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With the deadline for applications on November 30th, the Competing Pipers Association (CPA) has revealed that the organization’s new Grading Committee “is as international as it has ever been,” according to . . .

The participants in the second annual Gordon Duncan Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition have been decided, and they represent a cross-section of . . .

The 80-year life of Willie MacDonald, one of the world’s direct links to the teaching of John MacDonald of Inverness, will be celebrated on December 13, 2007, in Inverness . . .

The British Columbia Pipers’ Association recently tabulated responses from its second survey of members that it describes as “a comprehensive evaluation by . . . members of all . . . programs and services,” and, among other findings, results from 83 respo

It’s nearly December and the Triumph Street Pipe Band of Vancouver is awaiting word from the British Columbia Pipers Association about whether it will be officially upgraded to Grade 1 after a . . .

pipes|drums, the world’s only independent publication for pipers and drummers, on October 2, 2007, celebrated its first anniversary with a . . .

The Grade 1 Toronto Police Pipe Band, which won the 2006 North American Championship only to see its pipe section reduced to eight in 2007, has been working on a major rejuvenation and recruitment project . . .

When the Scottish Lion 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band takes the stage of the Mississauga Living Arts Centre on November 17th with its production of “Seanchaidh,” the concert the band originally mounted in 2003 . . .

The Grade 3 Rocky Mountain Pipe Band of Calgary has appointed Ian Baxter as its new Pipe-Major. Baxter replaces Ross Barker, who . . .

Twelve of the world’s most successful amateur players have been confirmed for the 2007 George Sherriff Memorial Amateur Invitational Solo Piping Competitions on November 17 at Convocation Hall at McMaster . . .

At the band’s annual general meeting on October 14, the Grade 1 Alberta Caledonia Pipe Band of Calgary formalized the appointment of Sean Somers and Own Shaw as Pipe-Sergeants of the band, a position that . . .

The 35-year-old St. Louis-based Grade 4 Invera’an Pipe Band and cross-town Grade 4 rivals St. Louis Caledonian Pipe Band have formally decided to combine personnel . . .

After 10 years as Pipe-Major, Derick Wilson is moving over to hand the reins of the Grade 1 Fredericton Society of Saint Andrew Pipe Band of Fredericton, New Brunswick, to . . .

The popularity of the Red Hot Chilli Pipers is zooming, and the Scottish-based group of pipers and drummers, known for its clever adaptations of pop-songs, will release Bagrock to the Masses on . . .

Iain Robertson, previously Pipe-Sergeant, has taken over from Graeme Bilsland as Pipe-Major of the Grade 1 New Zealand Police . . .