Welcome to the MidWest Pipe Band Association website, your online resource for information on piping in the heart of the USA! The pages herein have been developed to keep you up to speed on news and events effecting the bagpipe communities of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin.

• Wisconsin Highland Games at the Band Circle - Order of Play -
  Gr5 QMM
  1:30 PM Tunes of Glory
  1:40 PM Milw Fire & Police
  1:50 PM Milw Scottish
  2:00 PM City of Chicago
  
  Gr4 Medley
  2:20 PM Chicago Celtic
  2:30 PM Chgo Highlanders
  2:40 PM Madison P&D
  2:50 PM Celtic Nations
  3:00 PM Billy Mitchell
  
  Group Tenor 6/8s
  3:20 PM Peterson, Ian
  
  Drum Major
  3:30 AM Weisheit, Douglas
  Loucks, Sheila
  Porter, Jim
  
  5:30 PM Massed Bands
   

• Snare Drumming Workshop - North Riverside IL - October 2nd: Come spend a few hours working on fundamentals and technique! The content of this workshop will be suitable for all levels of snare drumming, but essential to snare soloists in Grades 4, 3, or 2, and band snare drummers in Grades 5, 4, or 3. The workshop will be held on *Saturday, October 2, 2010, from 8am until 12pm*, at *The Scottish Home* at 2748 Des Plaines Ave, North Riverside, IL 60546. Cost is $20 per attendee for the 4-hour session. Once you complete this form you'll be taken to PayPal to pay the registration fee and guarantee your spot in the session. In order to confirm total attendance numbers, REGISTRATION IN ADVANCE is required no later than Friday, September 10th.Thanks for your interest! I look forward to seeing you there!!

• Maxville, Ontario – July 31, 2010 – Congratulations to the men and women of the City of Chicago Pipe Band as they continued their 2010 streak by winning the North American Championship Grade 2 contest!!!  Videos from the 7th annual 'B In The Park' concert featuring the CoC band two days before winning the championship can be seen here: Video 1, Video 2, Video 3.

• The Champion Supreme Point Standings as of July 25, 2010 can be seen HERE.

   

• Chicago Games, June 19, 2010 COMPLETE & OFFICIAL results HERE

   

• 30th Annual  Erin Feis  - Friday, August 27th - Sunday, August 29th.  Featuring: Red Hot Chili Pipers, Pogeys, Jameson Irish Whiskey Tasting, Irish vs. Scottish heavy athletic events.  Wear a kilt on Sunday - get in FREE!!  Check out www.erinfeispeoria.com for more information.
   

• Milwaukee Games, June 5, 2010 COMPLETE & OFFICIAL results HERE

   

• Alma Games, May 29-30, 2010 COMPLETE & OFFICIAL results HERE

   

• Minnesota Games, May 22, 2010 COMPLETE & OFFICIAL results HERE

   

• Springfield Games, May 15, 2010 COMPLETE & OFFICIAL results HERE

   

• Chicago Mini Band Competition, March 27, 2010 COMPLETE & OFFICIAL results HERE

• All 2010 REGISTRATION forms are available for download here. 

   

• The 2009 MidWest Pipe Band Association Champion Supreme Winners can be seen  here.

   

• We are trying to make the yahoo group more effective for distributing information to MWPBA membership. Here are the instructions:

  
  -- Go to www.groups.yahoo.com
  -- Near the top of the page, you will see "Find a Yahoo Group"
  -- Type MWPBA in the box and hit the "Search" button
  -- You will get a list of results. Currently, the only group that comes up in that list is ours. So click the link.
  -- Near the top of the page is a blue button that says "Join this group" -- Click that button
  
  -- At this point, you either need to login to your Yahoo account or create one. It's free to create an account, just be sure to remember your username and password. I cannot retrieve it for you later.
  
  Login, or follow the directions to create an account and then when you send the request to join, please be sure to include a note telling us who you are. While we do our best to recognize names and email addresses, sometimes we don't know them all, so if you just include your name or the band you play with or something to let us know that you are legit. The reason this group was set to members only is to avoid unnecessary spam email or inappropriate content. So we like to know who you are when we approve you!
  
  As soon as you submit your request to join, an email will go to all of the moderators. So long as you let us know who you are, you should be approved very quickly (typically the same day). But if we have to follow up to ask who you are, it might take longer while we await your response.
  
  Once you have joined the group, you can post to all members by sending an email to: MWPBA@yahoogroups.com  Be sure to use the same email address that you used to subscribe. Only that address will be able to post messages.
  
  Please remember that people of all ages and backgrounds read this group, so please be sure to keep the content appropriate. Also remember that attachments are not allowed. Far too many people have complained about large attachments so they are no longer permitted. However, if you have a file that you would like to share with the entire group, you can login to the webpage (the same way that you joined the group) and upload a file or photo to the site. Then feel free to post and let people know that it's there.

   

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