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Beloved piper dies after complications from auto crash

PPBSO grants Peel Police request

One-day work shop stresses professional development

Dysart and Dundonald only Grade 1 band

16th annual event held in Nova Scotia

Thomas Pearston died on May 4 at the age of 84. Tommy Pearston co-founded the College of Piping with Seumas MacNeill in 1944, but because of his relatively quiet and unassuming nature he lived in MacNeill’s shadow. He was instrumental in the development of the Institute of Piping, and set […]

A quick profile

Annual SPA Knockout contest focuses on 18 flaming fingers

Drambuie-Kirkliston wins Grade 2

Take first contest of year on band’s schedule

Wins in split decision

On board as consultant for Hardie and Henderson bagpipe lines

Herning, Denmark – May 14-15, 2005 – The Grade 2 Pipes & Drums of the 1st Royal Engineers of Sweden won the Scandinavian Pipe Band Championship, taking both the Medley and March, Strathspey & Reel events weekend contest. The Heather Pipes & Drums of Copenhagen placed second. The Royal Engineers […]

Organizations schedule events within a week to attract bands from northern hemisiphere

Lists for the major gatherings

Second week-long festival to be held in August