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?30,000 to historic band results in name change to ‘House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead’ and new uniform
Shotts finishes fifth, Strathclyde makes strong statement with drumming win and second prize
‘The Strathspey King, Original Recordings of the Great Scottish fiddle maestro, 1905-1922’ James Scott Skinner, Temple Records, COMD2084
Best from Grade 2 band beat Grade 1 finalists
The Eastern United States Pipe Band Association (EUSPBA) has reversed its decision to ask sanctioned competitions to pay a US$50 tariff on non-association judges brought in to adjudicate events. The news was broken by Piper & Drummer Online on March 3, 2003, and was immediately received with lively dialogue both […]
Toronto – April 12, 2003- The annual Archie Dewar Memorial Professional Knockout Competition was held here today at Fort York Armoury on the shore of Lake Ontario, and Michael Grey of Dundas, Ontario, took home the big prize of $1000 for the third straight year. Nine pipers entered the event, […]
Northwest Territorial Pipe Band Submitted by Brad Heath The skirl of the great Highland bagpipe is traditionally associated with the lochs and highlands of Scotland, not the frozen, sub-Arctic of Canada’s Northwest Territories. Yet for the past quarter of a century, the Northwest Territorial Pipe Band has called the City […]
Burnaby, British Columbia – April 18-19, 2003 – The 71st annual British Columbia Pipers Association Annual Gathering was held at Simon Fraser University with 231 solo competitors and 21 bands participating. Eighteen pipers competed in the professional solo contests, and Bruce Gandy of Halifax, Nova Scotia, came away the aggregate […]
‘Unplugged �C Live at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall,’ Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band, Monarch Recordings, CDMON 847