After a successful trial run at the St. Louis Highland Games, the Midwest Pipe Band Association has decided to use audio adjudication for the rest of its sanctioned pipe band competitions in 2024, taking advantage of Competition Suite cloud-based software and thus becoming the first pipe band association in history […]
The weather was overcast, chilly and windy in the morning but bright and much warmer in the afternoon for the annual Saskatchewan Highland Gathering & Celtic Festival, held at the provincial capitol’s downtown Victoria Park. Seven bands competed, and St. Andrew’s Society of Winnipeg and Saskatoon Police Pipe Bands took the first prizes in the Grade 4 competition in which five bands competed, and the overall award went to St. Andrew’s Society of Winnipeg.
St. Laurence O’Toole of Dublin won the 2024 United Kingdom Championship, held at Ward Park. The contest was the first of the five major events of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association’s outdoor competition season. The association’s Northern Ireland branch was key in securing and running the event.
The May 18th weather forecast for the first major competition of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association’s 2024 season looks promising. Bangor, Northern Ireland, is predicted to have sunshine and a high of 19°C. Ten Grade 1 bands, the full complement from the UK and Ireland, will compete at Ward […]
Designed by Ontario’s Kate Dudek, the “katenor” is a new harness for tenor drummers that promises to distribute the weight of their drum, keep it stable, and maintain height. The $200 product is now shipping to customers around the world. A member of the Grade 1 78th Fraser Highlanders when […]
A must-see discussion on fundamental objectives and strategies implemented by the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association’s Northern Ireland Branch, yet rarely, if ever, put into practice by many associations – for example, long-range planning and respecting and learning from other associations. This is, in many ways, a breakthrough conversation.
The ever-creative and charitable Peel Regional Police Pipe Band is at it again, planning to hold a “simulated Highland games” on May 26th, with all three of the organization’s bands playing in a competitive environment as realistic preparation for the upcoming Ontario outdoor season. Peel’s Grade 2, Grade 3, and […]
Ian K. MacDonald of Whitby, Ontario, was the aggregate winner of the William Livingstone Memorial Solo Piping Competition, colloquially called “the Livingstone,” held again at the James Street Armory in downtown Hamilton. The Piobaireachd event, held throughout the day, was sparsely attended, but the evening’s light music contest drew a larger audience.
Derek Midgley of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, won both events at the 2024 Pipe-Major Ian Swinton Open Professional Solo Piping Competition, held at the Park Ridge Presbyterian Church on the outskirts of Chicago. Seven competed in the event, considered by the Midwest Pipe Band Association to be its premier solo piping contest.