Washington Pipers’ Association

Aggregate awards were handed out at end of the May 3rd gathering.  To receive the award, competitors must not have won in the same grade previously, and must have competed in 4 of 5 events.  Points were awarded in reverse order for the top 6 positions at each event.  1st place: 6 points, 2nd place: 5 points, 3rd place: 4 points, etc.

Chanter:  Paul Vegors

Grade 5 Piping:  Sean Sele

Adult Piping:  Rochelle Eldredge

Grade 4 Piping:  George Perantatos

Grade 3 Piping:  James Makinson

Beginning Drumming (Pad):  Colin Jones

Grade 5 Side Drumming:  Robert Graham

Grade 4 Side Drumming:  Amber Stone

Tenor Drumming:  Kendra MacLeod

Thanks to everyone for attending this year and congratulations to these dedicated competitors!

Scholarship Awards:

There was a bit of confusion about the scholarship process.  To be eligible for an award, competitors had to compete in 4 of 5 events, register before the end of December 2007, and check the box indicating they wished to be included in the Scholarship drawing.  A couple of members were not drawn because their memberships were received at the first event, but one member was received in time but was inadvertently left off the list.  These have been added as second alternates.  The rule for scholarship awards is unlikely to change for next year, because it’s very important to the volunteers of WPA that the membership forms be received early enough to get them processed, especially since Angie Maier has indicated this was her last year volunteering as registrar after many many years of service (nearly 10, we think).  We were a little more flexible about the deadline this year, extending it to the end of December because we were late getting the newsletter and information posted, but for the 2009 season, the deadline will move back to December 15th, 2008.  The rules are posted in the newsletter. 

WPA increased the number of scholarships our members and donors help fund to 5 from 4 last year, and the amount per award to 300.00.  To claim a scholarship award for the two awards donated by Mastery of Scottish Arts and Coeur D’Alene School of Piping and Drumming, please contact us to let us know you plan to use it and we will notify the organization, then you will be able to register with them.  Remember that these awards are for tuition only, the room and board is your responsibility.

WPA $300.00 award winners should register with the piping or drumming school of your choice, get confirmation email from them if possible and then forward the confirmation email to our general contact address info [at] washingtonpipers.org (replacing [at] with @).  Our treasurer Diane Axworthy will then arrange payment with the school you have chosen.  Congratulations!

MSA:               Stewart Nevling (confirmed)
Alternate:       Bryce Kreger

Coeur D’Alene:  David Keachie
Alternate:          Sean Sele

WPA $300:     James Makinson
                     Steven Wheeler
                     George Perantatos
                     Robbie Graham  (claimed)
                     ineligible (to be awarded to alternate)

Alternates:   Gareth Jones
                    Amber Stone
                    Sam Horn
                    Sterling Monroe
                    Eric Roux

2nd Alternates: Malcolm Roux
                        Alex MacLeod
                        Sash Dachenhausen
                        Paul Vegors
                        Peter Jayne

Sorry for the delays getting these posted.  We had a last minute challenge with scheduling judges, but ended up with two judges who needed to leave early, so we scheduled simultaneous competitions.  Thanks to Patrick Downing and Colin Gemmell for jumping in at the last minute to make the day a success.  Thanks to Stephen Farrell for joining us again to finish the season’s drumming competitions.

Northwest Junior Pipe Band Grade 4 performed in the morning, and the Bucketmen performed in the afternoon to rave reviews.  Here’s a sample video from a recent bucketmen recording session.  We’ll try to get video from the WPA event posted soon. 

Chanter (Any March)

1. Todd Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)  
2. Megan McCrea (Northwest Junior Pipe Band) 

Grade 5 Piping (Any March)

1. Gareth Jones (Northwest Junior Pipe Band) 
2. Paul Vegors (Northwest Junior Pipe Band) 
3. Karl Stahlfeld
4. Sash Dachenhausen
5. George Meier (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
6. Sean Sele

Adult Piping - Slow Air (note, these results were switched, Adult 2/4 March and Slow Air were incorrect, corrected 5/29)

1. Bruce Poliak
2. Diane Axworthy
3. Rochelle Eldridge
4. Allan MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band)
5. Cleda Thompson (Kenmore and District Pipe Band)

Adult Piping -  2/4 March

1. Bruce Poliak
2. Rochelle Eldridge  
3. Cleda Thompson (Kenmore and District Pipe Band)
4. Diane Axworthy
5. Allan MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band)

