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The concept of “set tunes” is not new to most pipers. Since the Piobaireachd Society decided to standardize the top events at the Argyllshire Gathering and the Northern Meeting in the early 1900s, top pipers have grown used to the notion that they sometimes have to choose from a list […]

Invitational contest now a qualifier for Macallan

Henderson wins piobaireachd

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 […]

Dunbar first win for new P-M Wark

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 […]

Strathclyde 2-for-2 in 2002

Wins Scottish; FMM finishes second

‘The World’s Greatest Pipers Volume 15 �C Jack Lee,’ Lismor Recordings

Solid first prize stirs pipe band world

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 […]

Small turnout in higher grades

Games hiring SFU irks 2001 North American Champions

Queensland Highlanders make successful Grade 1 debut

Three pipers split Professional wins