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2025 Minnesota Scottish Fair Orders of Play

The Minnesota Scottish Fair & Highland Games are coming up, at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN! They are being held on Saturday, July 19; the address is 1600 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN.

Here is a map of the event space (from the aforementioned website).

Here is the order-of-play for the soloists.

Here is the order-of-play for the bands.

The MWPBA is seeking a website admin

The entire mwpba.org website is being completely overhauled and reimagined in WordPress and will be in place in time for season 2026.

Infrastructure will be there for hosting membership, contest entries, results, periodic news items, etc.

This is an excellent volunteer opportunity to help continue the success of the Association and make a difference.

The website admin is a non-voting member of the MWPBA Executive Committee.

Please reach out if you can help!

2025 Champions Supreme Standings

The 2025 MWPBA Champions Supreme points standings for soloists have been tallied. Band CS points will be released shortly.

The latest updates are from June 20, 2025, and include the results from the 2025 Chicago Scottish Festival and Highland Games.

A summary of bands' champion supreme standings is available here.

A detailed view of band's champion supreme points is available here.

A summary of drum corps champion supreme standings is available here.

A detailed of drum corps champion supreme points is available here.

A summary of soloists' champion supreme standings is available here.

A detailed view of soloists' champion supreme points is available here.

The standings are still unofficial, and pending ratification before official announcement of the 2025 MWPBA Champions Supreme at the end of the season. Champion Supreme points are earned only by registered MWPBA members.

For more information on how Champion Supreme points are accumulated, please refer to the "Contests" tab on the FAQ.

2025 Chicago Scottish Festival & Highland Games Results

Ulster Scottish Pipe Band

Ulster Scottish Pipe Band (First Place, Grade 2)

Carnegie Mellon University Pipe and Drums (First Place, Grade 3)

Thank you to the 38 bands and over 200 soloists from across North America that came to the 2025 Chicago Scottish Festival and Highland Games to compete!

The official results of the band and solo contests are now available (band, solos).

The MWPBA captured video of all Grade 1-4 band performances in Chicago. Go to our YouTube channel and subscribe!

2025 Chicago Scottish Festival and Highland Games Orders of Play

Here is the Band Order of Play for Saturday, June 14 at the 2025 Chicago Scottish Festival and Highland Games. The solo schedule for Friday, June 13, is also issued UPDATED, see the links below. The event will take place at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton, IL 60187. This is the same venue as 2024.

There are no tickets/passes issued for competitors or piping/drumming stewards to enter the event; your names will be on a list at the Main Gate for entry. We've expanded the Band tent set-up area; tents can be set-up Friday, June 13, starting at 12:00 p.m. A map will be posted here shortly regarding the precise location on the grounds. Here is the link to the map of the 2025 Chicago Scottish Festival Grounds.

Due to the large number of bands & performances, the traditional band meeting for Grades 4 & 5 will take place on Friday at 4:00 p.m. at the MWPBA tent; please send a representative. Grades 1-3 have their band meeting on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at the MWPBA tent.

This is the largest piping and drumming event in North America, so please come out and support the Chicago Scots organization. We hope to see you there!