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Readers are being asked to predict the top five overall winners at the 2026 Glenfiddich on 31 October at Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Scotland. The prize package is offered by R.G. Hardie & Co.
Read the original ↗BBC Scotland has re-confirmed that it has not decided on the World Pipe Band Championships broadcasts, including the free livestream. The timing matches previous years, when broadcast decisions came much closer to the event.
Read the original ↗The Pipers’ and Pipe Band Society of Ontario has named its 2026 Champion Supreme solo and band winners. The honours cover a wide spread of Ontario games, recitals and competitions.
Read the original ↗pipes|drums presents a previously unpublished manuscript of Jock McLellan’s reel “Hands Across the Water.” The piece is transcribed in McLellan’s hand and is described as one of only a handful of four-part reels he composed.
Read the original ↗A guest opinion in pipes|drums makes the case for better teaching and support for bass drummers, arguing that respect and encouragement are essential to recruiting and retaining players.
Read the original ↗pipes|drums shares video featuring Finlay Johnston at the 2026 Gillies Memorial Challenge Recital. The programme also featured Callum Beaumont, Alasdair Henderson, Angus D. MacColl and Connor Sinclair.
Read the original ↗pipes|drums published an installment in its 2026 Set Tunes Series by Willie Donaldson on the piobaireachd tune The Sister’s Lament. The piece describes it as relatively popular among more seasoned piobaireachd competitors and notes its appearance in multiple manuscripts after publication by Donald MacDonald.
Read the original ↗James Laughlin addresses recruitment in the second instalment of his pipe-band leadership series for pipes|drums. The full article requires a subscription.
Read the original ↗Shawn Tobin of Nepean, Ontario won the pipes|drums Pick the Six prediction contest by correctly forecasting the leading six Grade 1 bands at the Worlds. The publisher announced a prize package for the winner.
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