NEWS
CaliforniansOfferBigMoneyPrizesat
NewPre-WorldsSoloCompetition
BY PIPINGTIMES REPORTER
A
major new invitation solo
competition with some of the
biggest prize money in piping
is to be held two days before the
World Pipe Band Championships.
‘The Silver Cap’ is the brainchild of
Californians Richard King and Steve
Foley both members of the LA Scots
Pipe Band. Richard explained how
the competition will work:
‘The competition is a March,
Richard and Steve
Strathspey, Reel, Air, Hornpipe, and College of Piping;time 4.30pm;date
Jig.All tunes,except theAir,must be August 13;admission £10.
at least four parted.The tunes are to Thejudge,CanadianBobWorrall,
be played back to back.Competitors will be placed behind a screen and
are not required to submit multiple will not know who is playing with
tunes for each tune type.Instead the eachpiperannouncedasanumber.As
competitorswillsubmitonly an entrance ‘fee’, each
those they are going to play. competitor is required to
The reasoning behind this is submit and play a previously
that we want the competi- unpublishedtuneoftheirown
tors to play tunes they feel composition or one in which
they play the very best, we the composer has given
want the competitors to be more authorization to the competitor to
relaxed so as to play better music,and use.This tune must be a four parted
we want this to be a music competi- March,Strathspey,Reel,Hornpipe,or
tion not a memory competition.’ Jig. The organisers plan is that
Pipers have already been invited submittedtuneswillbeusedinfuture
and out of a total of six the following Silver Cap music books.
have so far agreed to take part: In order to encourage further
Alasdair Gillies, Gordon Walker, composition the organisers are also
William McCallum, Niall Stewart, holding a ‘best tune’ composition
and Glenn Brown.Prize money is as outwith those actually played on the
follows: 1st £1,000, 2nd £750, 3rd day. For more details on the contest
£600 4th £450 5th £300 6th £150. and how you can become a sponsor
Everyone goes away with a of this top line event go to
substantial cheque. Venue is the
www.silvercap.co.uk a11
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