NWJPB Soloists in Top Form for Online Championship

Online Solos Success!

This past week many members and alumni of Northwest Junior Pipe Band competed in the World Online Piping & Drumming Championships organized by Jori Chisholm and Bagpipelessons.com. The competition offered up a wonderful alternative to the many events postponed or canceled for the piping community during the Covid-19 crisis.

Events were offered for all grade levels, from beginners up to world-class professionals. NWJPB members placed very well overall and took some top prizes. Solo placings were tallied based on organization or band membership and NWJPB earned an impressive 3rd place overall in a field of 1,650 individual entries from around the world including the U.S., Canada, Scotland, New Zealand and South Africa.

The top three bands worldwide (based on solo entries) were Robert Malcom Memorial Pipe Band (BC Canada), Dollar Academy Pipe Band (Scotland) and Northwest Junior Pipe Band. We are very proud to be in such good company and are thrilled that the top three bands in the world with competing members were all junior bands. Go kids go!

Below are our NWJPB members and alumni who participated, and their placings:

Current Members - (Videos below)

Paul Mackay – 1st Place overall, Grade 4 piping and Overall Champion in All Categories

Adi Moss-Sheth – 6th Place in Grade 5 piping - 2/4 March, Jig

Dylan McMaster – 6th Place in Grade 5 piping – Jig

Lindsay MacGregor – 1st Place overall, Grade 3 tenor drumming

Catherine Johnson – 5th Place overall, Grade 5 side drumming

Sam Lawler – 1st Place overall, Beginning drum pad

Alumni Placing

Robert Graham – 3rd Place overall, Open side drumming

Hugo Mackay – 1st Place overall, Grade 2 piping and 3rd place Overall Champion in All Categories

Vienna Scheyer – 6th Place in Grade 2 piping, Hornpipe

Here at NWJPB, we are so proud of all the hard work our youth and their instructors put into making this program successful, and for the high standards of quality they achieve. It was wonderful to see our global community pull together during a time of uncertainty and stress to pour their hearts into what they know and love.

You can see a complete list of all the competitors and their videos at https://bagpipelessons.com/competition/results/

Thank you to all of our supporters who help these future leaders be leaders today.