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A great weekend for NWJPB. The first outing for the Grade 4 band, made up of a ton of talented new players. They placed 3rd of 4 both Saturday and Sunday.

Northwest/White Spot United placed 1st of 3 on Saturday and 1st of 5 on Sunday in Grade 3, winning the Washington State Grade 3 Pipe Band Championships, the second year in a row for the Northwest Junior members.

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British Columbia Highland Games. Many NWJPB members competed in the pouring rain. It was a good test for Scotland, as the NW/WSUPB band tuned up in the sun and it started raining before the competition began, then put on rain capes for their second event and it was sunny.

NW/WSUPB placed 1st in the March, Strathspey & Reel event, and 3rd in the Medley event.

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Many NWJPB Soloists competed, and Northwest/White Spot United Pipe Band competed in the first Washington event of the season. The band received one first place in ensemble, placing 2nd overall on the day.
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Several NWJPB Soloists competed, and Northwest/White Spot United Pipe Band competed in the first outdoor event of the season. The band received one first place in piping, placing 2nd overall on the day.
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Grade 4 band placed 3rd of 9 Saturday and 1st of 9 on Sunday, just enough to win the Grand Aggregate Championship for the 2010 season, the perfect way to end the season celebrating the band's 15th anniversary.

The Grade 5 band won the weekend, placing 1st Saturday and 2nd Sunday.

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NWJPB Grade 4 won their third consecutive Washington State Grade 4 Pipe Band Championships, and after challenging up to Grade 3, also won their first ever Grade 3 Washington State Championship.

Our beginning band improved, placing 2nd of two, but had a great outing.

Photos available at Weatherly Images

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NWJPB at the second competition of 2010 in Coquitlam, British Columbia at the BC Highand Games. Photos by Weatherly Schiele

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At the first competition of the 2010 season for the Grade 4 band, NWJPB received 1st place from all 4 judges in a field of 5 bands, only the 2nd time in the history of the Grade 4 band. See the video and results for solo competitors on the NWJPBlog. Photos by Weatherly Schiele

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The Seattle Caledonian/St. Andrews Society invited the band to perform at their monthly gathering on May 21st. Learn more at http://caledonians.com

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Pacific Northwest Highland Games, free Friday night performance and Pub Piping competition

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NWJPB Grade 4 won 1st place and best drum corps on Saturday
Grade 5 won 2nd and best drum corps.

Day 2, Sunday: NWJPB Drum corps, Grade 4 first place, Grade 5 2nd place
NWJPB Grade 4 1st place and Washington State Grade 4 Pipe Band Champions
NWJPB Grade 4 challenged up to Grade 3 and won 2nd place of 5 pipe bands

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Northwest Junior Pipe Band Grade 5 placed 3rd and 2nd in drumming, but continue to sound better at each outing. The other 2 grade 5 bands are sounding great!

NWJPB Grade 4 placed 1st for the third time this season, and best drum corps again as well.

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Northwest Junior Pipe Bands Grade 4 and 5 swept the top prizes in their grades placing 1st and best drum corps in both grade levels.

See the NWJPBlog for more details

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The Rat City Rollergirls "Sockit Wenches" invited NWJPB to come and lead them on to the rink for their season-ending championship bout against the Derby Liberation Front. In the end, the battled hard and placed 2nd of the 4 teams in the local group, but wow, can they make an entrance!

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The Central Whidbey Chamber of Commerce brought Northwest Junior Pipe Band to provide a unique cultural sound and style to their Memorial Day Parade and Remembrance Ceremony.

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Northwest Junior Pipe Band won 1st place at the Crieff Highland Gathering on the day after the World Pipe Band Championships. Our outgoing senior Juvenile Pipe Major Matt M. led the band for the first time, and accepted the award.

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Twenty Four Grade 4 bands from around the world travelled to Perth, Scotland to compete. NWJPB emerged in first place, a great pick-me-up after placing in the middle at North Berwick the day before.

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On Saturday, NWJPB Grade 5 placed 1st
NWJPB Quartets placed 1st and 4th of 9 registered to compete (third straight first place finish)
NWJPB Grade 4 placed 3rd of 9 (top 3 are all going to the World Pipe Band Championships in August 2008)
The Bucketmen performed to a near-standing room only crowd.

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Northwest Junior Pipe Band had an incredible weekend at the Skagit Valley Highland Games.

Grade 5 Saturday: 1st place, best drum corps
Grade 4 Saturday: 1st place of 5 bands, best drum corps

Grade 4 Sunday: 1st place of 3 bands, best drum corps

2008 Washington State Grade 4 Pipe Band Champions!

Drum Salute Sunday: Grade 5 1st place, Grade 4 2nd place, of 3 bands.

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KZOK Radio Personality Bob Rivers is with a band called Spike & The Impalers. NWJPB pipers have performed with them a few times now. Most recently at a fundraiser for Childrens' Hospital at White River Amphitheater.

