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Scottish Power to defend Gourock title

Vale Donald MacPherson

Vale Charlie Stewart

Dates for South Africa

Craig Munro: Life is Hot for the new Chilli

Canterbury win 2012 NZ Championships

Help for Heroes concert in Edinburgh

Kingdom Thistle date

New piping society in Shropshire

Large entry for Bathurst warm-up

Hardie takes Copenhagen honours

Picture puzzle: Willie Gray or GS?

More English dates for 2012

Ground-breaking music book release

More Australian call-offs

English dates for 2012

Party in Queanbeyan ... Scottish style

German solos

Gordon Walker in Ipswich concert

Highlands (NSW) competition called off

Final pipers named in Wheel of Fortune line-up

Winter Storm 2012 kicks off

Brian Vallely back at the helm

Australian Championship speculation

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ISSUE 38 PIPING WORLD GOLD released 1 May 2012
Robin Beck - Cowal’s traditional approach; Donald MacPhee - teaching in Helensburgh; Dunoon Argyll Pipe Band - in regrouping mode; Fingal’s Weeping - Donald MacPherson; Ellan Vannin Pipe Band - local traditions still high; Manly Warringah Pipe Band - heading for the Edinburgh Tattoo; Busking in Vancouver - bagpipe band, what ban?; Pictorial - piping in Moreuil Wood, Somme; Learning Piobaireachd - when is the time right?; Robert Pearce - looking for drummers; Pictorial - St Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band; Caledonian Collection - a unique concept in music; Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - 40 years on; The High Bridge - piping started the ‘45; Army Piping History - the Royal Scots; Getting good pipes - avoiding the pitfalls; the Argyllshire composers - #1 Willie Lawrie; Editorial - guests or ringers; Drone Malone; Off The Wire; A-Z of Pipers; Results; Around the Societies; Piping Tutorial - upping the ante, playing it big

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VALE: CHARLIE STEWART (Royal Scots Dragoon Guards)
Added 19 April 2012
Tony Crease (former pipe major of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards) writes: “It is with great sadness that I have to report the death on Monday night 16 April, of Charlie Stewart, an outstanding drummer in the Royal Scots Greys/Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Pipe Band. There is no news yet of a funeral but it is likely to be in Tranent probably in a couple of week's time.
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THE PIPING LEGENDS OF THE MacCRIMMONS OF SKYE
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Published Feb 2012
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GROUND-BREAKING MUSIC BOOK RELEASE
Added 2 March 2012  
The decision to release the ‘Caledonian Collection of Highland Pipe 2/4 Competition Marches’ free via PIPING WORLD has been greeted with major enthusiasm by the popular piping magazine’s readers.
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SCOTTISH POWER TO DEFEND GOUROCK TITLE
Added 4 May 2012












The ScottishPower Pipe Band is hoping to kick off the 2012 season in style by defending their title at the Gourock Highland Games next weekend (Sunday 13th May).
The leading Grade 1 Pipe Band fought off competition at last year’s event from three other Grade 1 bands to take home the overall prize after coming first in the piping and ensemble categories and second in drumming.
Cheering them on to a hopeful win will be the Band’s longest-serving member, Jack Henderson, who has played with the Band since it was first put together in 1989.  
Although Jack, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday, has now hung up his bagpipes, he is still heavily involved with the organisational aspect and currently acts as the Band’s Secretary.
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VALE: DONALD MacPHERSON 1922-2012
Added 4 May 2012 (from PIPING WORLD GOLD #38, May 2012)
THE passing of Master Piper Donald MacPherson in Edinburgh on 21 April has robbed the piping world of its greatest iconic figure in the modern era.
In recent years Donald MacPherson confined most of his piping activities to judging or teaching, as well as a legendary appearance leading the massed pipe bands in Edinburgh for PipeFest.
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