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ISSUE 9
DECEMBER 2009
ISSUE 9 released 20 November 2009
04  LIDDELL CAPS FINE YEAR
09  LEARNING PIOBAIREACHD
15  ALASTAIR MacSWEEN: A CHAMPION OF A LOST ERA
19  ROBERT WATT: THE CHAMPION ULSTERMAN
21  PIPING HISTORY: SITTING AT THE FEET OF GREATS
22  WILLIE ROSS: THE FAMOUS PIPING SCHOOL PIC
24  THE DONALD MacDONALD QUAICH: DOES IT ACHIEVE IT’S AIM?
27  A PIPING PROJECT: THE LADIES FROM HELL
33  CHRIS HAMILTON: THE TONE CZAR
37  TECHNIQUE, TIMING, TUNING: THE INTERLOCKING ELEMENTS OF PIPING
41  JOHN WILSON: AN EDINBURGH COMPOSER
55  THE OLDEST US PIPE BAND: HOLYOKE KILTIES
56  GORDON WALKER: JUST MORE OF THE SAME
60  FROM THE LIBRARY: GLENFIDDICH 2009

ISSUE 10 released 28 December 2009
04 AT THE FEET OF GREATS: DONALD BAIN
09 ANGUS MacKAY: QUEEEN VICTORIA’S TOY BOY?
14 GARY WEST’S LONG LOVE AFFAIR
16 PIPING IN DENMARK
24 UNIDENTIFIED PIPER
26 TWO ARCHIE CAMPBELLS
31 STRATHSPEY PLAYING: FULL OF LIFE AND VIGOUR
35 2009 MAJOR SOLOS IN REVIEW
43 JOCK McLELLAN: TRIBUTE FROM FLANDERS
45 HADDINGTON LIFT TRAD MUSIC AWARD
47 GREIG SHARP: 1939-2009
51 WALTER DRYSDALE 1924-2009
51 OLDEST PIPE BANDS: CANADIAN BLACK WATCH
56 OFF THE SHELVES
60 FROM THE SCRAPBOOK: RSDG 1972

ISSUE 11 released 1 February 2010
04  STRATHCLYDE POLICE: BUSINESS AS USUAL
07  PIPING BRIEFS
08  RODDIE CAMPBELL: ONE OF PIPING’S GREAT COMPOSERS
17  CARNEGIE MELLON: SEARCH FOR DIRECTOR
22  DONALD MacPHEE: PIOBAIREACHD’S FORGOTTEN MAN
26  PIPERS ON THE SOMME: KEEPING MEMORIES ALIVE
29  KINTYRE PRO SOLOS: KEEPING UP TO DATE
31  SECONDARY PIOBAIREACHD: A LOAD OF  TOSH?
39  RU BROWN: WORRAL AND BRUCE NAMED
41  BARRY GRAY: SOARING TO ELITE HORIZONS
48  OFF THE WIRE
49  THIS PIPING SCOTLAND: CALUM PIOBAIRE’S CAIRN
51  OLDEST PIPE BANDS: ARGYLLS AND GLEN INNES
56  OFF THE SHELVES
57  AMERICAN SUPERBAND: IS IT ON THE CARDS?
60  FROM OUR READERS: MUIRHEAD & SONS 1948

ISSUE 12 released 1 March 2010
04 PUTTING OUT FIRES: PIPING IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND
05 THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST CAMPBELL CANNTAIREACHD
15 PIPERS OF TODAY: COLIN MacLELLAN
17 REG FOREMAN: A CANBERRA PIPER LOOKS BACK
25 PIPING BRIEFS
26 AUSSIE NATIONALS: PIPING ON THE SUNSHINE COAST
31 FROM THE ARCHIVES: INVERARAY PIPING PROJECT
34 PIPING TO THE SAMBA BEAT
37 PHRASING: THE MUSICIAN’S SECRET WEAPON
41 LAMENT FOR GLENGARRY: LAST OF THE HIGHLAND CHIEFS
43 KENNY MacDONALD: 1938-2010
45 WILLIE McCALLUM: GLENFIDDICH MASTER
48 OFF THE WIRE
53 SHANNON MARTIN: RAISING THE HUNTER PROFILE
55 JOHN FERGUSON: AN AUSSIE P/M IN TIMOR
58 PIPE BANDS OF THE WORLD: ST THOMAS

