The First MWPBA Regional Solo contest Regional Qualifier locations and dates are here. The Piping Contest is the Terry McHugh Memorial contest and the Drumming will be the Jim Enright Sr. Memorial Contest. They are:

February 9      Milwaukee, WI

February 9      Minneapolis, MN

February 16    Alma, MI

February 23    St. Louis

February 23    Lexington, KY

March     9     Cleveland, OH

Players may enter at any location of their choosing.  The top 3 Qualifiers in each GRADE ( not event ) will then qualify to play at the finals to be held in Chicago on April 20th, 2013.  Ties will be broken by the March result. Below are the events in each grade:

Piping:

Grade 1  MSR

Grade 2 2/4 March & S/R

Grade 3 2/4 March & S/R

Grade 4 2/4 March

Jr. Novice 4 Parts 2/4 March

Sr. Novice 4 Parts 2/4 March

Snare Drumming:

Grade 1 MSR

Grade 2 MSR

Grade 3 MSR

Grade 4 2/4 March

Tenor Drumming:

Advanced  MSR

Intermidiate  MSR

Novice  2/4 March

Bass Drumming:

Advanced  MSR

Novice  2/4 March

All 2/4 Marches must be 4 Parted Tunes except in the Jr. & Sr. Novice Piping.  The locations of each event will be on the entry forms along with more information to follow.  All of the informatioin and the entry form will be available at http://www.mwpba.org/ very soon.  This should be a great event and we are looking forward to great participation.  Look to the web site soon for all of the details.