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Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland – September 16, 2006 – Charly Noin of Belfast won the Senior Piobaireachd event and Andrew Carlisle took the Senior MSR at the All-Ireland Solo Championships, an event organized by the Irish Pipe Band Associtaion. Stepehen McWhirter of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band won […]
Ottawa – September 23, 2006 – Andrew Hayes was the aggregate winner in his home town at the invitational contest that pays tribute to his late father and Canadian emergency workers who died on the job. All proceeds from the event go to the Police Officers’ Memorial Fund. Piobaireachd1st Sean […]
The seventh Set Tunes Series by Dr. William Donaldson of Aberdeen, Scotland, will start in the next few days, bringing in-depth analysis of 14 piobaireachds to . . .
When Donald Mackay was appointed Pipe-Major of the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band in October 2004, those who did not know his abilities and personality may have wondered, “Who?” But those . . .
The Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario has scheduled its annual general meeting and Champion Supreme awards ceremonies on November 11 . . .
The Grade 2 Niagara police Pipe Band, whose strength was in doubt less than two years ago, continues its rebuilding and . . .
The three first prizes at the Northern Ireland Piper of The Year 2006 competition went to different contestants. The event . . .
Keegan Sheehan of Queensbury, New York, was the overall winner of the Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Solo Piping Championships, an event that brings together the top non-professional-class pipers from North America. The event . . .
An interview with the great piper and longtime BBC producer
Matt Carter: Composing drum scores for your band’s contest repertoire can be a challenging task. In trying to create and maintain a competitive edge for your band, it is important to keep many of the basic fundamentals in mind. Rhythm, dynamics, and excit
On September 17, 2006, the Robert Wiseman Dairies-Vale of Atholl Pipe Band celebrated its one-hundredth anniversary at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre with more than 400 members, former-members . . .
The world’s makers of Highland bagpipes may be faced with blackwood quality and quantity issues, mainly due to technology and the whims of . . .
The annual piping competitions of the Royal National Mod were held in Dunoon as part of An Comunn Gaidhealach, and Willie McCallum of Bearsden . . .
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association’s National Council has delayed by one week its meeting to finalize grading recommendations . . .
The executive committee of the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario has decided to change its annual general meeting to . . .