Contest Results 2019

January 18, 2019

Kansas City, Missouri – The Midwest Highland Arts Fund (MHAF) Board of Directors is pleased
to announce the results from the Winter Storm 2019 Competitions. Awards were presented Friday
evening, January 18, 2019, at the Kansas City Marriott – Country Club Plaza Grand Ballroom.

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

1st: Ross Miller – Glasgow, UK
2nd: Austin Diepenhorst – Santee, CA
3rd: Dan Lyden – Timonium, MD
4th: Alastair Murray – Pittsburgh, PA
5th: Jack Williamson – Topeka, KS

Judges: Jenny Hazzard, Callum Beaumont

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

Novice
1st: Brynn Bishop – Westminster, CO
2nd: Mikelle Murdoch – Des Moines, IA

Judges: Stevie McQuillan, Micheal O’Neil, Simon Hodgett

Intermediate
1st: Kathryn Byzewski – Minneapolis, MN
2nd: Andrea Jackson – Maitland, ON
3rd: Marielle Webster – Concord, NH

Judges: Stevie McQuillan, Micheal O’Neil, Simon Hodgett

Gold Medal
1st: Sam Johnson – Columbia, MD
2nd: Taylor Page – Hamilton, ON
3rd: Kyle Heaney – Toronto, ON

Judges: Stevie McQuillan, Micheal O’Neil, Simon Hodgett

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

Intermediate
1st: Andrew Koysdar – Clayton, NC
2nd: Brianna McDonald – Dundee, IL
3rd: David Zimmerman – Minneapolis, MN

Judges: Steve Foley, Kahlil Cappuccino

Gold Medal
1st: Ben Elkins – Dunedin, FL
2nd: Ben Finley – Portland, OR
3rd: Andrew Fowler – Parma Heights, OH

Judges: Steve Foley, Kahlil Cappuccino

Midwest Highland Arts Fund
North American Amateur Ceol Beag Competition

Grade 3
1st: Hugo Mackay – Redmond, WA
2nd: Connor Francis – Bellevue, WA
3rd: Kim Greeley – Honolulu, HI

Judge: Jack Lee

Grade 2
1st: Joel Hrncir – Houston, TX
2nd: James Piccione – Bronx, NY
3rd: Derek Reed – Oxford, MS

Judge: Murray Blair

Grade 1
1st: Kayleigh Johnstone – Aurora, ON
2nd: Filemon Ton – Bellaire, TX
3rd: Griffin Hall – Overland Park, KS

Judge: Terry Lee

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

Grade 3
1st: Hugo Mackay – Redmond, WA
2nd: Elizabeth Curiskis – Minneapolis, MN
3rd: Michael Saxer – Northport, NY

Judge: Stuart Liddell

Grade 2
1st: Evan Burlew – Bethlehem, PA
2nd: Weston Kennedy – Sammamish, WA
3rd: Mary Beth Nicholson – Gross Pointe Woods, MI

Judge: Roddy MacLeod

Grade 1
1st: Griffin Hall – Overland Park, KS
2nd: Liam Murray – Halifax, NS
3rd: Alasdair Martin – Huntersville, NC

Judge: Brian Donaldson

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

1st: Sgt. Matt MacIsaac – Stayner, ON
2nd: Alastair Lee – Coquitlam, BC
3rd: James P. Troy – Victoria, BC

Judges:
Qualifier- Ken Eller, Roddy MacDonald, Richard Parkes, MBE
Final- Stuart Liddell, Fred Morrison, Colin MacLellan

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

Grade 3
1st: Gabriel Javaluyas – Pearland, TX
2nd: Nicolas Valladolid – Pearland, TX
3rd: Alec Flansburg – Rotterdam, NY

Judges: Eric Ward, Doug Stronach, John Fisher

Grade 2
1st: Sebastian Arguelles – Houston, TX
2nd: Aditya Vasudevan – Pearland, TX
3rd: Terrance Cadiente – New Westminster, BC

Judges: Eric Ward, Doug Stronach, John Fisher

Grade 1
1st: Kerr McQuillan – Bearsden, UK
2nd: Robert Graham – Eastmont, WA
3rd: Matthew Page – Hamilton, ON

Judges: Jim Sim, Duncan Millar, Hugh Cameron

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

1st: Eli Fugate – San Diego, CA
2nd: Blair Brown – Bellaire, TX
3rd: Eric MacNeill – Dunedin, FL
4th: Derek Cooper – Warminster, PA
5th: Grant Maxwell – Surrey, BC
6th: Stephen Paynter – Port Coquitlam, BC

Judges:
Qualifier- Steven McWhirter, Stephen Creighton, Jim Sim
Final- Eric Ward, Hugh Cameron, Duncan Millar

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

1st: Cameron MacDougall – Nigg, UK
2nd: Andrew Carlisle – Pittsburgh, PA
3rd: Nick Hudson – Houston, TX

Judges: Ian K. McDonald, Colin MacLellan, Fred Morrison