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Part of Scotland’s ‘Year of the Artist’ program
Hartford, Connecticut, October 7, 2000 – Glenn Brown of Milton, Ontario, won the aggregate award at the annual Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Piping Competition held here today, with 12 competitors from across North America taking part. Brown won the March, Strathspey & Reel section, was second in the 6/8 march and […]
Since the inception of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band in 1981, the band has been a trailblazer, setting impressively lofty standards for musicality, competitive drive, and sound. SFU’s roots branch from its British Columbia Grade 1 forerunners. Pipe Major Terry Lee and Pipe Sergeant Jack Lee honed their pipe […]
The City of Regina Pipe Band has been Saskatchewan’s champion pipe band since 1992, and is the only active Grade 2 band between Vancouver and Toronto. Against great odds, the band has competed successfully against many of North America’s best Grade 2 bands. The band was in the prize list […]
Hydro Electric Buchan to Grade 2?
Dunoon, Scotland – October 14, 2000 – Scotland’s annual National Mod was held here today, with piping contests taking a temporary spotlight in the midst of Gaelic singing competitions. Greg Wilson of Falkirk, Scotland, threw down a ceol mor gauntlet by winning the piobaireachd event, while Roddy MacLeod of Glasgow, […]
Part 2 of a historic account of the origins of organized piping in the United States
Cruickshank out, Ussher in as organization breathes ‘new air of unity’
Carnoustie event attracts UK’s best young pipers
The St. Andrew’s Society of Winnipeg Pipe Band of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is one of province’s best pipe bands, and only recently has the band made themselves stand out in the worldwide piping community. From basically never competing, the band won almost every competition they played in in 2000, including […]