Recent news, product developments and announcements from McCallum Bagpipes. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm en-gb Wed, 4 Aug 2010 16:02:27 +0100 Wed, 4 Aug 2010 16:01:38 +0100 FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.2.0) The world championship winning Simon Fraser University Pipe Band held their 16th annual Piping Hot Summer Drummer at Silver Star Mountain Resort, Vernon, British Columbia this July, one of the world's largest piping and drumming workshops. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Support_For_SFU_Piping_Hot_Workshop Wed, 4 Aug 2010 16:01:38 +0100 'Fired Up' will feature Bucksburn & District Pipe Band and Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band in an end of season concert on 9 October, 2010 at the Aberdeen Music Hall. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Bucksburn_Pipe_Band_To_Host_Boghall_Concert Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:04:41 +0100 We are pleased to bring you some exciting news of improvements to McCallum Bagpipes. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news#Exciting_Changes_To_McCallum_Bagpipes Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:31:06 +0100 Pipe Major Terry Tully of St Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band was presented with a set of full silver McCallum Bagpipes by Stuart McCallum at the bands 100th anniversary dinner. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Centenary_Presentation_For_Terry_Tully Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:18:31 +0100 The McCallum Bagpipes Roadshow traveled to Dingwall recently to help raise funds for the Donald Macleod Memorial Contest. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Bagpipes_Roadshow_Raises_Money_For_Donald_Macleod_Memorial_Contest Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:18:25 +0100 McCallum Bagpipes player Jonathon Richards found Scottish conditions to practice in while in the mountains of Almaty, Kazakhstan. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Bagpipes_Reach_Kazakhstan_Summit Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:18:21 +0100 Kyle Coughlin of Toronto Police Pipe Band won the 2010 PPBSO (Toronto Branch) Amateur Solo Piping Knockout Series held in front of a packed audience at the Moss Park Armoury, Ontario on Saturday 6 March, 2010. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Coughlin_Wins_PPBSO_(Toronto_Branch)_Knockout Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:50:31 +0100 Robin Robertson is a 13 year old, Grade 3 piper from Calgary, Alberta, Canada traveling with his parents for the year and sharing the music of his McCallum Bagpipes in some pretty unusual places. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#The_Sound_of_McCallum_Bagpipes_Reaches_Kathmandu Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:34:41 +0100 Brian McKenzie of Seattle struck silver not once, but twice at this years MHAF Winter Storm Silver Medal, held in Kansas City on Friday 16 January, 2010. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McKenzie_Strikes_Silver_In_Kansas_City Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:50:56 +0100 Willie McCallum of Bearsden won the prestigious Gordon Duncan Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition in Glasgow's National Piping Centre on Sunday 17 January, 2010. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Success_At_Gordon_Duncan_Memorial Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:29:41 +0100 The 2009 George Sheriff Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition was won by Richard Gillies from Portland, Oregon (right) on 21 November, 2009. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#George_Sheriff_Memorial_Winner_Takes_McCallum_Prize Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:00:17 +0100 McCallum Bagpipes player Cameron Neve, a piper with Greater Manchester Army Cadets Pipe Band won the Seumas MacNeill trophy for the juvenile march competition at the recent North West England Piping Society Competition. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#North_West_England_Piping_Society_Competition Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:58:56 +0100 McCallum Bagpipes was once again pleased to support the Aberdeen & District Piping Society Practice Chanter Competition for young, developing pipers in the area. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#2009_Aberdeen_&_District_Piping_Society_Practice_Chanter_Competition_Results Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:44:00 +0100 McCallum Bagpipes player Brian Young has been practicing hard for the Scottish remake of the epic film Titanic. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Player_Practices_For_Scottish_Titanic_Re-make Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:31:32 +0100 Willie McCallum of Bearsden won an outstanding sixth title at the Springbank Invitational Solo Piping Competition held in Campbeltown on Saturday 12 September, 2009, chalking up another success for the MC² Solo Chanter, which he developed with McCallum Bagpipes. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Wins_Sixth_Springbank_Invitational_Title Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:50:35 +0100 Angus McColl of Oban won the 2009 Todds Bar Challenge sponsored by McCallum Bagpipes, which was held in the University of Strathclyde on Thursday 13 August, 2009. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McColl_Wins_McCallum_Bagpipes_Todds_Bar_Challenge Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:47:03 +0100 Joeri Besnyoi is Pipe Major of the fast growing Concord Pipe Band from the Netherlands. The band is currently playing in Grade 3A after playing in Grade 4B only in 2006. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Making_Tailor_Made_Chanter Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:27:54 +0100 McCallum Bagpipes enjoys a close relationship with the piping and Bagad culture of Brittany and the company is always keen to support the development of the art in the region. