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Mackenzie Caledonian presents a recital with Willie McCallum

Mackenzie Caledonian presents a recital with Willie McCallum

Mackenzie Caledonian Pipe Band is thrilled to announce an evening of Scottish bagpipe music featuring the renowned piper, Willie McCallum, on April 26, 2024. The recital will take place at the exquisite Woodlands Hotel, located just a short distance from Broughty Ferry, the ancestral home of the Mackenzie Caledonian Pipe […]

75 Scottish school bands go head-to-head at coveted event

75 Scottish school bands go head-to-head at coveted event

Renfrewshire pupils bag medal at major music championships Renfrewshire Schools Pipe Band hit the right note with the judges at this year’s annual Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championship (SSPBC), winning the highly-contested Freestyle category. In what was one of the most anticipated dates in the piping calendar, 97 schools went head-to-head vying for success […]

PPBSO announces the Drumming Summit is a go for March 30, 2024

PPBSO announces the Drumming Summit is a go for March 30, 2024

The Toronto Indoor Games has agreed to host the PPBSO Drumming Summit and build it into their schedule for the event on March 30, 2024.  The Toronto Indoor Games was a stalwart of the Ontario games circuit back in the early formation of the PPBSO and subsequent Toronto Branch.  The […]

Balmoral announces instructors for summer camps in 2024

Balmoral announces instructors for summer camps in 2024

Piping in Kutztown, PA – Piping & Drumming in Edinboro, PA Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming will hold two, weeklong Summer Camps, one in eastern Pennsylvania, one in the west. The first session, July 7-12, will be a piping camp at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA. The following week, July […]

Results from the CLASP in-person March competition

Results from the CLASP in-person March competition

The second CLASP in-person competition of 2024 was held today, Saturday, March 2 at the National Piping Centre. The judges were Emmet Conway (Light music) and Jonathan Greenlees (Piobaireachd). Overall winner Grade 1 – John Frater Overall winner Grade 2 – John Nevans Overall winner Grade 3 – Kathryn McEwan Grade 1 […]

12,000 Miles: a Kiwi Piping Journey on the big screen

12,000 Miles: a Kiwi Piping Journey on the big screen

The Royal New Zealand Pipe Bands’ Association has announced the premier of a documentary being screened on the eve of the 2024 New Zealand Pipe Band Championships, March 14. The film details the journey New Zealanders take to compete at the Worlds in Glasgow every August. The documentary follows the […]

Arran King wins the Archie Kenneth Quaich 2024

Arran King wins the Archie Kenneth Quaich 2024

The Archie Kenneth Quaich 2024 was held in the rooms of the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society on Saturday February 24, and the winner was Arran King. A large entry of 38 was reduced to 25 by ballot, and 21 played on the day. The judges were Ronald McShannon and Finlay Johnston. […]

Cameron May through to the Guards Club Knockout semis

Cameron May through to the Guards Club Knockout semis

Cameron May beat Luke Kennedy in the fourth heat of the Scots Guards Club Knockout competition yesterday, February 25. He joins the other heat winners, Angus J. MacColl, Brodie Watson Massey and Sandy Cameron, in the semi-finals. The draw for the semis sees Brodie Watson Massey and Cameron May go head […]