Competition to be held on Saturday 14th February 2009 from 9am at The National Piping Centre, Glasgow. Deadline is now extended until Wednesday 28th January 2009. More details and entry form here.

Basking in the Warmth of the Reel or “Teas an Righligh” was a magnificent Art Exhibition of representations of famous pipe tunes displayed at Piping Live 2008! There are 39 exquisite prints from this exhibition now available to buy from our online shop. The link below will take you right there!

http://www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/shop/art-exhibition-2008/

The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland is looking to stregthen its ranks for the coming year. Open Auditions will be held for talented young pipers and drummers on  Saturday 31st January and Sunday 8th February.
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The National Piping centre are pleased to announce a $250 scholarship donated by the Clan Currie Society called  ‘The Pipe Major Kevin Ray Blandford Memorial Piping Scholarship. The Clan Currie Society is an American-based, international, non-profit cultural and educational organization, is the preeminent Scottish-American cultural society in preserving and promoting highland heritage at Scottish Games, ethnic festivals, as well as community groups and classrooms. The Society has over 3,000 members worldwide that gather via the Society’s website (www.clancurrie.org) and at special events and clan gatherings.

The Clan Currie Society have dedicated this scholarship to the late Pipe Major Kevin Ray Blandford for his contribution to piping in America. For more information on the Society, Pipe Major Kevin Blandford and to apply for the scholarship please follow this link.

The National Piping Centre are pleased to announce that we now accept payments via PayPal for any goods or services purchased on our website.

We hope that our customers will find this a useful addition to our website. Customers can still choose to pay with the Google checkout system in addition to the new PayPal system.