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Inveraray, Scotland – July 17, 2001 – The Scottish west coast town of Inveraray played host again to one of the year’s larger outdoor piping events. Results were scattered among the 30-plus competitors, but hometown piper Stuart Liddell had the most success, winning the Piobaireachd and taking prizes in both […]
Tomintoul, Scotland – July 21, 2001 – Niall Mathieson of Inverness enjoyed a stellar day at the remote Tomintoul Highland Games in Aberdeenshire. Tomintoul (pronounced Tommin-towel) is best known in piping terms as the birthplace of the great light music player Robert Meldrum. Piobaireachd1st Niall Mathieson2nd Colin MacLellan, Glasgow3rd Jenny […]
The Southern Cross Pipe Band The Southern Cross Pipe Band was formed in 1991 by a handful of like-minded friends sharing the passion for the Highland bagpipe, in Montevideo, capital city of Uruguay in South America. In the beginning just a wishful dream, the project evolved throughout the years and […]
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) has confirmed that the MacTarnahan’s Prince Charles Pipe Band of San Francisco, California, has in fact . . .
Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band Although Boghall & Bathgate’s Grade One band has never won the World’s, every other championship has been theirs, most several times over, and the band has been second at the World’s three times. Most extraordinary about the band is that, in 17 years in […]
Ahoghill, Northern Ireland – June 2, 2001 – The Ravara Pipe Band of Northern Ireland continued its hot streak by winning the County Antrim Pipe Band Championship here today in Grade 2. There was no Grade 1 event, although the Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band did attend. Grade 21st Ravara2nd […]