Opinion: If there were ever a time to cap numbers, it’s nowMarch 22, 2022
Large bands that would reduce numbers by five or six would make a profound and lasting contribution to the greater good
Read more » | 3 CommentsOpinion: Isn’t it time we formally rewarded the difficult?February 11, 2022
It’s subjective judgment that always trips us up
Read more » | 2 CommentsOpinion: The Great Resignation can be our Great ResurgenceJanuary 10, 2022
There is an opportunity to reinvigorate in this most unlikely time
Read more » | No CommentsOpinion: Who will be Highland piping’s Paddy Moloney?November 26, 2021
We could really use such an unlikely superstar
Read more » | 4 CommentsOpinion: Instagram, competition, and the nonstop yearning for approvalOctober 24, 2021
The lessons of social media might be applied to our ultra-judgmental community
Read more » | 2 CommentsOpinion: Promising post-pandemic predictionsAugust 28, 2021
A few lines on the horizon . . .
Read more » | 1 CommentBiles and Osaka remind us there must be more to it than competitionJuly 29, 2021
Constantly putting ourselves and our art through a pressure-cooker ultimately drives many of us away
Read more » | 1 CommentOpinion: A band by any other name would play as sweetJuly 2, 2021
All the hue and cry over something that should stay the same because, well, it’s always been that way, lasts about a week before it’s a distant memory.
Read more » | 1 CommentOpinion: Extend an invitation, don’t wait for a secret knock on the clubhouse doorJune 1, 2021
Competitive piping and drumming stopped being “eth …
Read more » | 2 CommentsOpinion: Do we love our own music?May 1, 2021
Sure, but piping and pipe band recordings are rarely named in anyone’s list of favourite albums
Read more » | 2 CommentsAnd grace, tooApril 10, 2021
During the pandemic, our innate graciousness as a group has taken over
Read more » | No CommentsOpinion: Value propositionMarch 7, 2021
The pandemic has opened eyes to the ROI for membership dues
Read more » | 2 CommentsOpinion: Tune! Tune! Tune! Time to stop the tradition of interminable in-performance tuningFebruary 11, 2021
We submit that pipers are mostly stalling, driving people away from the music, all because they think it’s what we’re supposed to do
Read more » | 9 CommentsOpinion: 2021 – a Year for Competition Music ChangeJanuary 5, 2021
Right now, we have the gift of time to renovate a somewhat stale competing pipe band world.
Read more » | 2 CommentsOpinion: What really matters is the music and the peopleDecember 10, 2020
The pandemic has reminded us that we’re all vulnerable, and the pursuit of perfection is pointless
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