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November 8, 2024

Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia P-M Ross Harvey resigns; Calum Watson appointed new leader

In a stunning development, Ross Harvey, pipe-major of the Grade 1 Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia, has resigned only a one season removed from winning the band’s first World Championship. Pipe-Sergeant Calum Watson has been appointed pipe-major. Watson has been a member of the organization for...
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November 5, 2024
Field Marshal Montgomery in L-D recruitment mode as McLees departs
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November 4, 2024
Alex Pavlovic and Nicolas Bowden win 18th Balmoral Classic US Junior Solo Championships
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November 3, 2024
Hawthorn pipe-major creates new app to promote practice and make prep fun
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November 2, 2024
RNZPBA goes with younger street cred with Liam Kernaghan as President
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November 1, 2024
Final fundraising campaign to complete film on Great War hero James Richardson VC
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October 31, 2024
Scott Long wins R.G. Hardie Legacy pipes and Henderson blackwood chanter in 2024 Pick the Glenfiddich Five contest!
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October 29, 2024
Anna Kummerlöw – Germany’s rising star on the international solo piping stage
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October 28, 2024

Jori Chisholm innovates again with moisture-absorbing Endurance Practice Chanter

Over the last 20 years, Jori Chisholm has introduced many products designed to improve playing experiences and quality...
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October 26, 2024

Callum Beaumont: 2024 Glenfiddich Champion

Against nine other elite solo pipers, Callum Beaumont of St. Andrews, Scotland, was the winner of the 2024 Glenfiddich...
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Bagpipes, memory and luck

Regina's Iain MacDonald shares a memory from his days in Scotland in the 1970s
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October 22, 2024

Sources: ANAPBA shelves RSPBA re-grading letter initiative

According to several sources close to the matter, the Alliance of North American Pipe Band Associations (ANAPBA) has...
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August 31, 2012
Sounds and sights from the 2012 World Championships
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