Band Competitions at the Games
“If you are lucky enough to win a major event, always remember, you are still the same player as you drive home from the competition as you were going to it.” ~ Murray Henderson
After several years of very close competitions, with the bands pushing each other to better and better performances and for the last two years, having the Grand Aggregate Championship for the season come down to just one judge’s placing at the Pacific Northwest Highland Games, the White Spot and Northwest Junior Pipe Band members have...
We encouraged our band members and families to be up in the wee hours last weekend on August 14th to see the top bands in the world compete, broadcast live worldwide for the second year in a row. In this 12 part post, we’re pleased to link to videos by the BBC of...
July 30 through August 1st, the Pacific Northwest Highland Games, the biggest Scottish event the Northwest. It’s also the last sanctioned games in the BC Pipers’ Association region where NWJPB competes, including Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. The Grade 4 band had placed first at all of their events this season and had squeaked...
Northwest Junior Pipe Band is the 2010 Washington State Grade 3 Pipe Band Champion, as well as the 2010 Washington State Grade 4 Pipe Band Champion, extending the streak to three years as Washington State Champions
NWJPB Grade 4 travelled to Coquitlam, BC, Canada on Saturday June 26th for the British Columbia Highland Games. The morning started cool and overcast and solo pipers from many different bands were facing challenges with moisture causing tone challenges with their drones and reeds, but NWJPB members managed to pull off some successes on the...
Northwest Junior Pipe Band Grade 4 side, tenor and bass recieved their last piece of competition music 1 week before the competition, and all studied and practiced as hard and fast as possible to pull together a surprisingly strong performance for the first outing of the season; surprising even themselves. 5 bands competed, and three...
The Highland Games in Victoria, BC highlighted great results again for NWJPB members. Two Aggregate winners and strong performances from everyone who competed. It takes great commitment from families and youth to travel to and prepare for these events, but the feedback from top judges at this first two outdoor events of the season is...
Many Northwest Junior Pipe Band competitors made the trip north this year and demonstrated their talents in solo competitions. Three NWJPB members won aggregate for their grade levels, meaning the highest points across multiple events.
NWJPB didn’t compete as a band at the Annual Gathering for the first time since 2005 due to an unfortunate lack of drumming music and some other challenges the band is working to address quickly, however several band members attended the event and saw great success in solo piping and drumming competitions. Grade 4...
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