Up-to-date news, competition results and announcements from The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm en-gb Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:20:33 +0100 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:20:27 +0100 FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.2.0) The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band's drum corps took top honours at the 2011 World Pipe Band Championships, winning the Samuel J Hodgen Trophy & Andante Sash at Glasgow Green on Saturday 13 August, 2011. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#World_Drum_Corps_Champions Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:18:07 +0100 The Shotts band made its way to Belfast to compete in the European Pipe Band Championships in the grounds of Stormont estate on 30 July, 2011. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Shotts_Drummers_Take_Euro_Honours Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:10:03 +0100 It's been a busy season so far for The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#2011_Mid-season_Round_Up Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:17:57 +0100 North Lanarkshire Council held a civic reception in the Hilton hotel in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire on 3 September, 2010 to honour the band on reaching it's centenary year. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Centenary_Honour_For_Shotts_Band Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:46:34 +0100 The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band has been nominated for a top Scots traditional music award. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Scots_Trad_Music_Award_Nomination Tue, 2 Nov 2010 19:13:38 +0100 The World Solo Drumming Championships took place in Glasgow Caledonian University on Saturday 23 October, 2010, with a strong international line up of drumming competitors in attendance. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#World_Solo_Drumming_Championships Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:35:45 +0100 The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band will have the opportunity in 2011 to defend their 2010 success at the Lomond & Clyde Pipe Band Invitational Indoor Competition on 19 March, 2011. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Shotts_Invited_To_Indoor_Showdown Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:35:45 +0100 The Shotts band has a busy night lined up on Saturday 13 Novemeber, 2010, having agreed to perform at two high profile charity events on different sides of the country. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Shotts_Go_On_Autumn_Charity_Drive Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:35:44 +0100 The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band achieved 5th place at the 2010 World Pipe Band Championships held in Glasgow on 14 August, 2010. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#End_Of_Season_Round_Up Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:35:44 +0100 The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band is delighted to announce the appointment of current band member Gavin Walker to the post of Pipe Major with effect from Thursday 5 August, 2010. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Shotts_Appoints_New_Pipe_Major Fri, 6 Aug 2010 11:58:44 +0100 Cloudless skies, hot temperatures, ice cream, paddling... all things we don't usually associate with the first major pipe band championship of the calendar, but they were all there in abundance as The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band competed at the Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Levengrove Park, Dumbarton on Saturday 22 May, 2010. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Scorcher_At_The_Scottish Wed, 26 May 2010 09:39:05 +0100 To mark our centenary, we have created a new, special edition, The House Of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band Centenary tie. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Centenary_Ties_Go_On_Sale Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:10:18 +0100 The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band made its first competition appearance of 2010 as one of seven invited bands at the Lomond & Clyde Pipe Band 10th Anniversary Invitational Indoor Competition on Saturday 20 March, 2010. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Shotts_Hits_Lomond_&_Clyde_Jackpot Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:33:40 +0100 Radio 3's flagship classical music magazine programme 'Music Matters' will feature The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band in a broadcast to be aired on Saturday 6 March, 2010. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Pipe_Band_Music_Does_Matter Wed, 3 Mar 2010 21:07:30 +0100 The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band will take to the stage for a short concert at the College of Piping in Glasgow to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the venue. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Shotts_to_Play_College_of_Piping_Sell-out Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:37:16 +0100 BBC One Scotland's 'Hogmanay Live' programme will be on TV for viewers in Scotland, on the red button for digital TV viewers in the rest of the UK, and on the web for New Year revellers across the world!  http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Hogmanay_Live_2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:01:11 +0100 The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band's Champion of Champions drum corps led by Jim Kilpatrick MBE took part in a very special drumming event recently in Basel Switzerland. The corps was invited to perform in Top Secret - Die Show, a stage show concert celebrating the 10 year history of the world famous Top Secret Drum Corps. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Top_Secret_Trip_For_Drum_Corps Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:18:11 +0100 The World Solo Drumming Championships took place in Glasgow Caledonian University on Saturday 24 October, 2009 in front of a busy audience of keen pipe band drumming enthusiasts. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#World_Title_For_Cassidy Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:37:32 +0100 Friends and colleagues of the former Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band bass drummer William McIntosh have been saddened to hear of his sudden loss. Willie (55) passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of 9 September, 2009, having only been diagnosed this August with cancer. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#William_McIntosh_-_1954-2009 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:58:06 +0100 Tenor drummer Fiona Dunsmore became Mrs Fiona Wilson at a surprise wedding ceremony in Shotts on Saturday 5 September, 2009. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Surprise_Wedding_for_Fiona Sun, 6 Sep 2009 16:27:02 +0100 The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band rounded off the 2009 season with a 3rd place at the Cowal Highland Gathering in Dunoon on Saturday 29 August, 2009. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Big_Day_for_Drummers_at_Dunoon Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:14:57 +0100 The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band secured 5th place at this year's World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow on Saturday 15 August, 2009. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Tough_Day_at_the_Worlds Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:57:44 +0100 Sun drenched the Clyde coast of Inverclyde, where the European Pipe Band Championships was held on Saturday 25 July, 2009. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Fantastic_day,_Fantastic_Performance Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:06:08 +0100 The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band played first out of the starting blocks on a balmy day at the British Pipe Band Championships in Banbridge, Northern Ireland on Saturday 27 June, 2009. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#The_Best_Of_British_At_Banbridge Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:21:08 +0100 The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band rolled out at the Scottish Pipe Band Championships in Dumbarton on Saturday 16 May, 2009 in style. http://www.sdcpb.com/news.htm#Shotts_Kick_Off_2009_At_Dumbarton A1285065-A061-4CEC-BE64-00B063E60E27 Thu, 28 May 2009 18:14:06 +0100