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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 […]

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland – April 5, 2002 –Angus MacColl of Benderloch, Scotland, emerged the overall winner at the annual Donald MacLeod Memorial Invitational Piping Competition here today. MacColl won the piobaireachd section and was third in the MSR event to snag the aggregate, while Chris Armstrong, Bathgate, Scotland, […]

Iain MacInnes takes 1 year sabbatical

Sean Connery leads parade through Manhattan

Retires from competition; Tobin takes over as LD

Band’s first performance after year hiatus

Acclaimed bagpipe maker

Speirs sweeps ‘Cameron/Gillies’ events

Company continues after untimely passing of founder

Takes both MSR and Medley events

‘New York’s Bravest – Past, Present, Future’

Shedden wins Piobaireachd

Expert bagpipe maker developed ‘polished bore’ technique

Pipes Up! A Complete Tuning Tutor for the Great Highland Bagpipe

Tips Aukland & Districts for title

Toronto – March 9, 2002 – Michael Grey, Dundas, Ontario, won his second consecutive Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario Toronto Branch Professional Invitational Knockout Competition today at the Officers’ Mess of the Fort York Armoury in the west end of Toronto. Grey won the $1000 first prize against […]