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Preview of New Edition of Pipe Band Magazine

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The April 2015 edition of the magazine will be out on Wednesday as a free download from the RSPBA or from the ppresshop.  Followers of the Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band (pictured below in 1974 under P/M Tom MacAllister Jnr. and L/D Alex Duthart) will be interested to read of the life and times of band legend Sandy Bell. Here’s a short excerpt:  ‘At Shotts, a period of re-building started again when,…

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Schoolboy’s Weekend at Winterstorm; Dougie’s Funeral

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Cameron McCall (14) is in Form III at Dollar Academy and plays in their current Scottish, European and World Champion Juvenile pipe band. He was third in his category at the 2014 World Solo drumming championship. He attended the popular contest/ workshop weekend ‘Winter Storm’ in Kansas City earlier this month. As his trip involved taking time away from school, Cameron’s father imposed a condition that he must keep a…

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PP Editor’s Blog: New Baby, Piob. Soc, Douglas Elmslie, National Library

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Congratulations to top pipers Craig Sked and wife Fiona on the birth of their daughter Maggie Heather who was born at 20.06 on the 21st of January in Melbourne. As you can see mother and baby are doing well and dad doesn’t look too bad either! Check out the baby’s fingers – a piper or what? President Dr Jack Taylor has announced changes to the line up for this year’s…

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Douglas Elmslie – Funeral Details, Pictures added

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Douglas Elmslie, one of the mainstays of the legendary Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band in the 1960s, has died after a short illness. He was 68. His funeral will be held at Daldowie Crematorium, Glasgow, next Friday, January 23rd, at 9am, repeat 9am, and to which all friends and family are respectfully invited. Douglas, or Dougie as he was better known, learned his piping in the 214th Glasgow Company of…

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