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| P/M. Angus Macdonald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Regional Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Congratulations to 2007 Overall
Winners Ian Whitelaw and Erik Leiken! Sunday 14
October 2007 Pipe Major Angus Macdonald was perhaps one of the most influential pipers in the past 30 years. He served with the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, rising through the ranks and being appointed Pipe Major. In his 'retirement' years, he was perhaps more occupied than in his years with the army! He spent a considerable amount of time traveling the world performing and teaching. He was particularly loved in San Diego, CA, where he frequently visited. Perhaps one of the most telling stories about the respect he commanded occurred at the San Diego Scottish Highland Games in the very early 1990s. For those who have not attended a full Games, the various pipers and drummers are constantly practicing throughout the day; the sound of many pipers playing different tunes is never far away. As a judge for the day's solo piping events, his duties were finished in the late afternoon and so he decided to get his pipes out for a bit. He struck up, stepped under the trees in the piping area and began to play... all of the other pipers stopped and only Big Angus' music reverberated through the hills. Sadly, he was found to have very serious cancer in 1997, and he passed away in June 1999. This piping competition strives, like P/M. Macdonald himself did, to encourage pipers in the US to achieve the same levels of excellence as is found elsewhere. 2007 Results: Piobaireachd
2007 Results: March/Strathspey/Reel
Prizes
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materials, please contact: Thanks very much to Robbie McKnight for his very dedicated work on getting this competition organized and running. Another exceptional year!! This page was last updated on Thursday, 18 October 2007 |