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One of the banes of pipers is a perennially slipping bag. It’s a huge distraction and disadvantage in competition when the pipe bag starts to slip down mid-performance, leaving the player trying to maintain control with his elbow rather than bicep. Pipers seem to try anything to prevent their bag […]

[Originally published as an Editorial] There is perhaps no other instrument so popular and so connected with a national costume as the Highland bagpipe. When most non-pipers think of the bagpipe they think of the kilt. It’s not unusual for pipers to be asked by the uninitiated (at least in […]

Wilson takes Open Piobaireachd

Allen re-elected president; band point system eliminated

The next piobaireachd in Dr. Donaldson’s series on the 2002 Set Tunes

Sixteen pipers to attend world’s top amateur event

Ravara upgraded to Grade 1; Prince Charles not moved

Shambolica! features Celtic-fusion with all-star musicians

The next installment in Wiliam Donaldson’s analysis of the 2002 set tunes

Amateurs compete in prestigious contest

Declaration of pupil status; members should not compete when teacher is only judge

Rowling takes ownership of The Smith’s Killichassie

‘Down Under: Live at the Sydney Opera House,’ Simon Fraser University

Changes name to ‘National Piping Centre’; MacLeod made principal

Kit Reynolds William Graham “Kit” Reynolds is a vital link with pipe band drumming’s most formative years. At 74 years of age, he has heard all the greats, played with many of them, and is one himself. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on April 12, 1927, Kit Reynolds is small […]

McCarthy wins piobaireachd