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The Saskatchewan Pipe Band Association
The SPBA sets the games rules for (both) Saskatchewan contests, distributes lottery monies to the bands, and runs an annual summer school
The National Piping Centre
This is THE place to hear and learn great piping in Glasgow. Director Roddy MacLeod MBE has a great staff, a superb bagpipe museum, and really fine hotel, restaurant, and concert accommodations.
BBC Scotland
Hear the BBC's piping programme "Pipeline" every Saturday. It's now available at any time for the week following each show!
PipeTunes.ca
This innovative site is a bagpipe music download site. You can purchase many classic and modern tunes one at a time, and it is 100% legal with royalties paid to composres and copyright owners.
PlanetPipe.Com This innovative radio show is hosted by John Wilson and Simon McKerrell, and features piping reviews, news and interviews.
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pipes | drums
pipes | drums is an excellent web site for pipers and drummers, and it is produced in Toronto. While it covers a lot of Canadian material, it is also full of great articles on the wider world scene. Cost is about $10/year, but there is a lot of free news material everyday.
Piping Today Magazine
Piping Today Magazine is published by the Piping Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. It covers widely the Highland piping scene, and also other kinds of bagpipes. It is lmore geared towards pipers than drummers.
[4 issues/year]
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Strathmore Bagpipes
World-leading piper Murray Henderson has designed a range of bagpipes that win top prizes, are extremely well made, and represent great value.
Reelpipes.com
A North American source for Fred Morrison Reelpipes and Scottish Smallpipes.
Tartantown
One of North America's top suppliers. The store is managed by Terry Lee, pipe major of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band.
Bruce Gandy Music
Bruce Gandy offers tuition, workshops, music books and CDs, McCallum Bagpipes and McAllister Reeds.
McGillivray Piping
Jim McGillivray handles a range of bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes, and Northumbrian pipes, including the excellent Kron Medallist solo chanter.
The ScotsMarket
An online market for Scottish products.
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The Mid-Winter Ceilidh
Regina's long-running festival of Celtic music, organized by members of the City of Regina Pipe Band. This year it will be February 6th, 2010. Check the site for complete details.
The Regina Highland Games
This takes place every May long weekend. The Games is always in need of volunteers, so come out to lend a hand! Contact the Games through the web site.
SPBA's "Sound Advice 2011"
This summer school has the best instruction/cost/value in North America, and it's right here in Regina! The school has a top cast of instructors, and happens July 11-16, 2010.
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There are lots of great books on piping, and while most are not aimed at teens, there are some which might be interesting to at least know of for the future. If you are interested in any of these, they are all available through Amazon or Chapters, or from bagpipe supply places such as Tartantown.
Pipers, by William Donaldson
The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society, by William Donaldson
Traditional Gaelic Bagpiping, by John Gibson
The Book of the Bagpipe, by Hugh Cheape
The Silver Chanter [fiction], by Stuart McHardy
The Highland Bagpipe and Its Music, by Roderick Cannon
Piobaireachd, by Seuman MacNeill
Piobaireachd and It's Interpretation, by Seumas MacNeill
Highland Bagpipe Makers, by Jeannie Campbell
Dance to the Piper , by Barry W. Shears
Bagpipes: A National Collection of a National Instrument , by Hugh Cheape
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