PIPING WORLD

ISSUE 1 released 13 March 2009
P4 STRATHCLYDE POLICE SACKED
P7 IS IT TIME FOR A REAL WORLD PIPE BAND CHAMPIONSHIP?
P9 EDITORIAL: HE WHO PAYS THE PIPER
P11 TRIBUTE TO THE BOBS OF BALMORAL
P13 THE LIFE & WORKS OF P/M ANGUS MacDONALD
P19 A NEW PIPE BAND FOR DUNOON
P20 CRISIS, WHAT CRISIS?
P27 EDITH MacPHERSON: A REMARKABLE CAREER IN PIPING AND DANCING
P30 THE WAR OF THE ONE-EYED WOMAN
P35 P/M DONALD SHAW RAMSAY
P53 ASPECTS OF PIOBAIREACHD: COLIN CAMPBELL’S CANNTAIREACHD MANUSCRIPT
P56 CLIMBING DUNIQUAICH

ISSUE 2 released 14 April 2009
P4 WINNING: IF YOU BELONG TO A GRADE 1 BAND IT JUST GOT HARDER
P7 SKYE 1927: AN IDEAL GATHERING
P9 PIOBAIREACHD SOCIETY OPENS UP A CAN OF WORMS
P12 THE LIFE & WORKS OF P/M DONALD MacLEOD
p20 WHO TEACHES THE TEACHER?
P30 SOME REFLECTION ON THE BC PIPERS ASSOCIATION PIOBAIREACHD CLUB
P44 ROBERT PEARCE: FOUR DECADES AT THE FOREFRONT OF AUSTRALIAN PIPING
P48 THE AVERNISH PIPES
P52 DONALD MacPHEE: PIPING FOR DANCING
P56 JIM McGILLIVRAY: THE BEST IS YET TO COME
P63 KATHRYN TICKELL: PIPING’S CANNY LASS

ISSUE 3 released 13 May 2009
P4 IAIN MacFADYEN: THE MAN FROM KYLE
P8 JIM HENDERSON: DUNOON’S HONORARY PIPE MAJOR
P11 HAWKESBURY CITY: OUT OF THE ASHES
P19 ANOTHER NEW BAND: CITY OF LIVERPOOL
P20 THE LIFE & WORKS OF CAPTAIN JOHN A MacLELLANN
P28 JOHN BRUCE: PIPING HOT UNDER THE DESERT SUN
P32 THE RICHES OF THE CAMPBELTOWN PIPING TRADITION
P48 MINI BAND SEASON IS PART OF NSW ANSWER
P49 WHO WAS BRITAIN’S OLDEST BAND
P52 ALASDAIR GILLIES: AMERICA’S WORLD RECORD HOLDER IS HAPPY IN PITTSBURGH
P56 DRUMCHARRY: ANCIENT PIPING SCHOOL OF CLANN AN SGEAULACHIE

ISSUE 4 released 13 June 2009
P04 SWITALLA ADDS GOLD MEDAL
P07 PIOB MOR OF KEPPOCH/ ARTS COUNCIL/ MacLEOD’S SHERIFF COURT CLAIM
P09 THE AUSTRALIAN LADIES PIPE BAND
P10 THE OLD WOMEN’S LULLABY: A PIPER’S WARNING?
P16 THE LAWRIES; LIKE FATHERS, LIKE SONS
P25 THE MacARTHUR CAIRN
P27 THE OLDEST PIPE BAND
P29 BORRERAIG CROFT MUSEUM FEATURES MacCRIMMON PIPING LEGENDS
P32 THE ROAD TO THE WORLD PIPE BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
P34 A VICTIM OF PIPING POLITICS: FARQUHAR FINLAYSON
P41 ALLAN MacDONALD: PIOBAIREACHD ISN’T BLACK AND WHITE
P44 SPONSORING A TOP PIPE BAND
P49 THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
P52 COUNTING THE COST OF COMPETING IN SCOTTISH SOLOS
P54 GORDON McCREADY
P53 HEREDITARY PIPERS OF THE SCOTTISH MAINLAND

