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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...
Nov 1, 20221 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,...
Aug 1, 20224 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 21, 20222 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...
Jun 7, 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 22, 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”...
Apr 4, 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 12, 20221 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...
Feb 5, 20222 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 20, 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,...
Dec 4, 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 17, 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...
Nov 6, 20211 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 28, 20212 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...
Oct 26, 20211 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 21, 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 20, 20212 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 18, 20211 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...
Sep 8, 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...
Aug 16, 20212 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...
Jul 27, 20211 min read
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