Contests 2013

Contests 2013

All MWPBA sanctioned contests are open to the following:

Member bands and member soloists in good standing of the MWPBA, and
Member bands and member soloists in good standing of another association of ANAPBA, or any other association properly recognized by the MWPBA Advisory Board.

Champion Supreme points are awarded only to MWPBA member bands and MWPBA individual members in regular season competitions with official sanctioned status. Events at Champion Supreme games are awarded double points. Where multiple events are offered at a standard sanctioned games, available points are split between the events.

The music requirements (described here) for each band contest is shown, either

QMM – Quick March Medley
MSR – March, Strathspey, and Reel
MED – Timed Medley

MWPBA 2013 Contest Pre-Season

Games Information and Registration	Date	Contest Details
Regional Solos Contest Qualifiers: Feb 9 – Milwaukee, WI Feb 9 – Minneapolis, MN Feb 16 – Alma, MI Feb 23 – St. Louis, MO Feb 23 – Lexington, KY Mar 9 – Cleveland, OH Final: April 20 – Chicago, IL	Feb 9 Feb 16 Feb 23 Mar 9 Apr 20	Solo piping and drumming only All Amateur Grades in light music piping, snare, tenor and bass. Qualifiers: order of play (Milwaukee) order of play (St. Paul/Minn.) order of play (Alma) order of play (St Louis) order of play (Lexington) order of play (Cleveland v2) Final: April 20, 2013 Bethel Lutheran Church, 3839 W. Frontage Road, Palatine, IL 60067 Doors open 9:00am. All welcome. No charge! order of play (FINALS – Chicago)

Games Information and Registration

Date

Contest Details

Regional Solos Contest

Qualifiers:

Feb 9 – Milwaukee, WI
Feb 9 – Minneapolis, MN
Feb 16 – Alma, MI
Feb 23 – St. Louis, MO
Feb 23 – Lexington, KY
Mar 9 – Cleveland, OH

Final:

April 20 – Chicago, IL

Feb 9

Feb 16

Feb 23

Mar 9

Apr 20

Solo piping and drumming only

All Amateur Grades in light music piping, snare, tenor and bass.

Qualifiers:

order of play (Milwaukee)

order of play (St. Paul/Minn.)

order of play (Alma)

order of play (St Louis)

order of play (Lexington)

order of play (Cleveland v2)

Final:

April 20, 2013

Bethel Lutheran Church,
3839 W. Frontage Road,
Palatine, IL 60067

Doors open 9:00am.

All welcome. No charge!

order of play (FINALS – Chicago)

MWPBA 2013 Contest Regular Season

Contest	Entry Details	Host Games and Event Information
Minnesota May 4	Entry Deadline: April 13	Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games Farmington, MN order of play (bands / solos )
		standard	Gr5	Gr4	Gr3	Gr2	Gr1
		Sat	QMM	QMM Medley	MSR Medley
Springfield May 18	Entry Deadline: April 27	Springfield Area Highland Games and Celtic Festival Chatham, IL order of play (bands v2 / solos v2)
		standard	Gr5	Gr4	Gr3	Gr2	Gr1
		Sat	QMM	Medley	MSR
Alma May 25-26	Entry Deadline: May 4	US Open Pipe Band Championship (Sunday) Alma Highland Festival Alma, MI order of play (bands v2 / Sat solos v2 / Sun solos v2)
		Champion Supreme	Gr5	Gr4	Gr3	Gr2	Gr1
		Sat Sun	QMM QMM	QMM Medley	Medley MSR	MSR Medley	Medley MSR
Milwaukee June 1	Entry Deadline: May 11	Milwaukee Highland Games Wauwatosa, WI order of play (bands, solos v3 )
		standard	Gr5	Gr4	Gr3	Gr2	Gr1
		Sat	QMM	QMM	Medley
Chicago June 15	Entry Deadline: May 25	Midwest Pipe Band Championship Chicago Scots Scottish Festival and Highland Games Itasca, IL order of play (bands v2, solos v2)
		Champion Supreme	Gr5	Gr4	Gr3	Gr2	Gr1
		Sat	QMM	Medley	MSR	MSR
Canterbury June 29	Entry Deadline: June 8	Midwest Highland Games Canterbury Village near Lake Orion, MI order of play (bands, solos)
		standard	Gr5	Gr4	Gr3	Gr2	Gr1
		Sat	QMM	Medley	MSR
Wisconsin Aug 31 – Sept 1	Entry Deadline: Aug 10	Mid America Pipe Band Championships Wisconsin Highland Games Waukesha, WI order of play (bands v2, Sat solos v2, Sun solos v2)
		Champion Supreme	Gr5	Gr4	Gr3	Gr2	Gr1
		Sat Sun	QMM QMM	QMM Medley	Medley MSR	MSR Medley
Kentucky Sept 21	Entry Deadline: Aug 31	Central Kentucky Celtic Festival and Highland Games Eminence, KY order of play (bands v2, solos v2)
		standard	Gr5	Gr4	Gr3	Gr2	Gr1
		Sat	QMM	QMM Medley
St Louis Sept 28	Entry Deadline: Sept 7	St Louis Scottish Games and Cultural Festival St Louis, MO order of play (bands, solos v3)
		standard	Gr5	Gr4	Gr3	Gr2	Gr1
		Sat	QMM	Medley