The
Sixth Annual Midwest Highland
Arts Fund &
MidWest
Pipe Band Association United States Silver Medal Piobaireachd
Competition will be held January 11, 2008, at the Marriott-Country
Club Plaza, in Kansas City. The contest will begin at approximately
8:00 a.m.
The
MHAF & MWPBA Silver Medal (USA), 2.5 inches (6.5
cm) in diameter featuring the ancient MacCrimmon piper and "MidWest
Pipe Band Association" on
the obverse, and the MHAF
logo on the reverse, will be awarded to the day's champion in Piobaireachd.
Prize moneys include First winning USD $500 through Fifth $100. The
Silver Medal Champion will also be awarded a
stand of Silver and Imitation
Ivory pipes, courtesy of Kenny MacLeod and McCallum Bagpipes.
Open to pipers professional/open by their regional pipe band
associations, the piper must submit three tunes from the Piobaireachd
Society’s 2008 Silver Medal set tune list; Competitors will
be notified of the selected tune prior to entering the final tuning-room.
The contest, unique in North America, will be held just before
the 7th Annual MHAF Winter Storm Weekend, January 11 - 13, and
that Saturday evening's WINTER
STORM 2008: The Pipes & Drums
Concert, performed by the workshop faculty; the Champion will
also be invited to perform with the winners of the KC St. Andrew
Society - MHAF Gold Medal Piobaireachd Competition, the MCDS -
MHAF North American Gold Medal Drumming Championship, the Davis
Drums - MHAF Gold Medal Bass Drumming Championship, and the MHAF
Gold Medal Tenor Drumming Championship.
Midwest Highland Arts Fund incorporated as a non-profit in 2001
and promotes the Scottish Highland performing arts in the United
States, primarily through workshops, concerts, and competitions.
Augmenting the excellent instruction available from local pipe
bands, MHAF brings world-class musicians to Kansas City. The Fund’s
goal, to be a national leader in Highland Arts instruction, has
been achieved.
MidWest Pipe Band Association formed in 1964 with ten pipe bands;
membership currently covers fifteen states, with over 50 bands
and 300 solo pipers and drummers in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. Committed
to consistency and excellence in grading standards, MWPBA fosters
piping by overseeing a dozen sanctioned games in the Midwest yearly.
Please read the contest rules and regulations before proceeding to registration.
Questions? Click here for Winter Storm contacts.
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