The National Piping Centre and The Metro Cup announce a weekend of world class piping including workshops, competitions, social events and more. The Metro Express workshops will take place on Friday 15th, Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th February at The Ramada Plaza Hotel, Newark, NJ, USA and are scheduled to coincide with the Metro Cup and Metro Express competitions.
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Competition Entry Closing Date: 1st February 2013
| Friday Workshop 1 Metro Express Competition Music Session & Whisky tasting |
Saturday Workshop 2 Metro Cup Competition Social Evening |
Sunday Workshop 3 Workshop 4 Workshop 5 |
Metro Express is aimed at pipers of all skills and experience, from beginners to professionals. There really is something for everyone this weekend.
Only 20 spaces available per workshop.
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Metro Express Solo Competition
Prizes include a set of pipes
for each overall winners!
1 Set of David Naill & Co Bagpipes
for Overall Grade 2 Winner
1 Set of McCallum Bagpipes
for Overall Grade 3 Winner
1 Set of Wallace Bagpipes
for Overall Grade 4 Winner
1 Bagpiper Flight Case
2 Original Bagpiper Cases
Books from The Piobaireachd Society
3 Chris Armstrong RE:TRADITION Books
3 Capt Stuart Samson MBE, Land of Bens and Glens and Heroes Books
3 Finlay MacDonald, MacDonald/McKerrel Collection
3 Sets of Canning Drone Reeds.
Practice Chanters donated from Iain Donaldson @ The British Shop
Metro Express will also be holding an open competition for Piobaireachd and Light Music Grades 2-4 on Friday. Entry to this competition is FREE when booking 5 workshops and overall winners will receive a set of bagpipes from one of our sponsors (Grade 4 must play a full piobaireachd to win overall).
Piobaireachd Competition
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Light Music Competition
Grade 2 MSR
Grade 3 March and Strathpey/ Reel (2 events)
Grade 4 March and Strathpey/ Reel (2 events)
Metro Express Sponsors
Bagpipes
R.G.Hardie (1 x Pipes)
McCallum Bagpipes (1 x Pipes)
David Naill Bagpipes (1 x Pipes)
Wallace Bagpipes (1 x Pipes)
Others
Bagpiper (3 x Bagpipe Cases)
The British Shop (3 x Practice Chanters)
The Piobaireachd Society (3 x Books)
Ryan Canning (3x Drone Reeds)
Stuart Sampson MBE (3 x Books)
Chris Armstrong (3 x Books)
Finlay MacDonald (3 x Books)
Workshops
- Piobaireachd Performance Advice
with William McCallum - Light Music Performance Advice
with Angus MacColl - Tuning and Reed Manipulation
with Glenn Brown - Pipe Band Medley Construction
with Chris Armstrong - Piobaireachd (Pro. + Grade 1)
with William McCallum - Getting ‘that’ sound
with Roddy MacLeod - Introduction to Piobaireachd
with Callum Beaumont - Composition
with Bruce Gandy - Irish Music on Highland Pipes
with Margaret Dunn - Piobaireachd (Pro. + Grade 1)
with William McCallum - Piobaireachd (Grade 2 + 3)
with Donald Lindsay - Keeping Your Pipes Steady
with Glenn Brown - Pipe Band Leadership
with Chris Armstrong - 2/4 Marches (Pro. + Grade 1)
with Angus MacColl - 2/4 Marches (Grade 2 + 3)
with Roddy MacLeod - Playing with Other Instruments
with Finlay MacDonald - Field Marshal Montgomery Q & A
with Alastair Dunn - Strathspey and Reel (Pro. + Grade 1)
with Jim McGillivray - Strathspey and Reel (Grade 2 + 3)
with Alex Gandy - Preparing for Solo Competition Q & A
with William McCallum - Teaching Bagpipes… how to do it
with Margaret Dunn
