Category Archives: Pipeband

Over 60 Pakistani officials & pipeband players refused entry into UK

Over 60 Pakistanis from the Lahore pipe band and a trade group have been refused entry to the UK by the UK Border Agency. The pipe band members were due to attend the World Pipe Band Championships on Saturday in … Continue reading

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SFU Pipe Band wins second straight world title | Vancouver, Canada | Straight.com

The 45-member SFU Pipe Band came out on top today (August 15) in the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow. Its the band’s sixth title and second consecutive victory. Its performance was judged superior to the runnerup, the Field Marshal Montgomery Band of … Continue reading

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Bag of tricks: Piping Live!

As the annual festival of Piping Live! kicks in, Claire Sawers finds there are plenty of fans on hand to debunk the aging myths about bagpipes In Germany they’ve got the doodlesack; in Sweden, the säckpipa; and in Italy, the … Continue reading

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SFU Pipe Band to perform free concert Aug. 2

The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, five times world champion, is hosting a free concert on Sunday, Aug. 2, at SFU’s Burnaby campus.
 For the band, it’s a warm-up for a concert in the Royal Glasgow Concert Hall on Aug. … Continue reading

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Can you imagine the Royal Marines telling their musicians that they weren’t needed any more? – Scotsman.com News

ONLY in Scotland could musicians playing our national music to a world class level be so despised. It beggars belief that the philistines who occupy police headquarters at Pitt Street in Glasgow could plot the demise of the iconic ensemble … Continue reading

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Glasgow pipe band drums up support – the Glaswegian

A 25-STRONG team of traditional Scots musicians scaled one of the country’s top Munros to blast their drums and pipes at 3200 feet.The hills were alive with music as members of the Williamwood Pipe Band, dragged their equipment – featuring … Continue reading

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World Pipe Band Championships 200

World Pipe Band Championships 2009 The showpiece event of the Glasgow International Piping Festival (10–16 Aug, around Glasgow, www.pipingfestival.co.uk), is the World Pipe Band Championships. There are those who find the sound of the bagpipes an acquired taste to say … Continue reading

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Police, SFU pipe band performs

The New Westminster Police Pipe Band and other well known performers are holding a Celtic evening at Massey Theatre June 25. Entitled Pipe Up, the program includes selections by the New Westminster Pipe Band—current Grade 2 Pacific Northwest champions—as well … Continue reading

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World Pipe Band Championships on Homecoming road this summer | Music | STV Entertainment

The World Pipe Band Championships is heading out on tour for the first time this year as part of Scotland’s Homecoming celebrations, paying a visit to some of the summer’s top events. The Homecoming Scotland Road to the Worlds will … Continue reading

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Valentia are top Munster pipers Lifestyle, frontpage – Kerryman.ie

WITH their tartans billowing in the breeze and sounding, as Pipe Mayor Owen McCrohan so aptly put it – “like the 8th Argylls” – the Valentia Pipe Band marched proudly through the streets of Cashel, Co. Tipperary, after winning the … Continue reading

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Oran Mor Pipe Band – News and Blog: RSPBA upgrades OMPB to Grade 1

The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association – host of the World Pipe Band Championships each year — has recently decided to upgrade Oran Mor to Grade 1 for the 2009 season. In 2008, the band competed in Grade 1 in … Continue reading

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Pipe band in awards dilemma « Deadline Press & Picture Agency

A CHAMPIONSHIP winning pipe band is facing an unenviable dilemma – after being double booked to play in front of the Queen and make an appearance at the Brit Awards the same night. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards are in … Continue reading

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Dunedin pipe band chief Sandy Keith is fired for yelling, swearing – St. Petersburg Times

Sandy Keith, a native of Scotland who had taught bagpipes as a city employee for nearly three decades, is out as director of the City of Dunedin Pipe Band. The city terminated its contract with Keith on April 15 after … Continue reading

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On-the-beat copper

A Timaru policeman won’t be walking the beat this August he’ll be keeping it instead at one of the world’s biggest music festivals. Constable Ian Ireland is set to perform at the 2009 Edinburgh Military Tattoo as part of the … Continue reading

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Brothers scoop Ulster drumming titles – Ballymoney Today

TWO talented Ballymoney brothers have scoop Ulster titles in pipe band drumming. Recently Aaron McLean of Greengage Cottages in the town retained his Ulster Solo Junior drumming title along with his little brother John who won the Ulster U14 drum … Continue reading

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Pipeband drumming, Pipe Band drumming, Drumming Lessons Online, pipeband drum lessons

A World-Class resource for Pipe Band Drumming Lessons Online. We would like to announce some very exciting news! We have just added Tano Martone of Shotts and Dykehead and Scotty Fletcher of SFU Pipe Band to our online teaching faculty!  … Continue reading

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South Side Irish St. Patrick’s Parade ending – Chicago Breaking News

Organizers of the South Side Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Western Avenue said today they would no longer hold the event “in its present form.” Mary Beth Sheehan, a spokeswoman for the parade, said the decision was not the result … Continue reading

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Police Pipes and Drums of Bergen County Mourns a Fallen Drummer – NYTimes.com

Police Pipes and Drums of Bergen County Mourns a Fallen Drummer – NYTimes.com. It was customary for Michael Conway, a 64-year-old drum major, to look back at his bagpipers and drummers as he led them on parades, lest he march … Continue reading

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Shannon Rovers To Play White House On St. Pats Night

Nothing says “Chicago Irish” quite like the Shannon Rovers Pipe Band.   Tuesday night, nine of the bands bagpipers and drummers will be doing a command performance at the White House. “Were privileged and honored to be able to go,” said … Continue reading

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Bergen Police P&D Snare Drummer died while marching in NYC parade

We are sorry to announce the passing of Steve Dunne, of the Bronx, a retired NYC Court Officer, a tenor snare drummer, and a founding member of the The Police Pipes and Drums of Bergen County while marching in the … Continue reading

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