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After less than a year in the role, Robert Wiseman Dairies-Vale of Atholl Pipe Band Leading-Drummer Crawford Allan has resigned . . .

The band that has delivered performances at Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House will take the stage of another prestigious venue, this time Lincoln Center in Manhattan on May 4, 2012. The show will be the biggest . . .

Driving attendance at annual general meetings is a traditional challenge for piping and drumming associations, but the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association . . .

Twelve of the top amateur Grade 1 pipers from across North America will conclude their 2011 competition year on November 19th at the sixteenth annual George Sherriff Memorial Amateur Invitational Solo Piping Competition . . .

Former Leading-Drummer John Moneagle is once again back in charge of the Grade 1 Vale of Atholl Pipe Band’s drum section. Moneagle’s appointment to the role was made official . . .

Inspired by the success of Edinburgh’s Eagle Pipers Society, a keen group of players in Northern Ireland has started the Blackthorn . . .

Eighteen years have passed since his second book of music, and now The Antipodes Collection Volume 3 has gone to print, according to compiler and composer Mark Saul of . . .

The leadership of the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario will be at stake at the organization’s . . .

After 30 years as Pipe-Major of the Grade 3 City of Dunedin Pipe Band of Florida, Sandy Keith will officially hand over leadership to Iain Donaldson at the organization’s annual . . .

October 2nd marked the fifth anniversary since the official launch of the independent and nonprofit pipes|drums, and the world’s most popular magazine for piping and drumming . . .

The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association has upgraded the New York Metro Pipe Band two spots to Grade 2, after the band won the Grade 3B event at the 2011 World Pipe Band . . .

Drummer Julie Firth will be in the pink at the World Solo Drumming Championships in Glasgow on October 22nd regardless whether she is in the prize list, as she will be competing in support of Maggie’s Cancer Caring . . .

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After taking a competitive sabbatical for the 2011 season, the Grade 1 Ballycoan Pipe Band of Northern Ireland plans to return to the scene in 2012 and has appointed Simon Quee . . .

The calendar will conspire against non-UK pipers once again in 2012 as the two major gatherings of the year for solo competitors will be a . . .