Grade 4 Piping - 6/8 March (8 competitors)

1. George Perantatos
2. Eric Roux (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
3. David Pollock
4. Sam Horn (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
5. Peter Jayne (Peninsula Pipes and Drums)
6. Matthew Alger (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Grade 4 Piping - Strathespey & Reel

1. Aaron Stone (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. George Perantatos
3. Eric Roux (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
4. David Pollock
5. Matthew Alger (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
6. Peter Jayne (Peninsula Pipes and Drums)

Grade 3 Piping - 6/8 March

1. James Makinson (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)
2. Chris Cahoon (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)

Grade 3 Piping - Jig

1. Alexander Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. James Makinson (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)
3. Chris Cahoon (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)

Grade 1 Piping - March, Strathespey & Reel

1. Patrick Downing (Simon Fraser University Pipe Band) 
2. Christopher Donald (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)

Grade 5 Drumming (Any March)

1. Thomas Horn (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. Angus Hamill (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
3. Robert Graham (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Grade 4 Drumming - Any March

1. Bryce Kreger (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. Amber Stone (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
3. Steven Wheeler (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
4. Morgan Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Tenor Drumming - Any Tune

1. Kendra MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band) 

The current aggregate standings for 2008 are here>>

Please help us by reviewing for accuracy. Competitors who attended 4 of 5 events for the season are eligible for the scholarship drawings and aggregate awards, and are highlighted in bold. If you attended 3 or 4 events but your name isn’t listed in bold, please contact us.

Washington Scottish (and their helper) performed at the 4th Mini-Gathering of 2008.  Alex Galloway and Cam Reid from Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band adjudicated.  We’re a bit behind on getting pictures posted, but we’re working on last month and this month’s and hope to post them soon.

Chanter (Slow Air):

1. Paul Vegors (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)  
2. Todd Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Grade 5 Piping (Slow Air)

1. Sean Sele
2. Sash Dachenhausen
3. Malcolm Roux (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
4. Karl Stahlfeld
5. Stewart Nevling (Olympia Higlanders)
6. Gareth Jones (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Adult Piping - Piobaireachd Ground

1. Diane Axworthy
2. Bruce Poliak
3. Cleda Thompson (Kenmore and District Pipe Band)
4. Rochelle Eldridge

Adult Piping - 6/8 March

1. Rochelle Eldridge 
2. Bruce Poliak 
3. Diane Axworthy
4. Cleda Thompson (Kenmore and District Pipe Band)

Grade 4 Piping - 2/4 March (10 competitors)

1. Aaron Stone (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. Eric Roux (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
3. George Perantatos
4. Peter Jayne (Peninsula Pipes and Drums)
5. David Pollock
6. Kelton Jenkins

Grade 4 Piping - Piobaireachd Ground

1. George Perantatos
2. Peter Jayne (Peninsula Pipes and Drums)
3. David Keachie
4. Eric Roux (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)

Grade 3 Piping - Strathespey & Reel

1. Alex MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band)
2. Alexander Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
3. Matt Maier (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
4. Chris Cahoon (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)
5. James Makinson (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)

Grade 3 Piping - 2/4 March

1. Alexander Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. Alex MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band)   
3. James Makinson (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)
4. Matt Maier (Northwest Junior Pipe Band) 
5. Chris Cahoon (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)

Grade 5 Drumming - Any March

1. Robbie Graham (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Grade 4 Drumming - Any March

1. Amber Stone (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. Bryce Kreger (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
3. Steven Wheeler (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
4. Morgan Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band) 

Tenor Drumming - Any Tune

1. Kendra MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band)   

Thanks again to our judges Will Nichols and Stephen Farrell for ensuring a successful competition today.  It was great to see Elliott Bay Pipe Band and Kenmore and District Pipe Bands performing for us, donating their time to support WPA audiences and providing us with some great music in the morning and afternoon.

