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Mike Cusack: the pipes|drums Interview – Part 2

In Part 1 of the Pipes|drums Interview with Mike Cusack, the greatest competitive piper in American history talked about his earliest years learning the instrument. In Part 2, Cusack discusses his relationship with John MacFadyen in greater detail and his experience as a 15-year-old living in Glasgow with the master...
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September 30, 2004
(Updated) Complete Northern Meeting Results
Gillies wins Gold Medal; MacLeod wins Clasp; McCallum, Silver Star
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March 30, 1963
Robert Brown wins 5th straight Open Piobaireachd at London with “The Vaunting”.
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