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Invitational contest now a qualifier for Macallan
Hamilton, Ontario – May 11, 2002 – Bill Livingstone, Whitby, Ontario, won the overall award at his namesake competition, the William Livingstone Sr. Memorial Invitational at the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada’s Officers’ Mess at James Street Armoury in downtown Hamilton. Livingstone earned the aggregate prize by winning the […]
Malahide, Northern Ireland – May 11, 2002 – Northern Ireland’s Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band won in Ireland by besting St Lawrence O’Toole in Grade 1 at the 5th annual Malahide Festival of Piping and Drumming, held at Malahide Castle Grounds, County Dublin. Upper Crossgare also started its season on […]
Blair Atholl, Scotland – May 26, 2002 – Chris Armstrong of Bathgate, Scotland, won every event he played in at the Atholl Highland Gathering. Conditions were wet and muddy. Piobaireachd1st Niall Matheson, Inverness2nd Allan Russell, Kelty3rd Duncan Watson, Aberdeen4th Jenny Hazzard, EdinburghJudges: Donald MacPherson, Joe Henderson March, Strathspey & Reel1st […]
Queensland Highlanders make successful Grade 1 debut
44 Cardonald Gardens in Glasgow is one of the most famous addresses in piping history. It is the long-time home of Pipe-Major Donald MacLeod, one of the most important and prolific teachers of the 20th century. It was in this house that “Wee Donald” passed on his knowledge in his […]
Tom Brown From the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, there was probably not a more consistently excellent pipe band drummer than Tom Brown. Leading his Boghall & Bathgate drum section to four World Drum Corps Championships, Brown revolutionized the way drums and pipes played together in a pipe band. His corps […]