Dunedin wins Virginia International Tattoo American Championship with judging line of 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 x 2

Norfolk, Virginia – April 28, 2018 – The third annual Virginia International Tattoo American Pipe Band Championship was held again at Scope Plaza, with four Grade 2 bands making up the top-grade competition comprising an MSR and a Medley event. City of Dunedin from Florida took the overall Grade 2 prize with 16 firsts from the eight judges in each event.

St. Thomas Episcopal School of Houston was the overall winner in Grade 3, placing first in both the Medley and MSR. The contest was part of the Virginia International Tattoo, held over several nights in the 18,000-seat Scope Arena. Guest pipe bands also performed at the tattoo. Grade 2 New Ross & District travelled from Ireland to compete.

The contest is not sanctioned by an association, so is able to create its own rules as it desires.

The Grade 2 MacMillan Pipe Band of Maryland won the Open Drum Fanfare competition.

Grade Two
Overall
1st City of Dunedin (US$2,000)
2nd Macmillan (US$1,000)
3rd Atlanta (US$500)
4th New Ross & District
Drumming: City of Dunedin

Medley
1st City of Dunedin (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
2nd MacMillan (3,2,4,2,2,2,2,2)
3rd Atlanta (2,3,2,3,3,3,3,3)
4th New Ross & District (4,4,3,4,4,4,4,4)
Judges: Richard Parkes, Richard Hawke, Andrew Carlisle, Ross McCrindle (piping); Alec MacIntyre, Ken Eller (ensemble); Jim Sim, Gordon Parkes (drumming)

MSR
1st City of Dunedin (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1)
2nd MacMillan (2,2,4,3,2,3,,2,2)
3rd Atlanta (3,3,2,4,3,2,3,3)
4th New Ross & District (4,4,3,2,4,4,4,4)
Judges: Richard Parkes, Alex MacIntyre, Andrew Carlisle, Ross McCrindle (piping); Richard Hawke, Ken Eller (ensemble); Jim Sim, Gordon Parkes (drumming)

Grade 3
Overall
1st St Thomas Episcopal School (US$2,000)
2nd Carnegie Mellon University (US$1,000)
3rd Wake & District Public Safety (US$500)
4th St. Columcille United Gaelic
Drumming: St. Thomas Episcopal School

Medley
1st St. Thomas Episcopal School (1,1,1,1)
2nd Carnegie Mellon University (2,2,3,2)
3rd Wake and District Public Safety (4,3,2,4)
4th St. Columcille United Gaelic (3,4,5,6)
5th Ulster Scottish (6,6,4,3)
6th MacMillan Birtles (5,5,6,5)
Judges: Richard Parkes, Richard Hawke (piping); Alex MacIntyre (ensemble); Gordon Parkes (drumming)

MSR
1st St. Thomas Episcopal School (1,1,2,1)
2nd Carnegie Mellon University (2,3,1,2)
3rd St. Columcille United Gaelic (3,2,4,5)
4th Wake & District Public Safety (5,4,3,6) (ens.pref.)
5th Ulster Scottish (4,5,6,3)
6th MacMillan Birtles (6,6,5,4)
Judges: Richard Parkes, Ken Eller (piping); Richard Hawke (ensemble); Jim Sim (drumming)

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