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WUSPBA Championship 2003 Results
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Western U.S. Pipe Band and Solo Championships took place on October
4-5, 2003, in Las Vegas, at the Fremont
Street Experience. Over a dozen bands and seventy pipers, drummers
and drum majors competed for the chance to be Western United States Champions,
in this unique and fun setting.
Judges for the Championship
Piping: Campbell Naismith, Charlie
Lumsden
Ensemble: John Fisher
Drumming: Eoin McMahon
Drum Major, Marching & Deportment: Mickie Lujan-Shaw
Saturday's Results
Grade IV Bands:
Champions -- Colorado Skye
2nd -- City of Sacramento
3rd -- Monterey Bay
Grade III Bands:
Champions -- R.P. Blandford & Son
2nd -- Ft. Collins
3rd -- Utah
Drum Majors:
Champion -- Kevin MacHeffner
2nd -- Anthony Nillaga
3rd -- Neal Titus
Marching & Deportment:
Grade IV -- High Desert Pipes & Drums
Grade III -- RP Blandford & Son
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Sunday's Results
SOLO PIPING
Professional Piobaireachd; Judge,
Alan Bevan
Champion: Ian Whitelaw
Professional MSR; Judge, Alan Bevan
Champion: Ian Whitelaw
Grade I Piobaireachd; Judge, Charles Lumsden
Champion: Paul Langan
2nd Sarah Glass
3rd Jamie Cuthill
Grade I MSR; Judge, Campbell Naismith
Champion: Jamie Cuthill
2nd Reil Becker
3rd Sarah Glass
Grade II Piobaireachd; Judge, Ian Whitelaw
Champion: Amy Drown
2nd Elijah Woodward
3rd Ross Naismith
Grade II MSR; Judge, Alan Bevan
Champion: Ross Naismith
2nd Elijah Woodward
3rd Ryan Murray*
* = Grade II results revised by the Music Board because it was determined
that a Grade 1 player played in the Grade 2 contest.
Grade III Piobaireachd; Judge, Campbell Naismith
Champion: Mark Hamilton
2nd Justin Howard
3rd Todd Stockford
Grade III March; Judge, Charles Lumsden
Champion: Fred Payne
2nd Justin Howard
3rd Morgan Johnson
Grade IV March; Judge, Ian Whitelaw
Champion: Suzanne Lumb
2nd Brant Wayment
3rd Colin Naismith
SOLO DRUMMING
Professional Snare MSR; Judge, John
Fisher
Champion: Eli Fugate
2nd Duncan McPherson
Grade I Snare; Judges, John Fisher, Eoin McMahon
Champion: Jane McPherson
Grade II Snare; Judges, John Fisher, Eoin McMahon
Champion: Brian Provencher
Grade III Snare, Eoin McMahon
Champion: Drew Parker
2nd Patrick Steuber
3rd Rhea Shaw
Grade IV Snare; Judge, John Fisher
Champion: Neal Titus
Professional Tenor; Judge, John Fisher
Champion: Michael O'Neill
2nd Art Peters
Grade I Tenor; Judges, John Fisher, Eoin McMahon
Champion: Reil Becker
Grade II Tenor; Judge, Eoin McMahon
Champion: Emily Dalpias
2nd Molly Steuber
Amateur Bass Drum; Judges, John Fisher, Eoin McMahon
Champion: Bill Tubbs
Professional Bass Drum; Judge, John Fisher
Champion: Lanier Henderson
2nd Stuart Baker
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