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Bob Dunsire, the creator and developer of several popular piping and drumming related websites, died on the morning of November 7 . . .

The Grade 1 Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band have appointed its third leading-drummer in as many years with Richard Baughman taking over the role . . .

What has been described as “the piping wedding of the new millennium” took place in October 2006, when two of the world’s top solo pipers . . .

The future of the Grade 2 Polkemmet Pipe Band of Whitburn, Scotland, is reportedly in doubt after a mass-exit of players following . . .

The Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario (PPBSO) has completed its regarding after the 2006, and only four bands have been moved, including the

For the first time in the event’s eleven-year history, a top amateur piper from Scotland will be competing at the annual George Sherriff Memorial . . .

The David Urquhart Travel Pipe Band (DUT) has confirmed that it will compete in Grade 1 . . .

The Robert Malcolm Memorial II Pipe Band (RMM2) of Vancouver, winners of the Grade 2 event at the 2006 World Pipe Band Championships and officially promoted to Grade 1 by both . . .

Hamilton, Ontario – November 18, 2006 – The eleven …

David Hilder and Andre Tessier have resigned from the Robert Malcolm Memorial II Pipe Band (RMM2) as pipe-major and drum-sergeant . . .

2006 North American Champions Toronto Police Pipe Band have announced that it has re-started its feeder-band initiative . . .

Terry Lee, pipe-major of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, comments on recent stories and reader-comments on the upgrade and application to down-grade the Robert Malcolm Memorial II Pipe Band . . .

Dr. William Donaldson, familiar to pipes|drums readers over the years for his pioneering Set Tunes Series, will achieve another piping milestone . . .

The few remaining members of the 89-year-old Polkemmet Pipe Band of Whitburn, Scotland, have decided to shut down the band . . .

The seventh Set Tunes Series by Dr. William Donaldson of Aberdeen, Scotland, will start in the next few days, bringing in-depth analysis of 14 piobaireachds to . . .