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As a way to celebrate 50 years of pipe bands in the state of Nevada, three pipe bands will suspend individual activities in 2011 to . . .

A new compact disc from a piobaireachd enthusiast’s private collection of reel-to-reel recordings that showcases seven . . .

The piping world suffered another loss with the death of Sue McIntyre, MBE, one of Scotland’s greatest teachers of the instrument, and the first full-time piping instructor employed . . .

The band’s late application to be upgraded to Grade 2 has resulted in part in the Burnett’s & Struth Pipe Band of Ontario being blocked . . .

The Grade 2 Burnett’s & Struth Pipe Band will in fact be allowed to compete at the June 12th Georgetown Highland Games in Georgetown, Ontario, after a three-way “misunderstanding” about total band . . .

For most pipe band organizations, the collapse of its flagship band might negatively or even catastrophically impact the rest of the . . .

American football has its Monday Morning Quarterbacks ¨C the amateur experts who review the previous day’s games ¨C and the pipe band world has its equivalent Sunday Morning Pipe-Majors. pipes|drums is . . .

A devastating fire on June 11th that left the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 93 hall a smoldering wreck burnt to the ground . . .

The piping competitions at one of Scotland’s longest-running and most popular Highland games with soloists will receive a major injection of funding this year from . . .

Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh has finally chosen its new Director of the school’s piping degree program, settling on Andrew Carlisle of Ballygowan . . .

For what is supposed to be one of the most prestigious solo piping prizes in North America, interest so far in the 2010 Piobaireachd Society Gold Medal (Canada) . . .

The inaugural pipe band competition at Airth, Scotland, that’s scheduled for July 24th is shaping up well, according to organizer . . .

Michael Eskin of San Diego has combined his love of piping with his expertise as a software developer to launch several . . .

Glasgow’s Williamwood Pipe Band says it achieved its ultimate goal on May 30th in its creative fundraising effort that saw more than 50 members and supporters of the organization . . .

With little more than a month to go before the St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band of Dublin takes the main stage at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Pipe-Major Terry Tully reports . . .