In addition, enough cannot be said about our many volunteers who ensure all the pieces are in place.  Angie Maier; our membership database board member has been taking on preparing the registration forms and competitor sheets in advance for everyone that needs them.  Without this information, our events would fall apart.  Johnathan Farrell has been bringing in the top talent from our area and beyond to judge our competitions every month.  Thanks to Diane Axworthy for helping ensure financial stability and all payments are made on time.  Thanks to Doug Stone and Joe Alger today for Stewarding (and Doug, thanks for introducing drummers as well!) and thanks to Alex MacLeod and Steve Wheeler for stewarding at prior events this year.  Thank you so much Rochelle Wheeler and Jody Horn for doing Registration today.  Rochelle has led our registration this year has figured out the role quickly!  Thanks also to Sadrina Dorn for helping with registration at our first two events.  Thanks to Weatherly Schiele for all the amazing photos (photos from this event coming soon) and helping plan the season at our meetings before the season started.  Kudos to Michelle Makinson for volunteering to fill our open Secretary position on the Board of Directors.  The huge outpouring of support…people willing to roll up their sleeves and make our events continue to thrive…is what will keep our organization a fixture in our community. 

Chanter (Slow Air):

1. Paul Vegors (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)  

Grade 5 Piping (Slow Air)

1. Sean Sele
2. Russell Prewitt
3. George Meier (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
4. Karl Stahlfeld
5. Stewart Nevling (Olympia Higlanders)
6. Malcolm Roux (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)

Adult Piping - Any March

1. Diane Axworthy
2. Allan MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band)
3. Rochelle Eldridge
4. Cleda Thompson (Kenmore and District Pipe Band)

Adult Piping - Slow Air

1. Diane Axworthy
2. Allan MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band)
3. Cleda Thompson (Kenmore and District Pipe Band)
4. Rochelle Eldridge  

Grade 4 Piping - 6/8 March (12 competitors)

1. Megan Rogers (Sir James McDonald Pipe Band)
2. Sophie McDuffey (Sir James McDonald Pipe Band)
3. Sam Horn (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
4. David Pollock
5. Eric Roux (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)

Grade 4 Piping - Strathespey & Reel

1. Aaron Stone (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. Jan Begg (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)

Grade 3 Piping - 6/8 March

1. Alexander Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. James Makinson (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)
3. Alex MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band)
4. Chris Cahoon (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)

Grade 3 Piping - Jig

1. Alexander Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. James Makinson (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)
3. Chris Cahoon (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)
4. Alex MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band) 

Grade 1 Piping - March, Strathespey & Reel

1. Jonathan Farrell (Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band)
2. Christopher Donald (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)

Grade 1 Piping - Jig/Hornpipe

1. Jonathan Farrell (Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band)
2. Christopher Donald (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)

Beginning Drumming (Drum Pad)

1. Colin Jones  (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Grade 4 Drumming - Any March

1. Amber Stone (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. Bryce Kreger (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
3. Morgan Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
4. Steven Wheeler (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
5. Brady McMahon (Washington Scottish)

Tenor Drumming - Any Tune

1. Kendra MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band) 
2. Colleen Salmi (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

 Thanks to Micah Babinski (listed in “Who’s Who In Bagpiping”, SFU member, composer, instructor, former NWJPB and Northwest MacGregor Pipe Band member) and John Scullion (4 time World Solo Drumming Championship winner, leader of several drum corps championship seasons) from Northern Ireland.

Thanks also to John for leading an impromptu workshop for drummers to give a little more understanding of what some drumming comments mean, and to explain that the judges are there to help you learn how to win, not just to point out your mistakes.

Reminder: WPA does not follow BCPA rules for placings at these events.  We believe it’s valuable for competitors to get a clear understanding of their placing, so even when there are less than 10 competitors, you will see placings all the way out to 6, except in the case of “break down”.

Keep this in mind as you go to BCPA sanctioned games and competitions, the general rules for placings based on the number of competitors are listed here>> 

Chanter (Slow Air):

1. Paul Vegors (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. Katrina Jones (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Grade 5 Piping (Slow Air)

1. Malcolm Roux (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
2. Sean Sele
3. Stewart Nevling (Olympia Higlanders)
4. Karl Stahlfeld
5. Gareth Jones (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
6. David Wilkie

Adult (Any March)

1. Diane Axworthy
2. Rochelle Eldridge

Adult (Piobaireachd Ground)

1. Rochelle Eldridge
2. Diane Axworthy

Grade 4 Piping (2/4 March)

1. George Perantatos
2. Aaron Stone  (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
3. Peter Jayne (Peninsula Pipes & Drums)
4. Devon Mercurio (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
5. Ray Marocco (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
6. Aaron Haley

Grade 4 Piping (Piobaireachd Ground)

1. George Perantatos
2. Aaron Haley
3. Eric Roux (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
4. Ray Marocco (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
5. David Keachie (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
6. Peter Jayne (Peninsula Pipes & Drums)

