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PPBSO focuses on youth development and recruitment; elects new leaders; reports strong financial position

Around 40 members (about 4%) of the Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario attended the organization’s online 2025 annual general meeting, where President Malkie Bow reported a healthy financial situation and that membership levels have returned to pre-pandemic levels and are growing. Central to Bow’s discussion was the essential […]

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A Bridge Too Far? Three leaders discuss why the upgrade from Grade 2 to Grade 1 can be so hard . . . or even fatal –...

John Cairns, Scott MacDonald and Kenny MacLeod discuss the reasons why traversing the bridge to Grade 1 (and staying there) is so difficult today, how the situation could be improved, methods to keep morale high, retain players tempted to join the winners, or even keep the band afloat.

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Ian McLellan (1937–2025)

The truly great Ian McLellan, MBE, died on December 3, 2025, at the age of 88. A towering figure in pipe band history, a world-class soloist, and one of Scotland’s most influential adjudicators, he was one of the most accomplished leaders in pipe band history. For more than six decades, […]

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Eight snare drumming masters to compete in new solo championship Jan. 31st

Inspired in part by the Band Room Masters Solo Drumming Championship run by the late great pipe band drummer and judge Joe Noble in 1997, Inveraray & District member Cam Lawson is organizing “The Masters,” an invitational competition for eight of the world’s elite pipe band snare drummers. Other than […]

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Double review: Collections by Babinski and Naismith are polar opposites, with creativity and passion in common

San Diego native Campbell Naismith’s Waxing Moon Collection and Washington state’s Micah Babinski’s Green Monster Collection are at opposite ends of the Highland pipe music globe. Still, both books share common ground in their highly original and creative versions of what’s possible for pipers who allow themselves to seek new musical adventures. Each is equally commendable.</...

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