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Steve Harris
Submitted by John Bridge Steve Harris was a part of the Ontario pipe band scene for 55 years. He started as a pre-teen, drumming with the...
Oct 11, 20172 min read
Solo Piping Grades 4 and 5 Suggested Tunes
As the competition season ends and new school year begins, people start thinking about learning new tunes for the next season. This make...
Sep 4, 20171 min read
Solo Requirements
With Maxville right around the corner, we’d like to take this opportunity to remind our members (and our guests) of some of the...
Aug 2, 20171 min read
Maxville Notes
A few notes about Maxville: Although some roster changes can still be made in accordance with sections D-1 and D-2 of the rule book, the...
Jul 24, 20171 min read
Kincardine Band Meeting
The band meeting at Kincardine this Saturday, July 8th will be held at 10:00 instead of the usual 11:00. As always, bands are required to...
Jul 4, 20171 min read
Cobourg Band Changes
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we’ve had to make some changes to the band circles at Cobourg this weekend. The new band contest start...
Jun 14, 20171 min read
Announcing the Teacher Database
If you’re a piping, snare, tenor, or bass drumming teacher, we want to know! In conjunction with our Let’s Try the Bagpipes! pilot...
Jun 1, 20171 min read
<em>Let’s Try the Bagpipes!</em>
Let’s Try the Bagpipes! is a pilot project of the PPBSO at the Georgetown Highland Games and the Fergus Scottish Festival in 2017. The...
Jun 1, 20171 min read
Tom Brown (1976 – 2017)
Pipe Major for the Air Command Pipes and Drums and PPBSO Adjudicator Thomas (Tom) J. Brown passed away, peacefully, on May 16, 2017. Pipe...
May 17, 20172 min read
Reay Mackay
The PPBSO is profoundly saddened by the passing of lifetime member Reay Mackay. Reay was a highly respected adjudicator, instructor, Pipe...
Mar 16, 20171 min read
2017 Solo Grading Deadline
As a reminder to all members, please note that the deadline for submitting applications for solo upgrades is April 1st. After that date,...
Mar 6, 20171 min read
2017 Rule Book and Contest Registration
Registrations for the 2017 season are now open and the master entry forms are available online. As well, the 2017 Rule Book is also...
Feb 26, 20172 min read
Geoff Neigh
Geoff Neigh passed away this morning as a result of his long struggle with ALS. Geoff was a long time member of the Society, an...
Feb 5, 20171 min read
Connie Blaney
The PPBSO extends its condolences to Connie Blaney’s family, friends, and all of those at the Glengarry Highland Games. At home on...
Jan 27, 20171 min read
PPBSO Membership Dues
At its December meeting, the Board of Directors made a slight change to the membership renewal dates. Memberships renewals continue to be...
Dec 17, 20161 min read
Online Membership Renewal
Online membership renewals for 2017 are now open through the PPBSO website (https://ppbso.org/secure_html/). Memberships must be renewed...
Nov 13, 20161 min read
2016 Annual General Meeting
The material for the PPBSO’s Annual General Meeting is now being mailed out to all members at their last address on file with the office....
Oct 23, 20161 min read
2017 Solo and Band Regradings
Throughout September the Music Committee and the Grading Subcommittee met and recommended the following upgrades to the Board of...
Oct 21, 20161 min read
Championship Supreme Winners’ Biographies
On November 12th, the PPBSO will be hosting its annual Highland Gala. At the gala, we’ll be presenting awards to our solo and band...
Oct 16, 20161 min read
Grade 4 Band Requirements
On Saturday, the PPBSO’s Board of Directors met to discuss the grade 4 band musical requirements. On the recommendation of the Music...
Oct 9, 20161 min read
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