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Angus MacPherson, the long-time pipe-major of the Grade 2 Maple Ridge Pipe Band, which recently joined the Simon Fraser University organization, replacing the Robert Malcolm Memorial Grade 2 band, has offered . . .
The Uist Media Group ¨C producers of the PlanetPipe online broadcasting service and TradTunes, the Celtic music download outlet ¨C have produced a new television documentary on Allan, Angus and Iain MacDonald . . .
The Fred Morrison Collection of bagpipe music ¨C oh, and whistle tunes, too! ¨C will be a welcome addition to any piper’s collection. All the tunes are Fred’s own compositions, but the content supports a paradoxically apt subtitle: “collection . . .rr
Here we are for another installment of The Style Guy, your resource for all things sartorial when it comes to wearing the Garb of Auld Gaul. The Style Guy will make your old garb less galling. Does your kilt hang low? Does it touch the ground? Flashes too flashy? Waist-belt […]
The Grade 2 Phoenix Honda Glasgow Skye Pipe Band of Glasgow has received an early present from its sponsor, Phoenix Car Company Ltd. . . .
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) has distributed a questionnaire to Grade 2 bands that have recently competed at the . . .
At a time when much of the world pauses to celebrate family and friends . . . pipes|drums singles out five gifts . . .
by Harry Tung From the ashes of the Robert Malcolm Memorial II mess I hear that there’s an effort afoot to resurrect the old Triumph Street band, which tried to merge a few years ago with the Sir John A. MacDonald band, all in British Columbia. My sources tell me […]
The November announcement that the Grade 1 David Urquhart Travel Pipe Band was revitalized with a merger with the Grade 2 Royal Burgh of Stirling Pipe Band . . .
The Piping Live! Masters Invitational Solo Piping Competition is just one of the many non-pipe band spectacles to become part of Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival. Hosted and organized . . .
by Harry Tung The piping wedding of the year recently took place when Margaret Houlihan married Alastair Dunn, tying the knot as they walk into the sunset (or make that sunrise) of piping glory. Harry made it to the church just in time to find out where the reception was […]
As a typically paranoid and neurotic piping competitor I want everything in my performance to go perfectly. It’s why I practice and why I have nightmares if, as a contest approaches, I know subconsciously that I’m ill prepared. It’s why I spend endless hours and a small fortune messing around […]
Welcome to The Style Guy, your resource for all things sartorial when it comes to wearing the Garb of Auld Gaul. The Style Guy will make your old garb less galling. Does your kilt hang low? Does it touch the ground? Flashes too flashy? Waist-belt too skinny? The Style Guy […]
The Fredericton Society of Saint Andrew Pipe Band has been upgraded officially to Grade 1 by the Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Association . . .