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WUSPBA Championship 2003 Results

The 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

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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