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Newtonmore, Scotland – August 6, 2022 – Ben Duncan won the Piobaireachd and the Strathspey & Reel, and was second and third in the March and Jigs, opening the door to Angus MacPhee to take the overall trophy with his two firsts and two seconds at the Newtonmore Highland Games […]
Inverkeithing, Scotland – August 6, 2022 – The Inverkeithing Highland Games weren’t well publicized, but about 10 pipers gathered to compete in the solo events just over the Forth bridges in the Kingdom of Fife. Lachie Dick won both of the light music competitions. Conditions were overcast and windy. Senior […]
North Berwick, Scotland – August 6, 2022 – By winning the MSR and placing second in the Medley, Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia had the best final placings over two Grade 1 and Open events, though Peoples & Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia had the best accumulative rankings, at the 2022 […]
Newcastle, Northern Ireland – August 6, 2022 – The inaugural Heart o’ Down Pipe Band Championships at Donard Park in Newcastle saw three Grade 1 bands vie for the title and ultimately it was Field Marshal Montgomery that took the trophy with eight first-place rankings from the eight judges across […]
pipes|drums is pleased to bring all pipe band members, friends and enthusiasts in Scotland for Piping Live! and the World Championships our eighteenth Guide to Grade 1 Band Practices and Appearances! We’ve reached out to all 14 top-grade bands entered for the World’s with a request to share their information, […]
Pitch Guard Chris Apps Reeds US$99 plus shipping Available directly from the manufacturer Reviewed by Liam Kernaghan Many products are on the market to help novice learners, and perhaps older pipers promising to make the pipes easier and more stable. I grew up with drone valves in the junior band I played for in New […]
Skye, Scotland – August 3, 2022 – Finlay Johnston of Glasgow won the 2022 Silver Chanter invitational piobaireachd competition playing “Lament for the Children.” He competed with: Callum Beaumont, Dollar, Scotland, “Lament for MacLeod of Colbeck” Glenn Brown, Glasgow, “Rory McLoude’s Lament” Jamie Forrester, East Lothian, Scotland, “The Battle of […]
Led by former Grade 1 leaders David Caldwell and John Scullion, several available pipers and drummers have come together to pay tribute to both the anniversary of the medley being used as a competition format in 1970 and the great World’s-winning Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia vintage of the same year. […]
The numbers don’t lie. The pipe band march, strathspey & reel as we know it is not popular. It’s not popular with non-players. It’s not popular with judges. And most importantly, it’s not popular with pipers and drummers. Look at the video views of pipe band MSRs get compared with […]
Portree, Scotland – August 2, 2022 – James Duncan MacKenzie of the Isle of Lewis was the winner of the Dunvegan Medal for piobaireachd at the annual Skye Gathering in the town of Portree on the isle of Skye. It was the first day of competition in the two-day event, […]
The venerable Eagle Pipers’ Society are counting down the days until the Captain John. A MacLellan Memorial Dinner-Recital-Competition on August 26th at the Waldorf Astoria Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh, one of the world’s great invitational solo piping events. Ticket sales to the black-tie event have been brisk, and those that […]
Following the departure of Kyle Warren, the private St Columba’s School in the village of Kilmacolm, Scotland, is welcoming applications from “enthusiastic and committed teachers of bagpipes” to join top-flight competing solo piper Gordon Bruce in the mixed independent day school’s piping and drumming program. You’ll need at least a […]
pipes|drums is pleased to bring our readers/viewers videos from the Grade 1 Medley and MSR events and the Grade 2 MSR at the North American Championships held at the Glengarry Highland Games in Maxville, Ontario. You can find the competition results in our report from July 30th. Due to the […]
Maxville, Ontario – July 30, 2022 – The 78th Fraser Highlanders were named 2022 North American Pipe Band Champions at the Glengarry Highland Games, winning against the 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) in a two-band contest comprising both Medley and MSR events. The Peel Regional Police won Grade 2, with the […]
Dumbarton, Scotland – July 30, 2022 – In the shadow of landmark Dumbarton Rock, Field Marshal Montgomery of Belfast won the 2022 Scottish Pipe Band Championship, the fourth of the five major events of the RSPBA competition season. Inveraray & District was defending the title after being the winner of […]
Maxville, Ontario – July 29, 2022 – Twelve competed in the 2022 Piobaireachd Society Gold Medal (Canada) competition held at St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church in the farming village’s central area, and ultimately Bobby Durning of Carrollton, Texas, gained the prize playing “Lament for the Viscount of Dundee.” […]