March 31 deadline is almost here!
Sunday March 31 is an important deadline here at the MWPBA. This is the FINAL DAY to submit: Band Registered Instructor forms Band Competition Rosters (renewing bands incur a $100…
Master Band and Solo Entry forms now available!
New for 2013, the MWPBA now has online Master Band and Solo Competition Entry forms for all Highland Games with contests sanctioned by the MWPBA. (See pipes|drums online magazine article.)…
2013 Regional Solos qualifiers, and Final location [updated]
Thanks to all who participated in making the 2013 MWPBA Regional Solo qualifiers a great success so far. Congratulations to everyone who qualified. Many thanks to all who competed as…
2013 Regrade list updated
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…
Canterbury 2013
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…
Jill Swinford
Our condolences to all family and friends of Jill Swinford, well-known piper with Celtic Nations Pipe Band, who passed away February 15, 2013, after a brief, unexpected illness. Being blind,…
Orders of play for MWPBA Regional Solos
Orders of play for the 2013 Regional Solo competitions are being posted as they become available on the MWBPA Contests page. Milwaukee and Minneapolis (really St. Paul) are now posted,…
MWPBA 2013 Regional Solo Contest Dates & Locations
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…
Updated MWPBA Rules for 2013 now available
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…
MWPBA Piper Jack Williamson Wins MSR event at the 2012 Balmoral Classic
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…