Several of today’s hottest solo piping competitors had their start with the Northwest Junior Pipe Band. Most local pipers know who Micah Babinski is; whether for his skill as a composer (at age 14 he wrote “Afternoon at the Green Monster”, which has become one of the most popular hornpipes of the past year...
At the February 21st Board meeting it was decided that several opportunities would be added to the summer competition schedule for the new Northwest Junior Pipe Band Grade 5 group to compete. NWJPB will also add a Highland Games we have not been able to attend since 2004, the Tacoma Highland Games. It no...
The RSPBA has sent letters to all registered Grade 1 and 2 pipe bands who competed in recent “Worlds” proposing a change in the format for competitions, which has been requested by the BBC. For everyone that’s ever watched a pipe band competition and wondered why the closest view of any member of the band...
NWJPB’s first Scotland Fundraiser at “Gung Haggis Fat Choy” at Ocean City was a huge success! There were more than 120 people in attendance at the “inaugural” Seattle Gung Haggis Fat Choy event; a unique merger of Robbie Burns night and Chinese New Year. NWJPB marched in with some favorite marches, doing a great...
The Northwest Junior Pipe Band has been invited by The Caledonian & St. Andrews Society of Seattle to participate in the first ever Gung Haggis Fat Choy event in the Seattle area. Gung Haggis Fat Choy has been a remarkably successful, exciting event in Vancouver BC, featured on CBC Television and has grown to...
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Many NWJPB members competed at the WPA mini #2 on Saturday. Even with the MSA winter school just starting, there was significant turnout, with 10 pipers in Grade 5 and 7 drummers! View the pictures in the new Washingon Pipers photo album>>> NWJPB member results: Grade 5 Piping Slow Air: 3rd: Katy H Grade...
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======February 2, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE====== Northwest Junior Pipe Band announces fundraiser to send competition band to Glasgow, Scotland in 2008 Shoreline, WA – It’s been nearly 40 years since the last youth bagpipe band in Washington State planned a trip to compete at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Northwest Junior...
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