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Ian Whitelaw reviews the McKerrell/MacDonald Collection of Bagpipe Music
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 . . .
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 . . .