It’s back. It’s live. It’s the best pipe bands in the world competing for glory. It doesn’t get bigger than this. Thousands of pipers and drummers are expected to head for Glasgow Green on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th August as the World Pipe Band Championships return after a 2 […]
Jeannie Campbell MBE, the well known piping historian, tells us that the initial print run of her incredible book, Pipe Bands, has now sold out completely. The major publication, which racks up a staggering 856 pages, was printed in mid-September. Jeannie, pictured with her book, tells us she is currently […]
Jeannie Campbell’s long-anticipated history of pipe bands has now been published. The book, Pipe Bands, which took the leading piping historian five years to compile, is now on sale, priced £30 (plus shipping). At 854 pages, the book is big. Included are chapters on the first civilian bands, juvenile bands, […]
The Pipers and Pipe Band Society of Ontario has announced that the George Sherriff Memorial Amateur Invitational Solo Piping Competition will be held in November. It will be held online. The contest did not take place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the 25th year of […]
Reader, Fiona Stephen, has been in touch with some fascinating information about three members of her family who fought at the Battle of Magersfontein. Fiona’s information shows us that this iconic battle, immortalised in pipe music, is really not as long ago as we think. The battle was fought on […]
