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March 18, 2024

Hitting a purple patch at 63: Reid Maxwell’s having quite a time of it (video)

He's making the news a lot these days, so it's another good reason to check in to hear how he's feeling with all the accolades and milestones coming down on him. Does it point to retirement, or is there still more fuel in the tank?
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New leaders for RSPBA elected and appointed at annual general meeting; all motions passed

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Positive Change: A Collective Vision for the Future

Eilidh MacDonald asks female pipers and drummers: "If you imagine that it is 2044 and you think about women in pipe...
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From the archives
Features
August 31, 1999
Giving a false judging tradition the finger
“False” fingering has always, as far as we know, been a quirk of the Highland bagpipe. We have a scale of nine...
This day in history
March 19, 1950
Scottish Pipe Band Association adopt under cover judging.
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