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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.

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.

 

Congratulations to the following bands on being crowned MWPBA Champions Supreme for the 2012 season:

Grade 1 City of Chicago Pipe Band
Grade 2 -
Grade 3 Macalester College
Grade 4 Chicago Highlanders
Grade 5 Chicago Highlanders

Band trophies will be awarded at the MWPBA AGM on November 10, so please make sure that you have a band representative in attendance.

The final Champion Supreme points standings are available here.

Well done to everybody for a very good year!

Congratulations to the following solo competitors on being named MWPBA Champions Supreme for the 2012 season:

Piping, Light Music

Professional Andrew Lewis
Grade 1 Christopher Farruggia
Grade 2 Jack Williamson
Grade 3 Chandler Sievewright
Grade 4 Bryan Jirsa
Jr. Novice Charles Sadler
Sr. Novice Joshua Cunningham

Piobaireachd

Professional Andrew Lewis
Grade 1 Christopher Farruggia
Grade 2 Colin Tait
Grade 3 Jack Williamson
Grade 4 Bryan Jirsa
   
   

Snare Drumming

Professional Cameron Bolley
Grade 1 Hunter Gullickson
Grade 2 -
Grade 3 Dustin Boyd
Grade 4 Brittany Stuart

Tenor Drumming

Group Tenor Sydney Sievewright
Novice Tenor Sydney Sievewright
   
   
   

Drum Major

Open Douglas Weisheit
   
   
   
   

The final Champion Supreme points standings are available here.

Official detailed band and solo competition results from the St. Louis Scottish Games, Sept 29, 2012, are now available.

The band results summary is as follows:

Grade 4 QMM: (8)

1. Minnesota Police  2. Alma College  3. St. Andrews Society of Central IL  4. St. Louis Caledonia  5. Kansas City St. Andrews  6. Dundee Scottish
BDC, BBS: Chicago Highlanders

Grade 5 QMM: (6)

1. Alma College  2. Dundee Scottish  3. Tullintrain West  4. Chicago Highlanders  5. Kansas City St. Andrews  6. John Ford Highlanders
BDC: Tullintrain West  BBS: Dundee Scottish

With one contest in St Louis yet to come, here are the current top standings in the race to become 2012 MWPBA Band Champion Supreme, as of September 24.

The full listing, plus the current solos standings, is available here.

Grade 1 

Band Points
City of Chicago 6

Grade 3

Band Points
Macalester College 32
Chicago Celtic 24
Midlothian Scottish 20
Detroit Caledonia 8

Grade 4

Band Points
Chicago Highlanders 50
Chicago Scots 18
Billy Mitchell 16
Tunes of Glory 11

Grade 5

Band Points
Chicago Highlanders 41
Dundee Scottish 38
Alma College 24
Grand Rapids & District 16

 

The official band competition results from the 2012 Kentucky Games, September 22, 2012:

Grade 5 QMM: (3)

1. Dundee Scottish 2. Louisville Pipe Band 3. Cincinnati Caledonian

The full band and solo results are available here.

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