Patrick Molard reports from Brittany: Great edition of ‘Pibroch en bord de mer’ (Pibroch by the Seaside) in Cancale for the 14th year on Sunday 16th September. Glorious weather in beautiful surroundings, the Mont Saint Michel and the coast of Normandy in the background. Thirty-three pipers turned up and 36 pieces were played as a few pipers played both in the morning and in the afternoon. Above is Yves Tison in Port Pican playing Corrienessan’s…

The following have been announced as qualifiers for the Glenfiddich Piping Championship 2018: Callum Beaumont Stuart Easton (NZ) Alex Gandy (Canada) Bruce Gandy (Canada) Finlay Johnston Jack Lee (Canada) Stuart Liddell Peter McCalister Angus MacColl Roderick MacLeod Judges are Piobaireachd: P Henderson, A MacDonald, J Wilson MSR: M Henderson, S Samson, R Worrall [wds id=”2″]

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The British Columbia Pipers’ Association was saddened and disappointed to learn of the dissolution of the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band. To lose any of the bands in our Association is very unfortunate, but even more so when it is one of our top flight Grade 1 bands. The Triumph Street Pipe Band has been a force in our Association for many decades. Over its many years, members of this…

PP Advertisers G1 Reeds and Proprietor Jock Elliott, have sent the following…. We are a bagpipe reed and chanter manufacturing company based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. We are currently working with a very special customer who has unfortunately suffered a disease called ‘Systemic Sclerosis’ which is an auto-immune disease of the connective tissue. The customer in question is Andrew Shilliday and he is pictured above before his terrible illness. Here is…