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Quimper_Festival_de_Cornouaille_Junior_Prize_Winner Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:54:31 +0100 The annual College of Piping California Summer School took place this June, coinciding with San Diego Highland Games. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Bagpipes_Reaches_Out_To_Summer_School Tue, 4 Aug 2009 12:47:04 +0100 McCallum Bagpipes was proud to sponsor this year's Scandinavian Open Pipe Band Championships which took place this May in Denmark. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Scandinavian_Open_Pipe_Band_Championships_Success Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:12:39 +0100 Having arrived by air, train and road, the various members of the McCallum Bagpipes Roadshow put the jigsaw together in Muhlhausen, which is a small town near to Heidelberg and Frankfurt. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Bagpipes_Recital_Helps_BAG_Association A686CDFA-F9F8-4247-B633-401DC15F4315 Mon, 18 May 2009 20:59:33 +0100 Ian Lyons enjoyed more major success with his competing chanter of choice - the McCallum Pipe Chanter over the Easter weekend in Hastings, New Zealand, winning the Comumn na Piobaireachd New Zealand Gold Medal. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Lyons_Success_With_McCallum_Chanter 32EE33F1-D897-4411-A5E1-AEFFF59D67E0 Mon, 18 May 2009 20:34:00 +0100 The McCallum Bagpipes Roadshow headed west on the weekend of Friday 27 and Saturday 28 February, 2009, stopping off in Campbeltown and Inveraray. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Bagpipes_Take_To_The_Road B87174DD-3AD7-4DE2-9E65-9879FE2995F8 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:53:42 +0100 Willie McCallum of Bearsden won the 2009 Metro Cup Invitational Solo Piping Competition held in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday 21 February, 2009. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Success_at_Metro_Cup 12E83603-5AC2-43B2-90BB-E8AD26A6E37C Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:52:23 +0100 The prestigious and exciting Gordon Duncan Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition took place in Glasgow's Central Hotel on Sunday 25 January, 2009. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Meunier_Wins_The_Gordon_Duncan_Memorial 8DA362CF-3F02-44A9-AA15-93684F13BE5C Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:52:21 +0100 Celtic Connections hosted its largest ever audience for the Annual Piping Concert at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Saturday 24 January, 2009. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Strathclyde_Police_&_Cap_Caval_Concert_Success 04B4BAB7-6FA2-4B7F-91B1-393F6746B2F0 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:52:18 +0100 Despite 6 inches of snow, the recent Aberdeen & District Piping Society Practice Chanter Competition for youngsters supported by McCallum Bagpipes went very well. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Aberdeen_&_District_Piping_Society_Practice_Chanter_Competition_Results 80EC7452-F542-4546-BCEC-ABD690E4C624 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:36:09 +0100 Bobby Durning of Milltown, New Jersey, was the overall winner of the 13th annual George Sherriff Memorial Amateur Invitational Solo Piping Competition which was held in St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Ontario on Saturday 15 November, 2008. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#George_Sheriff_Winner_Gets_His_Hands_On_McCallums 1F5FCBC1-3AF5-4A89-8184-DCE553421DF2 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:36:06 +0100 Fifteen year old Ryan Praskovich of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania won the 2008 Balmoral Classic US Junior Solo Bagpiping Championship, receiving the top prize of a set of McCallum Bagpipes. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Ryan_Wins_Balmoral_Classic_In_Pittsburgh EC35741F-C942-4339-9203-FC82840176BE Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:17:29 +0100 McCallum Bagpipes employee Sylvain Hamon won the Fort Invitational Competition, held on 15 November, 2008 in Dungannon. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Hamon_Wins_With_McCallum_In_Armagh 18F10263-C795-4683-8004-712D1F9432AE Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:08:24 +0100 Ian Spiers of Edinburgh was the latest piper to win a top award using a McCallum Bagpipes Pipe Chanter at the Scottish Pipers' Society of London competition held in the city on Saturday 1 November, 2008. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Pipe_Chanters_Come_Out_Tops_In_London 01CF2073-B01C-4757-9480-865B0CED66F2 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:47:02 +0100 Gordon Walker won a second consecutive Glenfiddich Piping Championships title at Blair Atholl on Saturday 25 October, 2008. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Gordon_Walker_Dominates_Glenfiddich_Again B26369E0-2F3D-4723-ADDE-79995C75CC62 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:46:12 +0100 Australian piper Ian Lyons won the New Zealand Silver Chanter on Saturday 25 October, 2008 playing a McCallum Bagpipes pipe chanter. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Success_At_The_New_Zealand_Silver_Chanter FDAA87B6-D97E-460F-A662-F1620E321D19 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:44:55 +0100 Drummers Alliance celebrates 21 years of organising major drum events and this year they have a superb line-up arranged for The Beat 2008, which will take place at the Sheffield Carling Academy on Sunday 19 October, 2008 12.30 to 5 pm. