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In advance of the organization’s May 24 news conference in Glasgow to announce the schedule of events for the 2007 version of the Piping Live! International Piping Festival . . .

The Grade 1 Australia Highlanders are the latest band to announce that they are moving from synthetic drone reeds and pipe bags . . .

The well known pipe bags and piping accessories business D&M Gannaway Ltd. of Christchurch, New Zealand, has been sold to new . . .

When someone turns 100 Queen Elizabeth II always sends a letter of congratulations, but when a pipe band in the backyard of her summer home turns 100 she meets them in person . . .

St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band of Dublin has completed an exclusive, wide-ranging sponsorship deal with Greenpeace International that promises . . .

The Grade 2 Hamilton Police Pipe Band of Hamilton, Ontario, as part of the organization’s two-week trip to the United Kingdom . . .

The Grade 1 St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band of Dublin has been invited to stage a concert in Pittsburgh on November 10, 2007. The band reportedly takes . .

Ending speculation as to what grade the band would compete in in 2007, the Triumph Street Pipe Band (TSPB) of Vancouver will compete in Grade 2 in 2007, after being assigned . . .

The Grade 3 Durham Regional Police Pipe Band of Oshawa, Ontario, has officially announced that it has made a leadership change, with Andrew . . .

The Grade 2 City of Regina Pipe Band has announced that it will not compete as a band for the rest of 2007 due to drumming problems. The band . . .

The historic MacDougall bagpipe played by the great John Wilson during his glory years in the 1920s and 1930s is up for sale. The sale is being managed by Jim McGillivray of Aurora, Ontario. He will turn all of the proceeds over . . .

The MacDougall bagpipe owned by John Wilson of Edinburgh and Toronto and originally acquired by his uncle, John . . .

Potential changes to the RSPBA’s Grade 1 Medley format will reportedly not be implemented for the 2007 season, according to . . .

The Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario has formed a new Youth Advisory Committee as part of an initiative by its Music Board to be more in tune with the needs and concerns of today’s emerging young . . .

If a competitor is lucky and talented enough to get past the Northern Meeting’s rigorous application and review process, there’s now ?40 that must be included with his or her entry form . . .