Winter Storm 2024 – Contest Results

Kansas City, Missouri – The Midwest Highland Arts Fund (MHAF) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the results of the Winter Storm 2024 Competitions. Awards were presented Friday evening, January 12, 2024, at the Kansas City Marriott – Country Club Plaza Grand Ballroom.

United States Silver Medal Piobaireachd Championship
Sponsored by Midwest Pipe Band Association
Presented by McCallum Bagpipes

1st Cameron Bonar
2nd Dan Lyden
3rd Joe Biggs
4th Jack Williamson
5th Avens Ridgeway
6th Alastair Murray
Judges: Jori Chisholm, Andrew Douglas, Fred Morrison

North American Silver Medal Ceol Beag Championship
Sponsored by Dojo University
Presented by Roddy MacLeod Bagpipes

1st Cameron Bonar
2nd Joseph Horwath
3rd Katie Buckland
4th Thomas Cangelosi
5th Joseph Stewart
6th Bobby Durning
Judges: Terry Lee, Roddy MacLeod, Richard Parkes

Amateur Tenor Drumming Championships
Sponsored by Rhythm Monster
Presented by Andante Drums & Percussion and Ace Percussion

1st Mitchell Olding
2nd Kathleen Lopez
3rd Kieran Underwood
4th Alexander Kuldell
5th Lindsay MacGregor
6th Carolin Stonier
Judges: Andrew Elliott, Christina Henry, Simon Hodgett

Gold Medal Tenor Drumming Championships
Sponsored by Rhythm Monster
Presented by Andante Drums & Percussion and Ace Percussion

1st Sam Johnson
2nd Danielle Cooper
3rd Whitney Glenn
4th Kathryn Byzewski
Judges: Andrew Elliott, Christina Henry, Simon Hodgett

Amateur Bass Drumming Championships
Sponsored by MassedHead
Presented by Andante Drums & Percussion and ACE Percussion

1st Lindsay MacGregor
2nd John Bertino
3rd Christina Duncan
4th Gale Walker
5th Mary Thrasher
6th Andrew Bautz
Judges: Andrew Elliott, Christina Henry, Simon Hodgett

Gold Medal Bass Drumming Championships
Sponsored by MassedHead
Presented by Andante Drums & Percussion and ACE Percussion

1st Danielle Cooper
2nd Reagan Jones
3rd Maddison Sprague
4th Alexander Kuldell
5th Allison North
6th Chris Ross
Judges: Christina Henry, Simon Hodgett, Andrew Elliott

North American Amateur Ceol Beag Championship
Sponsored by Tartantown
Presented by Lee & Sons Bagpipes

GRADE 1
1st William Shropshire
2nd Duncan Winters
3rd Colin Forrest
4th Abby Long
5th Brennan Foley
6th Joe Votta
Judges: Roddy MacLeod, Richard Parkes

GRADE 2
1st Ian Minnear
2nd Mihir Zambre
3rd Grace Barnes
4th Evan Jamieson
5th John Bertino
6th Agustin Arguelles
Judges: Roddy MacLeod, Jack Lee

GRADE 3
1st Alex Pavlovic
2nd Andrew Zhao
3rd Michael Swan
4th Logan Gorsuch
5th Courtney Schnee
6th Alexander Kinkade
Judges: Terry Lee, Bob Worrall

North American Amateur Piobaireachd Championship
Sponsored and Presented by The Tone Protector by BagpipeLessons.com

GRADE 1
1st Colin Forrest
2nd William Shropshire
3rd Abby Long
4th Malachi Johannsen
5th Joe Votta
6th Duncan Winters
Judges: Andrew Douglas, Stuart Liddell

GRADE 2
1st Mihir Zambre
2nd Grace Barnes
3rd Michael Saxer
4th John Bertino
5th John Hughes
6th Colin Swett
Judges: Callum Beaumont, Jack Lee

GRADE 3
1st Alex Pavlovic
2nd Andrew Zhao
3rd Hunter Nichols
4th Alexander Kinkade
5th Olivia Boydstun
6th George Smith
Judges: Matt McIsaac, Willie McCallum

North American Gold Medal Ceol Beag Championship
Sponsored by Henderson’s Pipes & Drum Supply

1st Nick Hudson
2nd Jack Williamson
3rd Craig Muirhead
4th Alastair Lee
5th Eric Ouellette
6th Andrew Carlisle
Judges: Stuart Liddell, Roddy MacDonald, Matt MacIsaac

North American Amateur Snare Drumming Championship
Sponsored by Custom Drum Sound Inc.
Presented by Andante Drums & Percussion

GRADE 1
1st Nicholas Bowden
2nd Rita DeNobriga
3rd Cameron MacDonald
4th Antonio Amram
5th Alexandrea Bieschke
6th Matt Biggs
Judges: Jim Sim, Reid Maxwell

GRADE 2 
1st Jonathan Giles
2nd Jessica Frye
3rd Eric Légère
4th Henry Bautz
Judges: Reid Maxwell, Jim Sim

GRADE 3
1st Samuel Giles
2nd Kevin Dill
3rd Christian Hirschey
4th Elisha Jimenez
5th Chris Hugie
6th Tate Mauzy
Judges: Reid Maxwell, Jim Sim

North American Gold Medal Snare Drumming Championship
Sponsored by Henderson’s Pipe and Drum Supply
Presented by Andante Drums & Percussion

1st Blair Brown
2nd Eli Fugate
3rd Robert B. Graham Jr.
4th Derek Cooper
5th Grant Maxwell
6th Graham Brown
Judges: Stephen Creighton, Hugh Cameron

United States Gold Medal Piobaireachd Championship
Sponsored by R.G. Hardie & Co.

1st Ben McClamrock
2nd Michael Rogers
3rd Andrew Donlon
4th Andrew Carlisle
5th Derek Midgley
6th Edward McIlwaine
Judges: Bob Worrall, Callum Beaumont, Stuart Liddell

Aggregate Gold Medal Piobaireachd and Gold Medal Ceol Beag Award
Winner: Andrew Carlisle