Monday, January 10, 2011
It takes seven plus seven years to make a piper so it’s said, but why must it take ten years of accomplished activity at the highest level of competition, a lengthy exam, and the initial approval of an elite few to be a piping judge in the EUSPBA?
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Anyone lamenting the poor quality or bleak future of U.S. pipe bands need look no further for blame than the game of pipe band competition itself.
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Members of the Oran Mor Pipe Band kick it last week with the Erin Harkes Band at Savannah’s in Albany, NY. Excellent holiday fun.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Admit it, 2010 is already fading from your memory like The Lost Piobroch. By the time this Saturday hits, your bagpipe competitive successes and failures will be replaced…
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Adam Carreire had the good fortune to sit down with PM Terry Lee of Simon Fraser University Pipe Band while he was over judging the George Sherriff Memorial competition and have a chat. Part I of the video is up on his blog Adams Brain! Worthy Thanksgiving holiday viewing if football is not your thing.
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