Contest Results 2020

Kansas City, Missouri – The Midwest Highland Arts Fund (MHAF) Board of Directors is pleased
to announce the results from the Winter Storm 2020 Competitions. Awards were presented Friday
evening, January 17, 2020, at the Kansas City Marriott – Country Club Plaza Grand Ballroom.

McCallum Bagpipes & MidWest Pipe Band Association
United States Silver Medal Piobaireachd Competition

1st   Brad Davidson    Waterloo, ON
2nd James Feeney   West Simsbury, CT
3rd  Bobby Durning   Salem, MA
4th  Kate Kimove   Dartmouth, NS
5th  Dan Lyden   Baltimore, MD
6th  Jack Williamson   Topeka, KS
7th  Austin Diepenhorst   Santee, CA
8th  Patrick Regan   Dallas, TX

Judges: Margaret Dunn   Callum Beaumont

Princeton Reimbursement Group & Midwest Highland Arts Fund
Amateur & Gold Medal Tenor Drumming Championships

Novice
1st   Rohan Sankar    Houston, TX
2nd  Mikelle Murdoch    Des Moines, IA
3rd   Kieran Underwood    Houston, TX

Judges: Norman MacLeod    Jordan Baillie    Simon Hodgett

Intermediate
1st    Andrea Jackson    Maitland, ON
2nd  Fiona McCall    Stirling, UK
3rd   Mitchell Olding    Port Coquitlam, BC

Judges: Norman MacLeod   Jordan Baillie    Simon Hodgett

Gold Medal
1st   Sam Johnson    Odenton, MD
2nd  Andrew Elliott   Houston, TX
3rd   Brianna McDonald   West Dundee, IL

Judges: Norman MacLeod   Jordan Baillie    Simon Hodgett

Princeton Reimbursement Group & Midwest Highland Arts Fund
Amateur Bass Drumming Championships and
Gold Medal Bass Drumming Championship

Intermediate
1st   David Zimmerman    Minneapolis, MN
2nd  Maddison Sprague    Warminster, PA
3rd   Brian Doefer    Howell, MI

Judges: Christina Hanks   Steve Foley

Gold Medal
1st    Andrew Elliott   Houston, TX
2nd  Alexander Kuldell   Falls Church, VA
3rd   Colin McKail    Hamilton, ON

Judges: Christina Hanks   Steve Foley

Midwest Highland Arts Fund
North American Amateur Ceol Beag Competition

Grade 3
1st   Canaan Strobel    Houston, TX
2nd  Kim Greeley    Honolulu, HI
3rd   Bridget Englebretson    Raleigh, NC
4th   Bill Wei    Houston, TX
5th   Paula Campbell    Kanata, ON
6th   Clayton Nelson    Franksville, WI

Judge: Terry Lee

Grade 2
1st   Cameron Bonar    Surrey, BC
2nd  Victoria McRae    St. Catherines, ON
3rd   Hugo Mackay    Redmond, WA
4th   Heather Pastva    Columbia, SC
5th   Joel Hrncir    Houston, TX
6th   Emily Feeney    West Simsbury, CT

Judge: Roddy S. MacDonald

Grade 1
1st   Charles Morris    Agoura Hills, CA
2nd  Ben Peterson    Lombard, IL
3rd   Liam Murray    Dartmouth, NS
4th   Angus Burke    Bloomington, IN
5th   Kayleigh Johnstone    Aurora, ON
6th  Tyler Destremps    Bethlehem, PA

Judge: Jack Lee

North American Amateur Amateur Piobaireachd Championships
Presented by The Tone Protector @ bagpipelessons.com & Midwest Highland Arts Fund

Grade 3
1st   Michael Saxer    East Northpoint, NY
2nd  Bridget Englebretson   Raleigh, NC
3rd   Clayton Nelson   Franksville, WI
4th   Aidan MacNeil   Christmas Island, NS
5th  Canaan Strobel    Houston, TX
6th  William Fenner    Houston, TX

Judge: Alastair Dunn

Grade 2
1st  Cameron Bonar   Surrey, BC
2nd  Conner Francis    Bellevue, WA
3rd   Hugo Mackay    Redmond, WA
4th   Alexander MacDonald    Pickering, ON
5th  Heather Pastva    Columbia, SC
6th  Samuel Duarte    Erie, CO

Judge: Willie McCallum

Grade 1
1st   Charles Morris    Agoura Hills, CA
2nd  Kevin Darmadi    Houston, TX
3rd   Patrick MacDonald    Middle Sackville, NS
4th   Angus Burke    Bloomington, IN
5th  Tyler Destremps   Bethlehem, PA
6th   Aaron Malcomb    Bellingham, WA

Judge: Jack Lee

Henderson’s Pipe and Drum Supply & Midwest Highland Arts Fund
North American Professional Ceol Beag Competition

1st    Alastair Lee    Coquitlam, BC
2nd  James P. Troy    Victoria, BC
3rd   Nick Hudson    Houston, TX
4th   Jack Williamson    Topeka, KS
5th   Andrew Carlisle   Pittsburgh, PA
6th   Campbell Webster    Concord, NH

Judges:

Qualifier
Ken Eller  Fred Morrison  Roddy S. MacDonald
Final
Richard Parkes, MBE   Roddy MacLeod    Ian Duncan

Cameron Drumming Studios & Midwest Highland Arts Fund
North American Amateur Drumming Championships

Grade 3
1st    Matthew Seitz    Houston, TX
2nd  Tyler Boydstun    Ogden, UT
3rd   Teddy Duarte    Erie, CO

Judges: Hugh Cameron    Jim Sim    Duncan Millar

Grade 2
1st    Alec Flansburg    Rotterdam, NY
2nd  Sanjay Philip    Houston, TX
3rd   Aditya Casudevan    Pearland, TX

Judges: Stephen Creighton    Steven McWhirter    John Fisher

Grade 1
1st   Sebastian Arguelles    Houston, TX
2nd   Matthew Page    Hamilton, ON
3rd   Jake Mix    Port Moody, BC

Judges: Jim Sim    Gordon Brown    Hugh Cameron

Henderson’s Pipe and Drum Supply & Midwest Highland Arts Fund
North American Gold Medal Drumming Championship

1st   Derek Cooper    Huntington Valley, PA
2nd  Stephen Paynter    Port Coquitlam, BC
3rd   Eric MacNeill    Dunedin, FL
4th   Grant Maxwell    Surrey, BC
5th   Robert Bruce Graham, Jr.    Everett, WA
6th   Richard Baughman    Pittsburgh, PA

Judges:

Qualifier
Eric Ward   John Fisher    Duncan Millar

Final
Gordon Brown  Stephen Creighton   Steven McWhirter

 

R.G. Hardie & Co. & Midwest Highland Arts Fund
United States Gold Medal Piobaireachd Competition

1st    Alastair Lee    Coquitlam, BC
2nd   Nick Hudson    Houston, TX
3rd   James P. Troy    Victoria, BC
4th   Andrew Donlon    Germantown, MD
5th   Ben McClamrock    Washington, D.C.
6th   Derek Midgley    Tinton Falls, NJ

Judges: Alastair Dunn    Ian Duncan    Stuart Liddell

President’s Trophy – Special Award

Alastair Lee was presented the President’s Trophy for winning the Gold Medal North American Ceol Beag Competition and the United States Gold Medal Piobaireachd Competition.