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Northwest Junior Pipe Band Grade 4 made band history, taking first place in Grade 4 at the BC Highland Games in a field of seven pipe bands on Saturday June 28th. Temperatures into the 90's made the day challenging, but Grade 4 was in top form even with the heat and pressure. The Grade 5 contest was a nail biter, with Fraser Valley Youth Pipe Band winning first place, White Spot Grade 5 2nd, and NWJPB Grade 5 3rd.

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Northwest Junior Pipe Band performed outside the Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park at the Farmers' Market on Fathers' Day

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Northwest Junior Pipe Band had the best results in their history at the Bellingham Highland Games

Grade 5: Best Drum Corps,
Grade 5: 1st place Band
Grade 4: 2nd Place of 5 competitors

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Updated 5/12: Hear the Kiro 710 story that ran 5/12 about NWJPB, and the trip to the World Pipe Band Championships. 2 Pipers and our Bass drummer get interviewed.

Updated 4/27: See the NWJPB public service announcement that aired on KOMO TV Channel 4 4/27/2008.

St. Patrick's Day appearances on Seattle Television
Northwest Junior Pipe Band had a very busy St. Patrick's Day (week) including piping for the painting of the green stripe, various lunches and dinners around town and the big Seattle St. Patrick's Parade, as well as a special broadcast on St. Patrick's Day we were invited to by the Irish Club of Seattle. We managed to capture recordings of Komo TV and King 5 TV coverage of the events, and a short bit about the Green Stripe painting on Kiro 7. The footage is owned by Komo TV (Fischer Communications), King 5 TV (Belo Corporation), and Kiro TV 7 (Cox Enterprises).

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Thanks to the Irish Club of Seattle! NWJPB had a great week, marching in the parade and performing at events all over town.

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Northwest Junior Pipe Band was asked to perform at the Mercer Island Half Marathon on March 9th. The runners appreciated the music, dozens of them popped earphones out of their ears to listen as they came over the hill and saw the band playing.

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Sunday March 24th, NWJPB performed at a benefit for The Washingotn Chinese Youth Orchestra and NWJPB's Scotland trip. It was an entertainment-filled evening with Lion Dancers, Chinese Dancers, Cape Breton Fiddler, the Chinese Youth Orchestra and more.

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The Experience Music Project | Science Fiction Museum hired Northwest Junior Pipe Band to perform for Family Day on December 15, 2007. We played the Sky Church stage, and the Bucketmen peformed after the band.

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The St. Andrews/Caledonian Society of Seattle hired NWJPB to perform at a special event celebrating St. Andrews' Day and featuring multiple Scottish Music and Dance acts.

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With over 50 members now, it was time for a new photo of the band. Unfortunately, the weather didn't work with us on our first scheduled date, and on our second attempt, we were missing more than a dozen members.

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The Bucketmen went into the studio at Seattle Drum School of Music and recorded several tracks to produce a demo CD.

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August 25th: Northwest Junior Pipe Band was sponsored by the John Whims Nationwide Agency in Monroe for the Monroe Fair Days parade. Following that, we performed at the Evergreen State Fair.

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The Bucketmen were hired to perform in a park in Renton in August. Kids came up to get some time on buckets, there was spontaneous dancing, and some great hats!

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Northwest Junior Pipe Band won "Best Band" again in 2007; giving us matching awards for the parade from 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2007.

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Irish Night at the Seattle Mariners, July 31, 2007. Thanks to the Irish Club of Seattle for the invitation to perform!

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NWJPB placed 2nd of 6 Grade 4 bands, and Solo Pipers won Aggregate for the day in Grade 3 and Grade 4 piping.

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Day 1 of the Skagit Valley Highland Games, NWJPB Grade 5 placed 1st in the Quick March Medley, NWJPB Grade 4 placed fourth of 6 bands. NWJPB Grade 4 would go on to take 2nd place in the Washington State Championships for Grade 4.

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Northwest Junior Pipe Band members marched in the Seafair Wallingford Kiddies Parade and won "Best Marching Band". Six or seven members joined NWJPB in their first parade and the band had a great time.

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The British Columbia Highland Games, June 30, 2007. NWJPB Grade 4 placed 4th on ensemble preference.

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Asked to perform by the Eastside Heritage Center, NWJPB played to a large crowd under threatening skies at the Bellevue Strawberry Festival on Sunday, June 24th, 2007. Joining the band for some Highland Dancing was the Eastside Heritage Center's Director, Heather J. Trescases and her sister.

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NWJPB was invited by the Washington State Golf Association and the Northwest Golf Association to perform at the transfer of ownership of The Home Course to their non-profit organizations. June 22, 2007

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Grade 5 played for comments and sounded great. Grade 4 took 1st place in quartets and 1st place in the Medley competition against 6 other bands.

Following the games, NWJPB performed at a band family's house and had a fun picnic.

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NWJPB Grade 5 won their first competition of the season! We sponsored a "feeding frenzy" for White Spot, Sir James Mcdonald, and Fraser Valley Youth Pipe Bands and had a great day.

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Steve Roy Drumming was conatacted by Sound Transit and they invited the Bucketmen and NWJPB to perform at the grand opening celebration of the Canyon Park freeway station.

