WPA competition results
Thanks to Brian McKenzie, Winter Storm Silver Medalist and Seattle area piper for adjudicating our piping events today, and Curt Watts, former lead drummer with Greighan Crossing, drummer with Spirit of Scotland, and BCPA certified adjudicator. Thanks also to all the volunteers who helped make the event a success; Karen Gayle, Jennifer Joki, and Kathy Bowie-Vegors, registration & other, Diane Axworthy, Treasurer, Scott DeVight...
Thanks to our drumming judge Scott Robertson for adjudicating for us again. Scott is currently instructing grade 4 and 5 side drummers of the RMM Pipe Band. He has instructed and led pipe band drum corps including organizing and training bands for recording and competing in North America and Scotland. Drum Corps taught include: Triumph Street Pipe Band, Vancouver Ladies Pipe Band (1980 World...
Thanks to our Drumming Adudicator Cameron Bullis, who along with Andrew Finley, Drum Sergeant of the Portland Metro Pipe Band volunteered almost simultaneously on short notice to judge drumming at our Saturday event after our previously scheduled judge was ill. We expect to see Cameron back next year and hope Andrew can also make it up from Portland next season, as we have drumming judges...
Congratulations to several first-time competitors and all the dedicated soloists who came out today! Thanks to Patrick Downing and Cameron Reid for judging. Chanter, Slow Air Colin Dazey Grade 5 Piping, 6/8 March Kyle Gaul Katrina Jones Russell Prewitt Christopher Barnard Stewart MacDonald Grade 4 Piping, Piobaireachd Ground & 1st Variation Stuart Nevling Bruce Poliak Grade 4 Piping, 6/8 March Stewart Nevling Bruce Poliak...
Many thanks to all of the judges and the competitors who made time for our events this year! This month, we had a miscommunication with our drumming judge and unfortunately needed to cancel drumming competitions. Thank you William Nichols for coming down from Blaine to judge our piping events. Will started piping in Alaska at the age of 6 and travelled down to Washington for...
Great appreciation to our talented judges today, Curt Watts, lead drummer with Greighlan Crossing Pipe Band made the trip down from British Columbia to judge snare and bass drummers. Micah Babinski (links to Who’s who in Bagpiping article by Andrew Lenz), a Washington based Professional bagpiper with a very successful history. Due to our previously scheduled piping judge being needed at a band performance, Kevin Auld...
Chanter – 6/8 March Stuart MacDonald – Northwest Junior Pipe Band Grade 5 Piping – Slow Air Diego Alvarez – Northwest Junior Pipe Band Katrina Jones – Northwest Junior Pipe Band Peter North – Northwest Junior Pipe Band Karl Stahlfeld – Northwest Junior Pipe Band Morgan Schiele – Northwest Junior Pipe Band Russell Prewitt Adult Piping – Slow Air Diane Axworthy Cleda Thompson –...
Thanks to David Keachie for judging drumming this month, and Patrick Downing for returning to judge piping. David is an accomplished drummer and currently lead stroke for the Washington Scottish Pipe Band Grade 3; you may recognize him from WPA in Adult piping competitions over the last couple of years; he’s re-focusing on Snare Drumming. Patrick recently made the leap to the Professional grade of...
The BC Pipers’ Association added an update about the amazing results from our region at the biggest solo competition event for piping and drumming in the United States. Washington State was well represented, with 3 top placings United States Silver Medal for Piobaireachd Brian McKenzie – Seattle Will Nichols – Blaine North American Amateur Drumming Championships – Grade 3 Steven Wheeler – Auburn All...
The first event of the competition season had a modest turn-out, but good music, great adjudicators, and a bonus drumming workshop made for a great day overall. Thanks to Scott Robertson making the trip down from BC, and John Dally for making the trip from Vashon Island. A couple announcements about the season; note that tune requirements are on the last page of the...
