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Recitalist-contestants set for Capt. John MacLellan Memorial

Recitalist-contestants set for Capt. John MacLellan Memorial

May 17, 2018

The invited soloists for the Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Trust Dinner on Sunday, August 26, have been confirmed, featuring two former winners, three who live in Edinburgh and, for the first time, a Canadian . . .

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Piping Live! 2018 expects 40,000 to descend on 150 Glasgow events

Piping Live! 2018 expects 40,000 to descend on 150 Glasgow events

May 16, 2018

The lead-up to the fifteenth anniversary edition of the Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival kicked off by rolling out a tartan carpet for Weegies to walk on the city’s iconic Buchanan Street, a photo-op to underscore the August 13-19 event that organizers expect to attract more than 40,000 . . .

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Grade 2 Dartmouth & District folds for 2018

Grade 2 Dartmouth & District folds for 2018

May 11, 2018

One of Atlantic Canada’s longest-running bands, Grade 2 Dartmouth & District of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, has called off its 2018 season and might be done for good.

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Paisley getting behind British Championships

Paisley getting behind British Championships

May 10, 2018

Renfrewshire town supporting event with marketing and communications investment rarely seen . . .

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Coming out parties highlight Scottish season openers at Dunbar, Dundee & Gourock

Coming out parties highlight Scottish season openers at Dunbar, Dundee & Gourock

May 8, 2018

It’s been a long cold lonely winter, little darlings, but things will feel a lot warmer starting this weekend when the Scottish outdoor pipe band season opens up with the traditional start at small contests at Dunbar on the east coast on Saturday, and then over the west coast at Gourock on Sunday.

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From first to last: Uist & Barra will be on September 29th

From first to last: Uist & Barra will be on September 29th

May 3, 2018

What is traditionally the first big solo piping event on the Scottish calendar this year will be the last before the Glenfiddich Championships, with the Uist & Barra Invitational Solo Piping Competition rescheduled to September 29th.

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Chicago games attracting more Grade 2’s

Chicago games attracting more Grade 2’s

May 1, 2018

The Chicago Scottish Festival & Highland Games on June 15-16 promises to benefit from a larger entry of Grade 2 bands, making it one of the more significant pipe band contests in North America.

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Composing contest commemorates Australian World War I heroes

Composing contest commemorates Australian World War I heroes

April 30, 2018

The City of Queanbeyan Pipe Band of New South Wales, Australia, is commemorating an Australian hero and the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I with a composing competition for a Highland pipe tune, with a total prize purse of AUD$1,000.

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Piobaireachd Society takes ceol mor to Edinburgh during Piping Live!

Piobaireachd Society takes ceol mor to Edinburgh during Piping Live!

April 28, 2018

While the focus of the piping and drumming world will be on the first day of the 2018 Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival, the Piobaireachd Society is taking a counter-intuitive approach by staging a recital of ceol mor on the other side of the country in Edinburgh.

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The Livingstone celebrates 40th anniversary with food, drink, fun

The Livingstone celebrates 40th anniversary with food, drink, fun

April 26, 2018

Started in 1978 by the Niagara Hamilton branch of …

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R.G. Hardie celebrates 150 with launch of Heritage pipes

R.G. Hardie celebrates 150 with launch of Heritage pipes

April 24, 2018

Even after 150 years in the business of making bag …

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Inner-bag digital BlowPro gauges pressure consistency via iPhone

Inner-bag digital BlowPro gauges pressure consistency via iPhone

April 20, 2018

Potential for pipe-majors to view read-outs from an entire pipe-section . . .

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Maxville under fraud scandal (updated)

Maxville under fraud scandal (updated)

April 19, 2018

Former secretary-treasurer arrested on allegations of “misappropriating” $600k . . .

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Silver Chanter saved by National Piping Centre

Silver Chanter saved by National Piping Centre

April 19, 2018

Invitational piobaireachd competition moves to National Piping Centre . . .

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40th anniversary of BC’s Malcolm Nicholson’s Order of Canada for piping

40th anniversary of BC’s Malcolm Nicholson’s Order of Canada for piping

April 19, 2018

The only person in history to be awarded the Order of Canada specifically for services to piping is celebrated again in British Columbia.

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