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		<title>Seasons Greetings from NWJPB</title>
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		<title>The Competitions Begin Again&#8230;With Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week was the third annual US Juvenile Solo Bagpiping Championships in Pittsburg, PA, at the Balmoral Classic.   Thirteen year old NWJPB Pipe Major Alexander Schiele was invited to the event, competing with 15 registered pipers and came back to the Seattle area with 5th place finish in the Piobaireachd competition.  The classic was a lively event culminating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://insider.nwjpb.org/2009/11/14/the-competitions-begin-again-with-style/</link>
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		<title>Pride and Satisfaction &#8211; a season worth remembering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Northwest Junior Pipe Band had a remarkable weekend at the Pacific Northwest Highland Games on Saturday and Sunday July 26th &#38; 27th, 2009.  The band started the season adding one additional event to the Grade 4 schedule, to give us a mathematical &#8220;shot&#8221; at winning the Grand Aggregate for the season, but it required an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://insider.nwjpb.org/2009/08/03/pride-and-satisfaction-a-season-worth-remembering/</link>
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		<title>NWJPB Youth win at Portland&#8211;5th straight 1st place</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a remarkable season for Northwest Junior Pipe Band.  The Grade 4 band travelled to Gresham, OR for the Portland Highland Games on July 18th.  Soloists won aggregate awards in Grade 4 piping and Grade 4 side drumming, and 1st in Grade 2 Tenor, 1st in Grade 4 side drumming 2/4 March, first in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://insider.nwjpb.org/2009/07/24/nwjpb-youth-win-at-portland/</link>
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		<title>NWJPB supports documentary &#8220;On the Day&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Entitled ON THE DAY, the documentary follows the band of elite players during its one and only week together in August 2008, as the group of more than 40 pipers and drummers assembled and practiced for the Grade 1 World Pipe Band Championship at Glasgow Green.]]></description>
		<link>http://insider.nwjpb.org/2009/07/16/nwjpb-supports-documentary-on-the-day/</link>
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		<title>Northwest Junior Pipe Band &#8211; Two Time Washington Champions, Great Grade 3 challenge results!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, July 11th.  In 80 degree heat, the young members of Northwest Junior Pipe Band consumed over 10 gallons of water and nearly 4 gallons of Gatorade, just based on our coolers at the band tent.  The morning started with solo competitions, with band members reaching another new milestone at a highland games competition.  Soloists [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://insider.nwjpb.org/2009/07/13/northwest-junior-pipe-band-two-time-washington-champions-great-grade-3-challenge-results/</link>
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		<title>Building on Success, 1st place and best drum corps at BC Highland Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Northwest Junior Pipe Band returned to the British Columbia Highland Games Saturday June 27th  with two bands competing for the second time in the band&#8217;s history.  The weather was near-perfect for piping and drumming, not too hot, sunny in the morning and overcast during the band competitions.  The BC Games was almost completely re-arranged, and they tried [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://insider.nwjpb.org/2009/06/29/building-on-success/</link>
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		<title>NWJPB&#8217;s first trip to Sons of Scotland Games in Delta, BC a success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Northwest Junior Pipe Band&#8217;s Grade 4 team attended the Sons of Scotland Highland Games in Delta, BC for the first time in the band&#8217;s history on Saturday, June 13th. The band was missing several pipers due to Graduation ceremonies and other important conflicting events, but the band fielded 9 pipers, 3 tenor drummers, 3 side [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://insider.nwjpb.org/2009/06/14/nwjpbs-first-trip-to-sons-of-scotland-games-in-delta-bc-a-success/</link>
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		<title>A day of new firsts for Northwest Junior Pipe Band</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bellingham Highland Games on Saturday June 6th set several new milestones for the Northwest Junior Pipe Band.  The weather was almost perfect, overcast in the morning, clearing in the afternoon.  After setting so many new milestones in 2008, the band wasn&#8217;t sure what to expect from this year, but back to back wins at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://insider.nwjpb.org/2009/06/08/a-day-of-new-firsts-for-northwest-junior-pipe-band/</link>
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		<title>1st Competition a New Milestone for Youth Pipers and Drummers</title>
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Eleven Northwest Junior Pipe Band pipers and drummers competed in solo events at the 77th Annual British Columbia Pipers&#8217; Association Annual Gathering Friday and Saturday April 10th and 11th ; 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, [...]]]></description>
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