ISSUE 5 released 16 July 2009
P04 IAIN SPEIRS: CAPITAL PIPER
P10 MEMORIAL TABLET MARKS JOCK McLELLAN’S GRAVE
P16 THE BALVENIE MEDAL: FOR OFTEN UNSUNG HEROES
P20 PIPE MAJOR BILL ROBERTSON
P30 THE ROAD TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
P33 PONTEFRACT PIPE BAND CLOSES ITS DOORS
P34 PIPING IN THE ITALIAN MOUNTAINS
P37 FROM AYR TO SYDNEY AND BACK TO SKYE
P41 THE OLDEST PIPE BANDS IN THE WORLD
P42 THE MASSACRE AT DUNAVERTY
P47 THE CAMPBELLS ARE COMING
P48 THE CLUE OF THE BLACK BOOK
P54 TONY FIELD: WIGGLING HIS WAY TO THE TOP
P59 ALASTAIR MacSWEEN: AUSTRALIA’S PIPING GENIUS
P66 FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS

ISSUE 6 released 13 August 2009
P04 WILLIE McCALLUM: BUILDING SUCCESS

P09 FROM THE ARCHIVES: PIPE BANDS PAST AND PRESENT

P14 JIMMY YARDLEY PASSES

P19 THIS PIPING SCOTLAND: THE MacARTHUR CAIRN

P20 WILLIE ROSS: THE MAN FROM THE CASTLE

P34 MURDO MacKENZIE

P39 THE WORLD’S GREATEST MARCH PLAYER

P45 DONALD MacLEOD: PORRIDGE PIPER ON ICE

P48 SHOTTS & DYKEHEAD: CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION

P52 PIPE BAND COVERAGE: SOME THINGS DON’T CHANGE

P55 JOHN D BURGESS: KING OF HIGHLAND PIPERS

P58 FACEBOOK CAMPAIGNS TO SAVE PIPERS

P59 GAVIN STODDART: NEW PIPING DIMENSIONS

P63 GARY WEST: STEADY ON A TRADITIONAL ROAD

P66 FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS

ISSUE 7 released 14 September 2009
04 SFU: PIPING ON FIELDS OF GLORY

10 BOB WORRALL: NO BBC COMFORT ZONE

14 ON THE ROAD TO PASSCHENDAELE

20 JIMMY CENTER: VICTIM OF PANDEMIC

23 THE LEGACY OF PIOBAIREACHD

29 EWEN MASSON TROPHY

33 NEW CHAPTER IN PIPING TUITION

37 ANGUS MacCOLL: THE BENDERLOCH CROFTER

42 THE ROAD TO BLAIR CASTLE

48 ON THE DAY: A MOMENT IN PIPING HISTORY

51 NORTH QUEENSLAND PIPE BAND

53 DONALD CAMERON: KING OF PIPERS

55 ANDY VENTERS: PIPING FOR ENJOYMENT

57 THE ROAD TO BETTER PIPING: IT’S IN THE BLOOD

59 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: A LOOK TO THE FUTURE

61 A TALE FROM AN ADULT LEARNER

ISSUE 8 released 14 October 2009
04 INVERARAY: A BLAZE IN THE GLENS OF ARGYLL

08 PIOBAIREACHD: SCOTLAND’S HERITAGE

11 JACK LEE: THE MANITOBAN

16 THE FREE SPIRIT OF SCOTLAND’S HIGHLAND GAMES

20 DON’T SLOBBER: EXPERIMENT

22 JOHN TOBIN’S MEMORIES

31 THE VICTORIANS: A PUZZLE

33 THE BREADALBANE CONNECTION

43 BLAIR CASTLE 2009

45 SCAPOLI: ITALY’S PIPING FESTIVAL

46 THE MacARTHURS: PIPERS TO THE LORDS OF THE ISLES

53 THE OLDEST PIPE BANDS: EASTBOURNE

55 WILLIAM MARSHALL: THE GRETNA GREEN PIPER

60 FROM THE LIBRARY: SILVER CHANTER 2009