Mac-Cals sweep home turf at Dundee

Dundee, Scotland – May 13, 2018 – The hometown MacKenzie Caledonian were winners of the Grade 1 and Grade 2 competitions at the Dundee City Pipe Band Competition, held in the middle of Scotland’s fourth-biggest municipality. The Dollar Academy Juvenile band played up to Grade 2 and placed second, ahead of the Grade 2 City of Discovery, also of Dundee. Lomond & Clyde, the only certified Grade 1 band entered, withdrew from the event, which would have been the band’s debut in the top grade, leaving only Grade 2 bands to participate in the contest. The MacKenzie Caledonian Novice Juvenile band won the Grade 4B competition, making it a clean sweep for the organization, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2018.

Grade 1
1st MacKenzie Caledonian (1,1,2,1)
2nd City of Discovery
Judges: Jennifer Hutcheon, Barry Donaldson (piping); B. Martin (drumming); Jim Campbell (ensemble)

Grade 2
1st MacKenzie Caledonian (1,1,3,1)
2nd Dollar Academy (Juvenile) (EnsPref) (4,2,2,2)
3rd City of Discovery (3,3,1,3)
4th Carnoustie & District (Gr3B) (2,4,4,4)
Judges: Jennifer Hutcheon, Barry Donaldson (piping); B. Martin (drumming); Jim Campbell (ensemble)