Piping Business

R.G. Hardie Bagpipes
The CRPB plays "Henderson Band Chanters" designed by Alastair Dunn. We have been very happy with them, and think you would be too! Contact agent Ausdrum Pipe Band Supplies in Winnipeg.

Pipereeds.com
The CRPB plays chanter reeds made by Colin MacLellan. Great reeds, delivered when we need them.

Ross Reedmakers
Andy Ross makes excellent ridge-cut reeds, as played by SFU, FMM and many others, including the CRPB.

Reelpipes.com
Fred Morrison Reelpipes are a fantastic instrument made in Scotland and available in North America. Now making Scottish smallpipes.

Strathmore Bagpipes
Murray Henderson has an exceptional range of bagpipes. Great tonal quality, beautiful wood turning, and gorgeous silver.

McCallum Bagpipes
McCallum Bagpipes make great products, have terrific service, and do a lot to support and promote piping throughout the world.

Begg Bagpipes
James Begg has been Scotland's premier bag maker for many years. He is the official bag supplier to the CRPB.

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.

Kinnaird Bagpipes
A Saskatchewan business with some clever products they designed themselves, such as The Piper's Pal.

Bits and Pieces

Andrew T. Lenz, Jr.
The Bagpipe Journey is web site made by Andrew. He has lots of good stuff, including a bagpipe terms dictionary, and a piping "who's who."

Bagpipe Links
This EU site has many interesting links.

The Bagpipe Web  
A pretty complete list of piping links.

The College of Piping...
Lessons in piping, drumming, Gaelic song, Highland and Scottish step dancing, and much more.

The Pipe Band Forum   
A discussion site for piping and drumming enthusiasts.

The Piobaireachd Society
The classical music of the Highland pipes. This is a great site for students of piobaireachd.

Highland Games

The Regina Highland Games
The Saskatchewan Pipe Band Championships, solo piping, drumming,  Highland dancing and heavy events.

Bridge of Allan Highland Games
A great games by the Allan Water near Stirling.

North Berwick Highland Games
A very good event on Scotland's east coast.

Glengarry Highland Games
The North American Pipe Band Championships at Maxville, Ontario. Also features the Piobaireachd Society Gold Medal Piobaireachd competition.

Fergus Scottish Festival and Bell's Highland Games   Another major event in Ontario worth a look!

Skagit Valley Highland Games
Held at Mount Vernon, WA, these games attract bands from all over the Pacific Coast, and in 1999 and 2001 the City of Regina Pipe Band was the "guest band" at the Games.

Pacific Northwest Scottish Games This excellent 2-day event featured SFU, City of Regina, and RMM as the guest bands in 2000.

Drumming Business

Cameron's Drumming Studio
Hugh Cameron has been supplying drums and drumming equipment to the CRPB since 1994. Great products and service.

Doug Stronach
Doug is an outstanding musician and educator, and has a great online presence, including a store for his custom drum products.

TyFry Tenor Sticks
Tyler Fry produces the world's most requested sticks for tenor drum, and he also does workshops, tuition, and generally promotes pipe band music wherever he goes!

NM Custom Drums
Nathan McLaren makes exceptonal, custom drums for all uses, including great mid-section drums. The CRPB has a 2009 set of drums from Nathan, and the quality and service were outstanding.

Magazines and Web Sites

pipes | drums
The World's best source for piping and drumming news, features and entertainment. Edited by Andrew Berthoff.

Piping Today
This is the magazine of the National Piping Center in Glasgow. It is published in partnership with "The Living Tradition" folk magazine, and it has some good features, strong editorial, and great look.

The VOICE
This is the magazine of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association.

The Captain's Corner
Ken Eller's web site, which offers a wide range of instruction and information.

Common Stock
The journal of the Lowland and Borders Piping Society.

Dunaber Music
Michael Grey's interesting blog on music, bagpipes, pipe bands.

Roots/Traditional Music

Shona LeMottee Shona played the 2007 MWCF with sideman Tim Readman, and they were great! Shona is an excellent player and instructor, and performs across North America.