Donegal Bagpiper Dies Suddenly Minutes After Competing at a Pipe Band Contest in Co Down
Alec Brown, who was in his early 60s, was an instructor at the Raphoe Ulster-Scots pipe band in Donegal, and had been competing with the Colmcille …
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Pipe Band College Students Celebrate Their Achievements - Impartial Reporter
The Fermanagh Section of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (NI) were delighted to host a celebratory reception recently for all local …
Glendora High School Students Heading to Scotland to Compete in World Pipe Band Championships
Glendora students in Pipe Band entertain people here in Southern California, but now they have the chance to show off their skills internationally …
England Had Bagpipes BEFORE Scotland, Say Experts — And They're Making a Comeback
Now, 20-year-old folk musician Nicholas Konradsen has transformed his family’s living room in Louth, Lincoln, into a traditional bagpipe …
Cheers as Lochgelly High School Pipe Band Crowned UK Champions for Second Time in Four Years
Members of Lochgelly High School Pipe Band leapt to their feet with joy as they discovered they had been crowned UK champions.
Robots, a Barbershop and Bagpipes: A Sydney School Reinvents Its Tough Past and What It ...
Students in the bagpipe band at Granville Boys high school in Sydney. Photograph: Dean Sewell/The Guardian. Dixon has worked hard to shift the …
Pipe Band Plays at Nashville Funeral | the News-Gazette
Members of the Virginia Military Institute pipe band played at the funeral of Mike Hill, the 61-year-old custodian at the Covenant School and … …
Isle of Arran Schools Pipe Band Wins Top Prize at Championship | Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald
An Arran pipe band is “over the moon” after winning the top prize at a major national championship. The Isle of Arran Schools Pipe Band won the …
Aberdeen School Set to Compete in Major Pipe Band Championship
Robert Gordon’s College will be competing against 121 other schools in the Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championship (SSPBC) set to take place …
Gordonstoun Set to Take Centre Stage at Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships - Forres Gazette
In less than one month’s time Gordonstoun will take on 120 other schools from across the nation in the Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships. …
Inverness Pupils Aiming to Blow the Competition Away at Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championship
Children from across Scotland will compete in this year’s Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships. A major championship is around the corner …
Judge John Hodgman on Bagpipe School - The New York Times
Amanda writes: My husband, Alan, grew up playing the bagpipes. Every summer he’d go to Nova Scotia for a week at the Gaelic College, …