Oswald “Ozzie” Reid, whose decades as a pipe-major, teacher, judge, and administrator made him one of the more influential figures in the development of piping and pipe bands in the western United ...
About 30 years ago, the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band travelled to Scotland to compete in the World Championships. There was plenty of discussion (and ridicule from other bands) that every band ...
As in the job world, pipe band members often quit because of management. Modern-day competitive pipe bands need to run as much like a business as a hobby. Yet, pipe band leaders are most often thrust ...
Derek Midgley accepting his overall USPF prize. Baltimore, Maryland – June 18, 2022 – In a tie with Ben McClamrock of Washington, DC broken by the result in the piobaireachd event, Derek Midgley of ...
Glasgow – August 30, 2026 – Kyle Shead of Glasgow won the Competing Pipers’ Association’s Bronze Medal for Piobaireachd, held at the National Piping Centre’s Otago Street branch. By winning, Shead ...
Fredericton, New Brunswick – July 29-30, 2017 – The 36thth annual New Brunswick Highland Games were held in crystal clear sunny and warm Maritime summer weather over two days on the grounds of New ...
Liam Kernaghan (left) and Greg Wilson at a 2022 competition. Palmerston North, New Zealand – May 19, 2023 – By winning the Targe Piobaireachd and placing second in the Claidhmor March, Strathspey, ...
A correction was made on Aug. 30, 2026: we later discovered that Cameron Bonar won the overall trophy after a tie was broken on the better Piobaireachd result. The article was adjusted accordingly and ...
Alasdair Henderson with his winnings at the 2024 Donald MacLeod Memorial with MacLeod’s daughters, Susan (left) and Fiona. [Sandie Maciver] Stornoway, Lewis, Scotland – April 5, 2024 – The 28th annual ...
Aboyne, Scotland – August 5, 2017 – Alan Russell won three of four firsts at the annual Aboyne Highland Games. Games organizer and Piobaireachd Society President Jack Taylor of Aboyne competed in the ...
Itasca, Illinois – June 16-17, 2017 – Emergency workers and games organizers ordered the Hamilton Lakes grounds of the Chicago Highland Games to be evacuated due to heavy thunderstorms blowing through ...
Next in our exclusive 2026 Set Tunes Series by Willie Donaldson is “The Pride of Barra,” a piobaireachd included on the Piobaireachd Society’s list of pieces eligible for submission to the Highland ...
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