• The MWPBA Mini-Bands Competition will be held on Saturday, March 27th. We will again be at the Bethany Union Community Church located at 1750 West 103rd Street (103rd & Wood St), Chicago IL 60643. The events offered will be: QMM for grade 5 and BOTH music requirements for grades 4, 3 and 2. More info and the entry form for Mini-Bands will be available later this week...

   

• The Midwest Highland Arts Fund is pleased to announce our annual scholarship, which will provide travel, room, board and tuition for one piper from any Midwest Pipe Band Association member state to attend the Italian Spring Piping School, held in Isernia, Italy in March 2010. The five daily programs will run from 9 am – 5 pm and will cover all aspects of performance including practice routines, technique, musical expression, tuning and ensemble playing. In addition, there will be a public concert, individual tuition, Piping Qualification Board examinations, and a CLASP competition.  World class piping education and sunny Italian hospitality in March!  Details about the Italian Piping School can be found at http://www.italianspringschool.it.   More information and the scholarship application can be found at: http://www.winterstorm.net/scholarship.htm

   

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• GREETINGS Winter Storm Friends! Online registration and competition entries are now open! Click www.WinterStorm.net to get all the details for January's extravaganza! Competition entry deadline is December 12, 2009. Register NOW to get the Workshop Early Bird discount.   2009 concert CDs -- thanks for your patience thru this summer's extensive production! The CD is now at the printers and should be shipped soon! Visit www.WinterStorm.net and join us in Kansas City in 2010! Jeff, Mark, Henry, Cliff, Mike, Beth, Thom & Roger (Midwest Highland Arts Fund).

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