• 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. DOWNLOAD THE ENTRY FORM HERE.  Following the Mini-Bands Competition on March 27, 2010 the Chicago Stock Yard Kilty Band will be hosting an After party and Pipe-off Competition right up the street at Cork & Kerry located at 10614 S. Western Ave. in Chicago.  Admission is $10 for food and entertainment with a cash bar from 6PM to 9PM.  For bagpipers interested in entering the Pipe-off, please contact SYKB Pipe Major Matt Mckee at pipemajor@sykb.com. The Stock Yards hope to see you there!
   

• The Kansas City St. Andrew Pipes and Drums present their new concert, Celtic Fusion, a creative collaboration with Emmy Award Winning vocalist Connie Dover and her ensemble of world class musicians. The concert begins Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 7:00 P.M., and will be held at Unity Temple on the Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas City St. Andrew Pipes and Drums will also debut their new drum corps for 2010!  They are proud to announce our special guest Emcee all the way from Ontario, Canada, "The Captain" Ken Eller!  Tickets are available for discounted pre-sale at www.kcpipeband.org

   

   

   

   

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• 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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