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Gail Brown is a Canadian musician who was the first female bagpipe player to play in the World Pipe Band Championships. She is also the first female bagpiper to win the highest level competition in the World Pipe Band Championships in 1973, with the Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band.
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- 1 2 "Spirit of Scotland assigned to Grade 1 - pipes-drums".
- 1 2 3 4 "Kilpatrick raises Spirit, lands with all-star band - pipes-drums".
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- 1 2 John McDonald (4 March 2016). "Jim Kilpatrick MBE re: Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band" – via YouTube.