Piping related news

The RSPBA has sent letters to all registered Grade 1 and 2 pipe bands who competed in recent “Worlds” proposing a change in the format for competitions, which has been requested by the BBC. For everyone that’s ever watched a pipe band competition and wondered why the closest view of any member of the band...

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I noticed a post on the Bobdunsire.com forums today from “LadyPiper” who has set up a group for video uploads of women playing the pipes.  YouTube is such a great way to find piping and drumming performances, but groups like this help you do more specialized searches.  Great idea!  Here’s the link>>> Share on Facebook

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I read a blog post on Pipes|Drums that seems to indicate there are now TWELVE Grade 1 bands in North America.  I’m not sure if they’re counting RMM G2′s promotion to Grade 1 this year, but it’s a unique time in the piping world.  The article titled Seismic Shift, indicates that there are only...

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Bob Dunsire, founder of www.bobdunsire.com, passed away on November 6th in his home on Camano Island. The news was posted in his forums this morning, November 7th at 8:00 am, and by time of this writing at 3:45 pm there were already 128 replies on 6 pages of condolences and memories.  It’s astounding to...

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Read Jim’s article in Pipes|Drums magazine  Mr. McGillivray has won an enviable number of the world’s top piping awards, including the Highland Society of London Gold Medals and the Clasp at Inverness. He is the Piping and Drumming Program Director at St. Andrew’s College.  He’s also produced Pipes Ready!, Pipes Up! and Rhythmic Fingerwork, available on...

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Kevin sent this interesting link tonight….a robot bagpiper.  Someone needs to teach those programmers how to tune the pipes! Share on Facebook

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