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Supported by a Grant from the Greater Everett Community Foundation, NWJPB is performing at several Snohomish County schools this year. We have fun introducing young kids to our instruments and showing them how to play them!

Pinewood is the "Alma Mater" grade school of one of our Junior High-aged Pipers.

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Most NWJPB members worked hard all week and pulled off a very successful rehearsal. Cool lighting, learning cues, trying to remember everything we've been cramming in about which songs go where...it was a fun evening. We had a potluck and the band brought wrap sandwiches and drinks! Thanks Julie!!

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April 14th, 2007. The musicians really nailed most of the new music they've been practicticing so hard to get down. This was the largest fundraiser in NWJPB's history, grossing over $11,000.00 to start our Scotland Fundraising for our 2008 trip to the World Pipe Band Championships.

Hear some of the tunes on our new MySpace page.

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The first competition of the season, the chance to test-drive the music. Most bands are "almost ready" but it's a great and supportive event. NWJPB received very positive comments. We placed 4th, but out of 4 bands (5, but one scratched), there was a possible spread of 24 points between first and fourth, there were only 5 points difference! It was a great event, and very close. NWJPB was ranked first and second by two of the piping judges, and 2nd by one ensemble judge. Considering half the Grade 4 band has never competed in this grade before, an awesome first showing!

BC Piper's Association has more pictures here>>

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this is a collection of our favorites.

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Supported by a Grant from the Greater Everett Community Foundation, NWJPB is performing at several Snohomish County schools this year. We have fun introducing young kids to our instruments and showing them how to play them!

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One of our newest drummers families held a St. Patrick's Day Party and celebration of the life of his Grandmother who passed away at the end of 2006. They put on a heck of a party and invited a couple pipers and drummers to participate. We had a great time. The family raised over $350.00 to donate to the band's Scotland, 2008 fund. You should have seen him play at his first performance!

Reminder, the band concert is coming up April 14th, and tickets are available on our site

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WPA set a record for the most competitors at an event in recent years with over 40 competitors. NWJPB Fielded FIFTEEN competitors (which is probably also a record), and two of our instructors competed as well. NWJPB members placed in every event we entered!

See the Wasington Pipers' Association website for February's Photos!

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For those in the band hearty and brave enough...we had a terrifyingly fun band trip to Snohomish Stocker Farms Sunday October 29th. While it was blowing and raining during the day, the skies cleared and it wasn't windy when we got there. It was cold, though. :)

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Rat City Roller Girls 2006 Championships, October 21. The Sockit Wenches Asked a small group of our pipers and drummers to come and "pipe them on" for their championship match. The Roller Derby was really fun to watch, the organization was really friendly, and people really loved hearing the pipes. All in all, an amazingly fun night! We donated this performance in exchange for T-shirts and admission. As unlikely as it sounds, this Roller Derby organization is a relatively family-friendly event. Check out their code of conduct

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Washington Scottish invited us to join them for a performance before the Seahawks/Giants Game September 25, 2006. We had a lot of fun, and got to play in front of more than 60,000 fans in the Anthem ceremony, marching out with the giant Canadian and American flags.

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Steve Roy started a side project with our drummers, giving us an expanded concert repertoire, and the drummers are having a TON of fun with it! The Bucketmen

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NWJPB filmed a public service announcement on June 28th, appeared at Redmond Derby Days and was filmed for Redmond TV Channel 21, and during the Portland Highland Games, a piper and drummer were filmed for KGW TV in Portland while practicing. That's 3 tv appearances in one season!

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Northwest Junior Pipe Band won "Best Band" in the Shoreline Parade, August 19th, 2006

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Whidbey Island Highalnd Games. Grade 5 and Grade 4 bands competed together and placed 2nd! Best Drum Corps: NWJPB (for the second win this year!). Our quartet placed 1st!

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Played the Bucket Salute, Cuban Rhythm and other fun tunes Friday night.
Saturday, Our Quartet took 2nd place, and the band took 5th of 8 bands, with the Drum Corps placing 3rd!
Many individual competitors did really well, several competing for their first time ever!
Check out this photo of the hoodies we gave our departing seniors.

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The band placed 4th out of 9 bands, and our Drum Corps won "Best Drum Corps" in the Medley Selection competition!!

See all the results of our individual competitors here

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NWJPB Placed 3rd against 5 competitors at the Portland Highand Games on July 15, 2006!

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Third Place in Skagit Valley competition on 7/8/2006.

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We were sponsored by the City of Redmond Arts Commission to be their entry in the Derby Days Parade this year. Entry #12, we won "Grand Derby" award (best of the parade). The crowd was really enthusiastic, and we got to show off our new band shirts printed by our new supporter (and band parents), Wilson Stitchery (website/phone number to be provided later).

Didn't catch it? See it streaming on our site!! Or see the whole parade on the City of Redmond's site: Schedule of programming on Redmond City TV 21

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Whidbey Island Highland Games, 2005

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1st place in Grade 5

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