Posted by Todd Schiele in Competitions,Newsletters,People News

Eleven Northwest Junior Pipe Band pipers and drummers competed in solo events at the 77^th Annual British Columbia Pipers’ Association Annual Gathering Friday and Saturday April 10^th and 11^th ; the largest turnout of solo competitors to the event in NWJPB history. 10 placed in the top 6, for a total of 15 top six finishes, including:

Piping

• Grade 5 Piping 2/4 March, Megan M 1^st Place. 8 registered to compete
• Grade 4 Piping Strathspey & Reel; Elliot T 1^st place. Matt A 6^th place. 20 registered to compete.
• Grade 3 Piping Strathspey & Reel; Aaron S 5^th place. 23 registered to compete
• Grade 2 Piping March, Strathspey & Reel; Alexander S 1^st place (William Lamont Memorial Trophy). 25 registered to compete
• Grade 2 Piping Piobaireachd; Alexander S 2^nd place. 20 registered to compete.
• Grade 2 Piping Hornpipe & Jig; Alexander S 5^th place. 24 registered to compete.
• Grade 2 Piping Aggregate Winner; Alexander S. Heather MacInnes Collins Memorial Trophy and Scholarship to Mastery of Scottish Arts Winter School, presented by the Celtic Arts Foundation

Drumming

• Grade 4 Drumming 2/4 March; Steven W 2^nd place, Bryce K 4^th place. 11 registered to compete.
• Grade 4 Drumming 6/8 March; Steven W 1^st place, Bryce K 2^nd place. 9 registered to compete.
• Grade 4 Drumming Aggregate Winner; Steven W. BC Pipers’ Association Shield
• Most Promising Drummer; Steven W. Roderick MacLeod Memorial Trophy and Piping Hot Summer Drummer School of Scottish Pipes & Drums Scholarship
• Grade 3 Drumming March, Strathspey & Reel; Amber S 3^rd Place. 9 registered to compete.
• Grade 3 Drumming 6/8 March; Amber S 3rd place.  9 registered to compete.
• Grade 2 Tenor Drumming 2/4 March; Alexander S 3^rd place, Ali N 4th. 5 registered to compete

In the Band Competition, Northwest Junior sent two Grade 4 mini-bands for the first time in our history. Each band was larger than the entire competition band in 2004, with 8 pipers, 2 snare drummers, 2 tenor drummers in NWJPB Grade 4 A, and 7 pipers, 2 snare drummers, 2 tenor drummers in NWJPB Grade 4 B. Bass drummer Morgan S. played for both bands (as allowed by the BCPA competition rules) for a total of 24 Northwest Junior Pipe Band members. Bands competing included White Spot Pipe Band, Keith Highlanders Grade 4, Portland Metro Youth, Robert Malcolm Memorial IV and NWJPB A and B.

Results:

1. Northwest Junior Pipe Band “A”, winning the Malcolm Nicholson Shield for the best Pipe Section, and the John MacKenzie Memorial Trophy.
2. White Spot Pipe Band
3. Keith Highlanders’ Pipe Band
4. Northwest Junior Pipe Band “B”
5. Portland Metro Youth Pipe Band
6. Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band IV

The top three bands all competed and placed at the World Pipe Band Championships in 2008, so the competition is very close in this grade level. Northwest Junior Pipe Band greatly appreciates the hard work of the dedicated volunteers of the British Columbia Pipers’ Association for their work staging an incredible event featuring hundreds of pipers and drummers from the Northwest. Full results from the event will be posted soon at www.bcpipers.org/results.html

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