Alexander placed 1st in the March, Strathspey & Reel competition and 3rd in the Hornpipe & Jig competitions at the Portland Highland Games.
At the Pacific Northwest Highand Games in Enumclaw, WA July 31 & August 1st, Alexander placed 4th in the March, Strathspey & Reel and 1st in the Hornpipe & Jig and maintained his position in 2nd place overall for Grade 1 piping for the 2010 BCPA season, and the highest ranked Amateur Juvenile bagpiper. Northwest Junior Pipe Band with Alexander as Pipe Major won 3rd Saturday and 1st Sunday for a combined score good enough for first place overall by one point, which also the band the title of BC Pipers Association Grade 4 Pipe Band Grand Aggregate Champions for 2010, the first time the band has won that title.
Alexander is now at the Coeur D'Alene Summer School for Piping and Drumming, followed by the Spokane Highland Games, then hops on a flight to Scotland to join Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band to provide tuning and tech support to the band (playing the pipes with the band to keep them warmed up while the band is tuning up). Alexander is pleased to announce he has requested to join the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band during their competition season for 2011 and been warmly accepted as a new member. Alexander plans to continue working with the Northwest Junior Pipe Band providing whatever assistance his schedule will allow and will continue taking lessons from his first piping instructor Kevin Auld, and his Piobaireachd Instructor, Brian McKenzie.
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