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Nov 1, 20221 min read

Glenn Covert: Deep Thanks!

After a remarkable 20 years as a member of The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario’s highland games stewarding team, with the last 10...

Aug 1, 20224 min read

PPBSO Life Achievement award: Colin MacLellan

The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario recognized two outstanding long-serving members at the 74th Glengarry Highland Games,...

Jun 21, 20222 min read

PPBSO History: August 4, 1972

Ontario piper, David SIobod (a former member of P/M Chris Anderson’s excellent, Glen Mor Pipe Band) kindly forwarded this snippet of our...

Jun 7, 20221 min read

Update: Cobourg Games Parking

A message from the organizers of the Cobourg Highland Games to PPBSO member games participants: The Town of Cobourg has started charging...

Apr 22, 20221 min read

Ontario High School Community Hours Opportunity @PPBSO!

With the Central Canadian Championships set to get underway at Georgetown Highland Games on Saturday, June 11, the PPBSO is ramping up...

Apr 4, 20221 min read

PPBSO Judges all set for The Worlds

As with The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario’s Diamond Anniversary, this year also marks the 75th anniversary of the “modern era”...

Feb 12, 20221 min read

PPBSO to create task force to assess Piping & Drumming Qualifications Board curricula

At this morning’s meeting of the Board of Directors of The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario it was decided that in order to...

Feb 5, 20222 min read

Summerblast! Summer school 2022 registration open!

The annual summer school of The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario is all set to go! The PPBSO’s annual school, Summerblast!, will...

Dec 20, 20211 min read

For PPBSO Massed Bands Next Summer!

Congratulations to Pipe Major Tyler Bridge who was the winner of The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario’s recent 75th anniversary...

Dec 4, 20211 min read

PPBSO AGM Update (with slides and new 75th anniversary logo!)

The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society held their 2021 Annual General Meeting today. 51 members participated by Zoom. To kick-off the meeting,...

Nov 17, 20211 min read

New massed band drum scores hit the field next season

All PPBSO pipe bands should be aware that The Alliance of North American Pipe Band Associations (ANAPBA) has revised all massed band drum...

Nov 6, 20211 min read

Dojo U. Offering PPBSO Members Free Workshops

A number of free online workshops are on offer this winter by Dojo University for PPBSO members. The first is Sunday November 14, at 1:00...

Oct 28, 20212 min read

Ian K. MacDonald wins 2021 Glengarry Cup

Ian K. MacDonald was the overall winner of the 2021 Glengarry Cup, which was hosted virtually by the Ottawa Branch of the Pipers’ and...

Oct 26, 20211 min read

PPBSO Championship Supreme celebration welcomes The Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario

The awards celebration to recognize the overall winning participants of The Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario’s 2021 competition...

Sep 21, 20212 min read

The latest news from “The Sherriff”

It’s a ‘green light’ for the George Sherriff Memorial Invitational competition. With the ongoing concerns and restrictions surrounding...

Sep 20, 20212 min read

Update to PPBSO members (a little good news)

We’ve had a great summer. Our online season of “games”, with almost 1800 competitive performances, was a real success. Many of our...

Sep 18, 20211 min read

Silver Anniversary! The George Sherriff Memorial Invitational

After having to cancel last year’s event, the 25th George Sherriff Memorial Invitational is all systems go for 2021. Due to the ongoing...

Sep 8, 20212 min read

Cobourg Games: Info for attendees

As of today the weather forecast for Cobourg Highland Games this coming Saturday, September 11, is perfect! By now all those bands...

Aug 16, 20212 min read

Cobourg Games Go-ahead Officially Approved. History to be made.

Cobourg Highland Games are good to go! The Town of Cobourg’s contest, the only outdoor Highland Games in Canada in 2021 to offer...

Jul 27, 20211 min read

Entries Open for Cobourg Games (by the lake!)

Piping, drumming and pipe band competitors can now enter for the September 11, 2021 Cobourg Highland Games! Soloists who are members of...