- and tenor-drumming competitions, respectively, at the first invitational contest organized by Innovation Promotions. Fifteen contestants . . .
The Scottish Lion-78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band has operated for almost 30 years without a formal feeder band until now, after striking a “tentative agreement” with the Hamilton Police Pipe Band organization . . .
The hometown Heather Pipes & Drums of Denmark won the Open contest to take the annual Scandinavian Pipe Band Championship, and the Copenhagen Caledonia Pipe Band . . .
As part of the Piobaireachd Society’s push to become a more open organization, it is inviting composers of new piobaireachd to submit their compositions for inclusion on its . . .
Who’s the winner? Three 2008 Scottish Grade 1 band performances to watch and vote on
After accounting professional Ryan McFarland crunches the numbers, is an accurate prediction of this coming Saturday’s Grade 1 result possible?
Colin MacLellan of Edinburgh is sharing his knowledge of piobaireachd by making recordings of his playing and lessons on the 2008 Silver Medal tunes set by the . . .
Robert Wiseman Dairies-Vale of Atholl is a band that is never afraid to try something new and the Scottish Pipe Band Championships . . .
Scotland’s Competition League of Amateur Solo Pipers (CLASP) has formed a new relationship with the Scottish Piping Society of London’s annual competitions and will for the first time offer events in November . . .
First-ever championships for Irish band; Shotts wins drumming
The first outdoor event of the Scottish solo season was held at Blair Atholl, and some 54 pipers turned up to . . .
The Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band had a successful outdoor competition debut in Grade 1 by winning the March, Strathspey & Reel on the second day of the Costa Mesa . . .
The world’s pipers and drummers tell you how they feel about mid-section instruments and judging and how many bass and tenors should be allowed
The world’s community of tenor-drummers plans to boycott the entire 2008 competition season, if everything goes to the plan devised by two tenor-players . . .