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Thank you to everyone who attended the 2025 Alma Highland Festival.

The official results of the band and solo contests from May 24, 2025, are now available (band, solos).

 

 

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Order of play have been changed to reflect scratches from soloists.  Band times moved slightly as well, so please download both for Saturday.

The orders of play are now available for the 2025 Alma Highland Festival, May 24-25. The Games take place on Saturday and Sunday, but the sanctioned pipe band and solo contests are one day only, May 24 (Saturday).  The Games & Festival are still being held at Alma College Campus.

Safe travels, and enjoy the Games!

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The St. Louis Scottish Games & Cultural Festival open up the MWPBA outdoor season, and are being held at Schroeder Park, 359 Old Meramec Station Rd., Manchester, MO on May 17, 2025 for all bands and amateur solos. 

Parking information for the games can be found here.

The solos for open players will take place on Friday evening, May 16, at the Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust St., St. Louis, MO.  The open contest begins at 4:30 5:00 p.m. Entry is free to the Friday night event!

Here is the order-of-play for Friday's Open solos.  * * U P D A T E D * *

Here is the order-of-play for the Saturday soloists.   * * U P D A T E D * *

Here is the order-of-play for the bands.

If you live in the St. Louis area, we encourage you to come to the Schlafly Tap Room & Schroeder Park to support the pipe bands & soloists participating!

 

Pictured: (from left): Overall Winner Andrew Carlisle & Jim Sim
 
Top Row: VP Scott McCawley, Teddy Krogh, Derek Midgley, Ken Liechti, Tom Cangelosi, Alastair Murray
Bottom Row: Zak Read, Andrew Lewis, Nick Hudson, Andrew Carlisle, Jack Williamson, George Gerules, Pres. Jim Sim
Photo: Claire Smith
 
The results from the 2025 Pipe Major Ian Swinton Open Professional Solo Piping Contest held on May 3 in Park Ridge, near Chicago, are as follows:
 
Piobaireachd:
  1. Nick Hudson, (Houston, TX): Farewell to the Queen’s Ferry
  2. Derek Midgley (Tinton Falls, NJ): Ronald MacDonald of Morar's Lament
  3. Andrew Carlisle (Pittsburgh, PA): The Unjust Incarceration
  4. Andrew Lewis (St. Paul, MN): Park Piobaireachd #2
March/Strathspey/Reel:
  1. Andrew Carlisle: The Braes of Castle Grant/Loch Loskin/John Morrison of Assynt House
  2. Jack Williamson (Topeka, KS): Leaving Lunga/Shepherd's Crook/Alick C. MacGregor
  3. Andrew Lewis: David Ross/Tulloch Castle/The Cockerel in the Creel
  4. Zak Read (Chicago, IL): South Hall/MacBeth’s Strathspey/The Sheepwife
Overall:
  1. Andrew Carlisle
  2. Nick Hudson
  3. Andrew Lewis
  4. Jack Williamson
  5. Derek Midgley

Congratulations to all the competitors!

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