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Stevie_Kilbride_At_The_Sheffield_Carling_Academy 83D5BD48-775A-4AFA-9C3C-0FAA036DF659 Sun, 5 Oct 2008 20:03:25 +0100 When pipers of the of the Sultan of Oman's military pipe band began losing teeth and suffering injuries due to their Bagpipe mouthpieces during bumpy camel rides, they turned to McCallum Bagpipes for a solution - bendy blowpipes! http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Flexible_Solution_For_Pipers_With_The_Hump! 61FDDA4B-1525-40B3-92C4-65C31AE160F1 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:05:23 +0100 The Northwest Of England Piping Society, under Owen Nash and his friends invited the pipers of McCallum Bagpipes to perform on Saturday 5 April, 2008, in Manchester at the Spring Recital. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Manchester_Recital_By_McCallum_Pipers 57A6A466-C904-46B2-BD80-CF14E929CBFC Thu, 1 May 2008 04:57:53 +0100 World famous piping group The Red Hot Chilli Pipers have been presented with scorching new custom pipes by McCallum Bagpipes as a reward for their success. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Red_Hot_Pipes_For_Chilli_Pipers E2E9CA56-70FE-4C1C-A684-4FDD450DE87B Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:48:38 +0100 McCallum Bagpipes was once again pleased to support the second annual Strathclyde Police Pipe Band Junior Solo Piping Competition, which was held in Smithycroft School, Glasgow on 23 February, 2008. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#StrathPol_Solos_Proves_A_Hit_With_Junior_Pipers 7CC26BDE-6941-492C-804F-1BE3C28352EE Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:29:23 +0100 The Metro Cup competition which is held annually in Newark, New Jersey was won by Willie McCallum on 16 February, 2008 playing the new McCallum Solo Chanter. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Double_At_The_Metro_Cup 228F1691-EE7B-4E1F-964D-B4D437F8E245 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:10:03 +0100 The second annual Gordon Duncan Memorial Solo Piping Competition sponsored by McCallum Bagpipes took place in Glasgow's Central Hotel on Saturday 26 January, 2008. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Carlisle_Wins_Second_Gordon_Duncan_Memorial D1922C0A-52B6-49A4-8F74-02C2A1E4A831 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:27:04 +0100 The popular piping Web site pipes|drums has voted the new McCallum Solo Chanter as 'New Product of the Year' in its New Year honours. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#MC2_Solo_Chanter_Voted_Product_Of_The_Year 751D7466-DAC0-48B2-B9BC-523BCA51C9A8 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:03:57 +0100 The new McCallum MC² Solo Chanter featured strongly amongst the prizes at the Scottish Pipers Association solo piping competition on Saturday 15 December, 2007. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#MC2_Takes_Prizes_AT_SPA_Solos 5DCE957E-201A-4D5B-B902-57A52E7CBDB1 Wed, 2 Jan 2008 16:03:39 +0100 We have been listening to your feedback about our Web site and have launched a new version that is more streamlined than ever. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Bagpipes_Unveils_New_Web_Site F51B01BE-452E-4B36-AF22-7AD38AC24A2A Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:35:01 +0100 Gordon Walker of Kilmacolm, Ayrshire won his first Glenfiddich Solo Piping Championship at Blair Castle on Saturday 28 October, 2007. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Glenfiddich_Round_Up 603DF09C-13F0-420F-B002-62CE99FD172B Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:34:57 +0100 A quartet of pipers from St Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band of Dublin won the Piping Live! International Quartet Challenge held in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Tuesday 7 August, 2007. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Piping_Live!_Quartets_Won_By_St._Laurence_OToole 871FF88A-2195-4BAE-8492-37348E187477 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:34:54 +0100 Top soloist Robert Watt had the pleasure of presenting a full set of McCallum Bagpipes to a lucky winner at Flagstaff Arizona Highland Celtic Festival, which took place on the weekend of 21 & 22 July, 2007. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Bagpipes_Prize_For_Arizona_Piper 7351938D-192D-4DEE-9BCC-7336AD83F2A6 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:34:50 +0100 McCallum Bagpipes director Kenny MacLeod was in Quimper, Brittany in July to represent the company at the annual music festival held in the town. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Francois_Kervadec_Wins_McCallum_Bagpipes EC6FB009-9F9F-4A65-8E22-EA007AA4D8FF Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:34:47 +0100 The first major pipe band championship of the 2007 competition season took place in Dumbarton on Saturday 19 May, 2007 and was won by Strathclyde Police Pipe Band under the leadership of Pipe Major Donald Mackay playing McCallum Bagpipes pipe chanters. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Strathclyde_Police_Wins_With_McCallum B0067173-B3EF-46F9-BF5F-79A7B976D552 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:34:44 +0100 Strathclyde Police Pipe Band held their inaugural Junior Solo Piping Competition in Glasgow on Saturday 24 February, 2007. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Police_Contestant_Nabs_A_Set_Of_McCallum_Bagpipes B6CF5D69-52E2-41D8-A59B-0DDA05F9E362 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:34:41 +0100 Canadian soldier Corporal Ryan Pagnacco, was seriously injured in a US 'friendly fire' incident in Panjwaii, Afghanistan in September, 2006. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#Surprise_For_Wounded_Canadian_War_Veteran 9047FB7C-1001-4CCE-8B48-22E209A4FBAC Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:34:38 +0100 The inaugural Gordon Duncan Memorial Solo Piping Competition was held in Glasgow on Saturday 28 January, 2007. http://www.mccallumbagpipes.com/news.htm#McCallum_Supports_Gordon_Duncan_Memorial_Event 3A32D601-A23F-4248-9424-46720608C601 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:34:34 +0100