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Vale of Atholl accepts invitation to do pre-World’s concert
Band to take on biggest concert of the pipe band year

Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) the national poet of Scotland, was born today in 1759.

Robert Burns Day

PiperandDrummer New Music

• “Lament for the Only Son” Sheet Music
• “Lament for the Only Son” (MP3)
• “Chisholm’s Salute” Sheet Music

There will be a MidAtlantic Branch meeting at the Delco Workshop this year.
The branch meeting will be held on Saturday, February 5, 2006 at 9:00 a.m.
The meeting will be at the Holiday Inn - BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing
Road, Linthicum, MD 21090 - the site of the 2006 Delco Workshop. We hope
to see you all there!

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BCPA Mini-Gathering Results
January 14, 2006
Pitt River Middle School, Port Coquitlam, BC

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1/14/2006 - Ian Whitelaw wins Winter Storm Gold Medal
Ian Whitelaw of Redondo Beach, California, won the The Kansas City St. Andrew Society – Midwest Highland Arts Fund United States Gold Medal for piobaireachd at the first day of the annual Midwest Highland Arts Fund “Winter Storm” competitions

1/14/2006 -Todkill takes Silver, McWhirter wins drumming
In the Silver Medal, Lyric Todkill of Houston was the winner, and Steven McWhirter of Northern Ireland won the snare drumming.

Fort William, Scotland - November 19, 2005
Pipe-Major Gordon Walker, Galston, Scotland - axes on at Lochaber - Wins all three senior events at

• A-Grade Piobaireachd (An Tuagh Oir - The Gold Axe)
• A-Grade MSR (John MacColl Gold Medal)
• Open Hornpipe & Jig (Lochaber Gathering Shield)

11/19/2005
Alex Gandy: Sherriff Champion
Takes big amateur prize against stiff competition

April 15 event at Denison Armoury

The Toronto Indoor Games, once one of the highlights of the Ontario season, is to start again after a hiatus of many years, with the event scheduled to take place on April 15 at Denison Armoury in the north Toronto suburb of Downsview.

A full slate of professional and amateur solo events will be held, and Quartet, Drummers’ Fanfare and a “Ceilidh Contest” will also be introduced.

“The Toronto Indoor was for many years the start to the Ontario season,” says Gary Moore, president of the Toronto Branch of the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario. “It was a way to dust off the cobwebs, try new tunes, new arrangements, and catch up with old friends.”

Moore has made resurrecting the event as a priority in his first year as President of the PPBSO’s Toronto Branch.

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The Metro Cup is on February 18th 2006 at the Holiday Inn in Newark, NJ
and will start 7:00pm and the amateur Grade 1 will start at 8:30am

Please contact Eric Stein for any questions related to the event at 1-631-241-5757
or email him at stein_eric@emc.com.

• Among the competitors will be
• Bruce Gandy
• Alasdair Gillies
• Stuart Liddell
• Donald MacPhee
• Duncan Bell
• Scot Walker
• John Patrick
• Ian Whitelaw
• Peter Skae
• Brian Meagher

The Judges will be Donald Lindsay, P/M Bill Livingstone and Jimmy Stack.

The Metro Cup that was recorded last year will soon be released and for
information on this CD please get in touch with Ward Conolly at mconolly@optonline.net.

EUSPBA Calendar Page has been updated for the first quarter of 2006

• January 13-15, 2006 - Winter Storm Weekend - Workshop, Competitions, Concerts Kansas City, MO
• February 3-5, 2006 - MidAtlantic Branch DELCO Workshop
• February 11, 2006 - 9:00am - 4:00pm - The Citadel Indoor Games - Charleston, South Carolina
• February 11, 2006 - The Pipe Major Sandy Jones Invitational - Charleston, South Carolina
• February 18, 2006 - 7:00pm - Metro Cup - Holiday Inn, Newark NJ
• February 24-26, 2006 - 20th Southern Workshop - Workshop, Band Competitions, Ceilidh

Get more info here

Major Archie Cairns Cup
Saturday 07 January 2006
Judge: Bob Worrall

1st place winner Scott Cameron with Judge Bob Worrall

1st Place Winner
Scott Cameron

2nd place winner
Matt Goral

3rd place winner
William MacNeill

Complete Piping and Drumming results available on the Results Page

PPBSO Website for More Info

DeBoth steps down as Niagara Police P-M

Paul DeBoth has decided to step down as Pipe-Major of the Grade 2 Niagara Regional Police Pipe Band after 15 months in the post. Long-time band-member Davey Goodall is the new pipe-major.

“I have decided to resign as pipe-major of the band after lengthy consideration as to what was best for both the band and myself,” DeBoth says. “The band is in excellent shape and will be looked after by Davey Goodall. I consider myself fortunate to claim the Niagara Band as family, and especially fortunate to have played with a lead-tip of Graham Kirkwood’s calibre.”

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Annual Adjudicators Conference will take place February 11, 2006, 9:00
- 11:00 am at the Mini-Gathering site.

The agenda for the Conference has been emailed to BCPA Approved, Certfied
and Apprentice Adjudicators. Adjudicators who did not receive the emailing
should contact BCPA Secretary Pat Bevan at secretary@bcpipers.org or 604-859-7041.

Adjudicators from other pipe band associations are welcome.

Events Listings

• Jan 14 - BCPA Mini Gathering #3
• Jan 14 - Stewarding Seminar
• Jan 20 - Burn Dinner: RMM/SFU PBs
• Jan 28 - Burns Dinner(s): Greighlan Crossing PB, Chilliwack & District PB Skagit Valley
• Jan 28 - WPA Mini 2
• Jan 31 to Feb 5 - MSA Winter School

Regrading Results Announced

Jan 3 - Stewarding Seminar will take place January 14, 2006, 10:30 - 11:30
am at the Mini-Gathering site (Pitt River Middle School).

This seminar will be the start of a program to establish a BCPA “Approved
Steward” list. Stewards and those who would like to become stewards are
welcome.

As a light lunch will be served afterward, please register for the session
by contacting BCPA Chief Steward Lynn Bullis at rbullis@dccnet.com or 604-943-1987.
by January 11.