Chisholm, Gandy, Browns big winners at Winter Storm

Kansas City, Missouri – January 16, 2009 – Jori Chisholm of Seattle and Alex Gandy of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, won the Gold Medal piobaireachd and light music events at the eighth annual Winter Storm competitions at the Marriott-County Club Plaza hotel, while Glenn Brown of Glasgow was the most consistent senior solo piping prize-winner. Gandy also won the Silver Medal piobaireachd event. The competitions are part of a weekend of workshops and recitals. Blair Brown of Houston won the top solo drumming award, while Steve Foley of California and Andrew Elliott of Toronto took top honour in the senior bass and tenor events.

 

1st Jori Chisholm, “Lament for the Dead” ($750)

2nd Glenn Brown, Glasgow, “Battle of Auldearn No. 2,” ($500)

3rd James MacHattie, Toronto, “Lament for the Dead” ($250)

Judges: Mike Cusack, Stuart Liddell, Colin MacLellan

 

1st Alex Gandy ($750, smallpipes)

2nd Glenn Brown ($500)

3rd Alastair Lee, Coquitlam, British Columbia ($250)

Judges: Mike Cusack, Angus MacColl, Colin MacLellan

 

1st Alex Gandy, Dartmouth, “The Piper’s Warning to His Master,” ($500, McCallum pipes)

2nd Alastair Lee, Coquitlam, British Columbia, “A Flame of Wrath for Patrick Caogach,” ($400)

3rd Will Nichols, Blaine, Washington, “Tulloch Ard,” ($300)

4th Roddy Weir, Broxburn, Scotland, “Mackintosh’s Lament,” ($200)

5th Neil Hall, Midlothian, Scotland, “The Desperate Battle,” ($100)

Judges: Alastair Dunn, Angus MacColl, Fred Morrison

 

1st Blair Brown, Houston ($750, drum, $1500 travel allowance)

2nd Derek Cooper, Warminster, Pennsylvania ($500)

3rd Tano Martone, Houston, Texas ($250)

4th Graham Brown, Milton, Ontario ($100)

5th David Bowman, Burnaby, British Columbia

6th Duncan McPherson, Sacramento, California

Judges: Drew Duthart, Doug Stronach, Steven McWhirter

 

1st Grant Cassidy, Glasgow

2nd Graeme McMillan, Inveraray, Scotland

3rd Kyle Wallis, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia

 

1st Jordan Wallis, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia

2nd Molly Steuber, Herald, California

3rd Shane Cressy, Oshawa, Ontario

 

1st Cameron Bolley, Oxford, Michigan

2nd Tim Vermillion, Norman, Oklahoma

3rd Phillip Coyle, Murrieta, California

 

Judges for all amateur events: John Fisher, Reid Maxwell, Barry Wilson

 

1st Steve Foley, Costa Mesa, California ($750, bass drum)

2nd Kahlil Cappuccino, Ottawa ($500)

3rd Andrew Elliott, Toronto ($250)

 

1st Iain Ricketts-Moncur, Ancaster, Ontario

2nd Sally Gordon, Minneapolis

 

1st Kenneth Hiner, Atoka, Tennessee

2nd Joe Cameron, Shawnee, Kansas

3rd Beverly Huber, Hebron, Kentucky

 

Judges for all bass events: Mike Cole, John Rowe

 

1st Andrew Elliott ($750, tenor drum)

2nd Owen Sehon, St. Paul, Minnesota ($500)

3rd Anne Head, Camas, Washington ($250)

 

1st Susan Sheehan, Queensbury, New York

2nd Patricia Stout, Mandeville, Louisiana

 

1st Jessica Lahti, Port Moody, British Columbia

2nd Devon Lambert, Guelph, Ontario

3rd Lena Vermillion, Norman, Oklahoma

Judges: Norman MacLeod, Emily McLeod, Michael O’Neil