Grade 3 Piping (Piobaireachd)

1. Alex MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band)
2. Matt Maier (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Grade 1 Piping (March, Strathespey and Reel)

1. Patrick Downing (Simon Frasier University Pipe Band)
2. Teddy Krogh

Grade 1 Piping (6/8 March)

1. Teddy Krogh
2. Patrick Downing (Simon Frasier University Pipe Band)

Drum Pad/Beginner

1. Colin Jones (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Grade 5 Drumming (Any March)

1. Robbie Graham (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. Thomas Horn (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
3. Josie Dorn (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Grade 4 Drumming (Any March)

1. Amber Stone (Northwest Junior Pipe Band) 
2. Morgan Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
3. Bryce Kreger (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
4. Brady McMahon (Washington Scottish)
5. Steven Wheeler (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Tenor Drumming (Any Tune)

1. Kendra MacLeod (Washington Scottish)
2. Alexander Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
3. Colleen Salmi (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

40 Competitors pre-registered for competition, and while some scratched, many showed up and registered today!  Thanks to all the volunteers, competitors and audience members who contributed to a very smooth and efficient event today.   We tried running side drumming after Grade 5 piping, simultaneously with adult and Grade 4 piping.  While we are unsure we can do this again due to needing an additional room; many expressed appreciation for finishing the event in 3.5 hours.  We’ll work with the church over the next couple of weeks to see if we can come up with another room for next month.

Thanks very much to John Moore, Drumming and Keith Paton, Piping for stepping in with late notice and helping ensure we held the event today!

You may notice a new format for results.  We’ve begun adding the Pipe Band the member reports to us on their sign up sheet.  The current information in this list is from memory, but we’ll update it over the next several days.  If you told us what pipe band you belong to, we’ll add them and a link with your solo competition results.  This is beneficial for bands in terms of promoting their web sites popularity in search engines as well as adding some additional incentive to compete in solo competitions for some band members.

One final note about results.  WPA does not follow BCPA rules for placings at these events.  We believe it’s valuable for competitors to get a clear understanding of their placing, so even when there are less than 10 competitors, you will see placings all the way out to 6, except in the case of “break down”.

Keep this in mind as you go to BCPA sanctioned games and competitions, the general rules for placings based on the number of competitors are listed here>> and are:

less than 3 competitors - one (1) prize
3 competitors - two (2) prizes
4 to 10 competitors - three (3) prizes
11 to 15 competitors - four (4) prizes
16 to 20 competitors - five (5) prizes
21 and over competitors - six (6) prizes

Chanter:

1. Paul Vegors (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Grade 5 Piping (9 competitors):

1. Sean Sele
2. Malcolm Roux (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
3. Gareth Jones  (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
4. Russell Prewitt
5. George Meier (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
6. Blake Fulgham

Adult Piping - Any March

1. Diane Axworthy
2. Cleda Thompson (Kenmore and District Pipe Band)

Adult Piping - Slow Air

1. Diane Axworthy
2. Cleda Thompson (Kenmore and District Pipe Band)
3. Rochelle Eldridge

Grade 4 Piping - 6/8 March (11 competitors)

1. Aaron Stone (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. George Perantatos
3. Eric Roux (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
4. Ray Morocco (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
5. David Pollock
6. Matthew Alger (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Grade 4 Piping - Strathspey & Reel (7 competitors)

1. George Perantatos
2. Aaron Stone  (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
3. Ray Marocco (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
4. Eric Roux (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
5. David Keachie (Elliott Bay Pipe Band)
6. David Pollock

Grade 3 Piping 2/4 March

1. James Makinson (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)
2. Alexander Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
3. Chris Cahoon  (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)

Grade 3 Piping - Strathspey & Reel

1. James Makinson (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)
2. Alexander Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
3. Alex MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band)
4. Chris Cahoon (Keith Highlanders Pipe Band)

Drumming - Beginner (Pad)

1. Josie Dorn (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Grade 5 Side Drumming - Any March

1. Thomas Horn (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. Robert Graham (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Grade 4 Side Drumming (Any March)

1. Morgan Schiele (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. Amber Stone (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
3. Steven Wheeler (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
4. Bryce Kreger (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)

Tenor Drumming - Any Tune

1. Colleen Salmi (Northwest Junior Pipe Band)
2. Kendra MacLeod (Washington Scottish Pipe Band)