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At a special meeting called on December 30th, the Board of Directors of the British Columbia Pipers Association (BCPA) unanimously approved the promotion of the Triumph Street Pipe Band to Grade 1. The upgrade came after several months of the association
Bob Allen, who served as President of the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario from 1997 to 2005, was again elected to the position at the organization’s annual general meeting in Acton, Ontario. Allen won the post in an election against incumbent . . .
Chris Armstrong of Airth, Scotland, won the Bratach Gorm at the Scottish Piping Society of London’s competitions at London, and with the prize joins Gordon Walker of Galston, Scotland, as the second invitee to the 2008 Glenfiddich Invitational Solo . . .
We conclude our exclusive discussion with the renowned leader of the Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band in Richard Parkes: the pipes|drums Interview.
The Scottish Pipers Society of London competitions on November 3, 2007, were the last events in the long and storied career of Colin MacLellan, one of this era’s . . .
The well known piper, composer and teacher Bruce Gandy of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, lost untold original tunes, seminar notes and recordings from the last six years when his . . .
The Grade 1 Toronto Police Pipe Band has appointed the well known composer Michael Grey as its Pipe-Sergeant, as it continues to expand its ranks with addition of several new pipers . . .
We continue with Kylie and James MacHattie’s exclusive diary from their 22-day 2007 Scottish summer camping-competing Odyssey
Mike Baker reviews the St. Lawrence O’Toole concert, Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Nov. 10, 2007
The paparazzi, the limos, the autograph-hounds: it’s not easy being a military pipe band these days. And balance that with the Grade 2 Pipes & Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards serving in active duty in Iraq . . .
The Northern Meeting Piping Competitions ¨C generally referred to by pipers as “nverness” ¨C will return to Eden Court Theatre in Inverness after residing in Aviemore for the last three years while the theatre . . ..
The 9 million or so people who populate the area around the city of Toronto have a rare opportunity to choose from two major piping and drumming events occurring . . .
Ben McClamrock of Baltimore was the overall winner of the 2007 George Sherriff Memorial Amateur Invitational Solo Piping Competition, held at McMaster . . .
Top-tier solo pipers Jack Lee and Willie McCallum have confirmed that they will travel to compete at the annual Metro Cup Solo Piping Championship February 16 . . .