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When the 2008 World Pipe Band Champions Simon Fraser University decided to create an online auction on eBay Canada it might have hoped that the . . .

Ireland’s two greatest pipe bands have shared many competition fields over the years, but have never yet shared the same . . .

At time when the world’s pipe bands are finding it increasingly difficult to sustain quality and numbers, a new band has formed in Ontario, with hopes of competing . . .

The Piobaireachd Society has produced what might be its most creative system yet for the 2010 major piobaireachd events at the . . .

After more than a month of silence on the matter, the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association made its first public statement on the suspension . . .

The Grade 1 Band Club Sydney Pipe Band has declared that it will compete at the 2009 World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow under its new name. . .

The great pipe band drummer William Graham “Kit” R …

The Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario officially commenced its Education & Theory Program on January 31st at its headquarters in Milton, Ontario, with . . .

The recently formed North American Pipe Band has been made Grade 1 by its home organization, the Western United States Pipe Band Association . . .

Drum design pioneer dies after lengthy illness

Another top-level band will not be competing in 2009, with news that the Grade 2 Dartmouth & District Pipe Band of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, deciding to go on hiatus due . . .

A new organization has taken shape in the Fife region of Scotland with an objective of promoting piping and drumming . . .

Instead of waiting for interested kids to come to them, the Grade 2 Johnstone Pipe Band of Johnstone, Scotland, is doing things a little . . .

The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association has notified its “international” judges that they have not been assigned to any RSPBA events in 2009, including several . . .

pipes|drums has learned that the three Australian judges on the RSPBA’s approved “international” panel ¨C Brian Niven, Nat Russell and Sam Young ¨C contend . . .