ISSUE 13 released 1 April 2010
04 SILVER CHANTER DROPPED
05 FOUND IN THE ATTIC: JIMMY’S GOLD MEDAL
08 MACLEAN: LOST LINK TO THE BRUCES OF GLENELG
16 PIPERS OF TODAY: COLIN CLANCEY
17 KENNY MacDONALD: THE SOUND OF KINTAIL
20 RICHARD HAWKE: GRADUATE OF BAN ‘OIL TIGH’
23 PIPING BRIEFS
24 GRADE 1 PIPE MAJORS
26 THE NETHER LORN PUZZLE: THE MOCHASTER ‘LINK’
34 AROUND SCOTLAND: INVERARAY HIGHLAND GAMES
40 SELECTING A MARCH: JUST HORSES FOR COURSES
49 ROBERT MATHIESON: THE FAREWELL TO CELTIC ROOTS
57 OFF THE SHELF
58 CITY OF AMSTERDAM: CONCERT AT KORTENHOEF
60 OFF THE WIRE
62 A-Z OF PIPERS
72 RESULTS
78 FROM THE ARCHIVES: MELBOURNE LADIES

ISSUE 14 released 1 May 2010
04 PIPEFEST: A GLOBAL PHENOMENON
08 MACLEAN: LOST LINK TO THE BRUCES OF GLENELG
15 PIPERS OF TODAY: DOUGLAS MURRAY
16 DREW CALDWELL: LEADING THE PIPERS’ TRAIL
20 ALI MacKENZIE: BREWING UP A KIWI STORM
25 PIPING’S CLASSICAL MUSIC: PIOBAIREACHD IS BORING
29 THE ATLANTIC CHALLENGE:
30 NOVA SCOTIA PIOBAIREACHD
39 INVERARAY: NEIL MUNRO’S OWN TOWN
42 BARRY GRAY: THE MILLENNIUM METHOD
51 A SEARCH FOR HISTORY: THE EDINBURGH CITY POLICE PIPE BAND
52 OFF THE SHELF
57 OFF THE WIRE
66 A-Z OF PIPERS
67 RESULTS
72 THE AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: THE PIPEBAND CLUB MAKE THEIR MARK

ISSUE 15 released 1 June 2010
02 EDITORIAL: TIME TO MAKE GRADE 4 CHANGES
04 2010 SILVER CHANTER: BLUE RIBBON PIPERS’ LIST
07 RAF HALTON: 11,000 MILE TRAVEL
08 RU BROWN MEDAL:  REPUTATION WELL ESTABLISHED
10 RON ABBOTT: FROM LIBERTON TO HONG KONG
18 CITY OF HAWTHORN: GAMBLE PAYING OFF
24 PRYDE OF EAST LOTHIAN: NEW BAND HONOURS GREYS’ PIPE MAJOR
26 ON LISTENING TO PIOBAIREACHD: A TRUE CLASSICAL EFFECT
31 AN AUSSIE PIPER’S THOUGHTS: SALUTE TO THE WAGS
34 KEVIN REILLY: STRIVING FOR THE BANDS
44 MACLEAN: LOST LINK TO THE BRUCES OF GLENELG 3
51 A PIPING ENIGMA: THE DONALD MOR RUN-DOWN
54 THE CAMERON GRAVES
56 VALE: WILLIE MacDONALD
59 OFF THE SHELF
60 OFF THE WIRE
63 A-Z OF PIPERS
72 RESULTS
78 THE AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: THE PIPEBAND CLUB MAKE THEIR MARK

ISSUE 16 released 1 July 2010
02 EDITORIAL: SUBMITTING MULTIPLE TUNES
04 PIPE MAJOR DEREK POTTER: THE SOVEREIGN’S PIPER
12 DONALD BAIN: THE PIPER OF ALMA
17 STUART LIDDELL: ADDING SKYE SUCCESS
19 SETON GORDON: PIPING’S FIRST JOURNALIST
23 ROD MacLEOD: NEW NOTATION SOFTWARE
27 THE DAVID GLEN COLLECTION OF PIOBAIREACHD
41 BORRERAIG: SKYE’S PIPING MAGIC
51 BILL ROBERTSON: STORIES BEHIND THE TUNES
59 OFF THE SHELF
60 OFF THE WIRE
63 A-Z OF PIPERS
72 RESULTS
84 PIPING PICTURES: THE ROYAL SCOTS IN KOREA
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