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2013 Regrade list updated

Sunday, 10 March 2013 20:12 Latest News

The Music Board, chaired by Tom Weithers, has published the latest round of regrade request approvals.  Check out the updated list of band and solo regrades here.

The deadline for regrade request submissions is March 31, so don't delay!

 

Canterbury 2013

Tuesday, 05 March 2013 20:59 Latest News

We are happy to announce a new Games for the MWPBA for the 2013 season: the Midwest Highland Games at Canterbury Village near Lake Orion, MI.

The Games will be held on June 29th.  Most solo events and Grade 3-4-5 for bands will be offered.

This brings our number to 9 for the 2013 season and growing.  We are very happy to add these new Games to our MWPBA Schedule.

 

2013 MWPBA sanctioned contest list now available

Saturday, 02 February 2013 19:44

The official list of MWPBA sanctioned contests for the 2013 season is now available on the Contests page.
 
Master entry forms for both band and solo competition will be available soon, with full details on each event.
 

MWPBA 2013 Regional Solo Contest Dates & Locations

Monday, 17 December 2012 12:42 Latest News

The First MWPBA Regional Solo contest regional qualifier locations and dates have been announced.  The Piping Contest is the Terry McHugh Memorial contest and the Drumming will be the Jim Enright, Sr. Memorial Contest:

  • February 9      Milwaukee, WI
  • February 9      Minneapolis, MN
  • February 16    Alma, MI
  • February 23    St. Louis, MO
  • February 23    Lexington, KY
  • March 9           Cleveland, OH

Players may enter at any location of their choosing.  The top 3 qualifiers in each GRADE (not event) will then qualify to play at the finals to be held in Chicago on April 20th, 2013.  Ties will be broken by the 2/4 March result.  Below are the events in each Grade:

Piping Snare Drumming Tenor Drumming Bass Drumming
  • Grade 1: MSR
  • Grade 2: 2/4 March + S/R
  • Grade 3: 2/4 March + S/R
  • Grade 4: 2/4 March
  • Sr. Novice: 4 parts 2/4 March
  • Jr. Novice: 4 parts 2/4 March
  • Grade 1: MSR
  • Grade 2: MSR
  • Grade 3: MSR
  • Grade 4: 2/4 March
  • Advanced: MSR
  • Intermediate: MSR
  • Novice: 2/4 March
  • Advanced: MSR
  • Novice: 2/4 March

All 2/4 marches must be 4-parted tunes, except in the Jr. & Sr. Novice Piping (which must be 4 parts of 2/4).

The specific locations of each event will be on the entry forms along with more information to follow.  Entry is open to solo members of the MWPBA and to members of other pipe band associations.
 
This should be a great event and we are looking forward to great participation.
 

Updated MWPBA Rules for 2013 now available

Wednesday, 12 December 2012 12:22 Latest News

The revised MWPBA Contest Rules and Regulations for 2013 is now available here.

Here is a summary of the revisions:

Section I.B
  • Band and solo re-grade requests will not be effective until 21 days after Music Board approval.

Section III.B
  • In tenor drumming, the grades are now divided into Advance, Intermediate, and Novice. All tenors previously in Open grade will be graded Advanced.
  • Bass drumming solos are now available and bass drumming is divided into Advanced and Novice. Bass drummers in Grade 4 or 5 bands may register in Novice Bass. Bass drummers in Grade 3, Grade 2, and Grade 1 bands may register in Advanced Bass

Section III.C
  • The revised table defines the music requirements for Solo Tenors in Advanced, Intermediate, and Novice grades, and the music requirements for Solo Bass in Advanced and Novice grades.

Section IV.B
  • Adjudicators are now limited to judging one championship contest per season.  Before this change, an adjudicator could, for example, judge one championship competition as the ensemble judge, and another as a piping judge.

Section IV.E
  • The band circle and the judging circle are enlarged.

Section IV.F
  • If you are a Game Sponsor, this section provides the recommended minimum scheduled time allotments for Solo Tenors in Advanced, Intermediate, and Novice grades, and time allotments for Solo Bass in Advanced and Novice grades.

Section VI.A
  • The Massed Band version of Scotland the Brave is changed from Low Hand to High Hand.

 

 

MWPBA Piper Jack Williamson Wins MSR event at the 2012 Balmoral Classic

Thursday, 15 November 2012 10:22 Latest News

Photo courtesy of Lynette Castelucci

The MWPBA congratulates member Jack Williamson, 15, of Topeka, KS, winner of the March/Strathspey/Reel event at the Balmoral Classic US Junior Solo Bagpiping Championship in Pittsburgh the weekend of November 9-10, taking 3rd place overall.

Jack is one of just 15 pipers from nine states to be invited to compete in this prestigious contest. He was the only piper from the Midwest invited.
 
Along with the MSR, pipers competed in Piobaireachd. The overall contest standings were based on the combined results of the two events. The competition was adjudicated by Jimmy Bell, Jimmy MacColl and Donald McBride.
 
Jack is the MWPBA 2012 Champion Supreme in Piping, Light Music, and has been upgraded to Grade 1 for the 2013 season.  Jack is a member of the Kansas City St. Andrew Pipes & Drums.
 
The Balmoral Classic, hosted by the Balmoral School of Piping and Drumming, is an annual invitational contest for US citizens and US residents aged 18 and under.
 

MWPBA 2012 AGM Minutes and video available

Monday, 12 November 2012 01:19 Latest News

The MWPBA 2012 Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday November 10th at 1:00pm at the Scottish Home in North Riverside, IL.

For the first time, video of the meeting was streamed live via ustream for those people out of town.  About a dozen or so joined the video and chat stream remotely, to participate in a well attended and lively meeting.   18 bands were represented, with about 40 people in the room.

All decisions and approved changes for 2013 are recorded in the official meeting minutes.  The packet containing the agenda and Officers' reports is available here.

 

 
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