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Walter Cowan 1936-2026

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Walter Cowan, who passed away peacefully in a nursing home in Annan last Friday, took his piping seriously – but not himself. It was an endearing quality which made him popular with everyone. When espousing knowledge and instruction in classroom, band hall or judging bench, there was always his pawky humour to lighten the load. His contribution to piping and pipe bands in the south west of Scotland and further…

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Piping Press Shop Revamp

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The PP Shop has been rationalised and simplified making it easier than ever to access our tutor books, digital books and music downloads. All goods are now on one page with connections where relevant to a PayPal checkout. This checkout accepts PayPal, ApplePay and credit cards. Piobaireachd lesson downloads are already available. These number 172. The piper plays along with the complete tune played by our editor Robert Wallace and…

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New Book on the World Pipe Band Championship

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A new book tracing the history of the World Pipe Band Championship is now available. ‘Around the Worlds’ has been a labour of love for the author, Iain Duncan, former RSPBA librarian and an Honorary Life Member of the Association. The book tracks the iconic championship from its inception to the present day. The sub-title is ‘The Development and Evolution of the Grade One World Pipe Band Championship and the…

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Guide to the Games News/ John Drysdale

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Bryan Spalding, Piping Convenor at Inveraray Games: I wonder if you would be kind enough please to distribute the following press release to your readership/membership? We are currently updating our Games website and the website administrator is updating our entry system. This work should be completed later this or early next month and we intend to open entries for our contests after successful testing. The scheduled date for entries opening…

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RSPBA Pipe Band College Controversy

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Piping Press has obtained a copy of a letter sent to all RSPBA exam assessors by the former Piping Principal of the Association’s Pipe Band College, Jim Campbell. Jim is a highly respected pipe band adjudicator and a lifelong servant of the Association. For the avoidance of any confusion or spin we reprint his letter in full (below). The background to it is the lengthy inquiry into the College commissioned…

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