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The Western Australia Police Pipe Band was formed on 12th May 1966 and wears the Napier tartan. In 1996 the band took a new direction, amalgamating the sounds of pipes and drums with other instruments, including acoustic and bass guitar, synthesizer, drum kit and various percussion instruments providing a diverse […]
On Saturday, December 16, 2000, Pipe Major James Watt passed away after suffering a series of heart attacks. He was well known on the west coast of North America, from California to Alaska and all points in between. James was born in North Vancouver in 1922 to William and Roscalina […]
The great Scottish accordionist Sir Jimmy Shand died at the age of 92 on December 23, 2000, and was laid to rest in Auchtermuchty, Fife, on December 29. Many of Shand’s compositions are staples of the Highland bagpipe repertory, including the marches “Dundee Military Tattoo” and “Kirkwall Bay.” Shand sold […]
[Originally published as an Editorial] “Prizes won by pupils when their teachers were judging are not worth a pail of spit,” were the famous and, as it turned out, legally actionable words printed by the late Seumas MacNeill. The Piping Times and the College of Piping in Glasgow were subsequently […]
There are few people alive today in the pipe band world who have been part of so many great pipe bands as Jim Hutton. Over his 50 years of competing at the Grade 1 level, not only did he play with and against the great Alex Duthart, but he worked […]
Pipes Ready! A Set-Up and Maintenance Guide for the Great Highland Bagpipe