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17h ago
The 1300-seat Music Hall in Aberdeen, Scotland, will be the classic venue for the return to the concert stage of St. Laurence O’Toole of Dublin, one of the world’s most musically exciting and creative bands competing at the apex of Grade 1. The show is named “Inspired 2024” and also ..read more
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1d ago
Sure, you might prefer the typical Piobaireachd + MSR template that 99% of top-tier solo piping competitions require. After all, you’re almost guaranteed to have an opportunity to hear a whole load of foot-stompin’ piobaireachds. Nothing wrong with that. Or you might prefer something not only different but genuinely unique ..read more
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2d ago
The seventh running of the American Pipe Band Championships is this Saturday, April 20th, once again at Scope Plaza in Norfolk, Virginia, and a total of eight will compete in the Grade 2 and Grade 3 events: Grade 2 Carnegie Mellon University (Gr3) City of Chicago Great Lakes MacMillan Ulster ..read more
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4d ago
We continue our series of articles on psychological matters that might impact our performance and the enjoyment of our competitive hobby
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6d ago
Under perfect weather at Princess Park, 29 bands competed in the 2024 Australian Pipe Band Championships in the regional town of Maryborough, site of the first Australian Championships in 1961 ..read more
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1w ago
The first Dollar Pipe Band & Drum-Majors Competition held in 2023 was UK piping and drumming scene’s success stories, and the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association’s Dundee, Perth & Angus Branch has announced that the event will return in 2024 on May 26th. In a relatively unusual move, the branch ..read more
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1w ago
All too often, thanks in large part to our competition-art tradition, pipe bands from the same city have crosstown rivalries that make getting together on anything unthinkable to band members. But for the second straight year, the Grade 1 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) and Grade 3/5 Dartmouth & District from ..read more
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1w ago
Alastair Hanning, the accomplished and popular piper from Wellington, New Zealand, died on April 9, 2024, in his sixty-second year. From one of the country’s great family of pipers, he received instruction from his famous father, John, and later Ian McKay, Donald Bain and Lewis Turrell, when Hanning joined the ..read more
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1w ago
As part of pipes|drums' ongoing Association Leadership series, we caught up with Derek Midgley for a quick conversation ..read more
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1w ago
Princes Park in Maryborough, Victoria, will be the site of the 2024 bi-annual Australian National Pipe Band Championships, where a total of 36 bands will compete across all grades. Grade 4A Lion City of Singapore will be in the mix, making their first journey to the event. The band has ..read more