Alexander was invited to the Balmoral Classic US Junior Solo Championships on Saturday, November 13. This is a competition held annually in Pittsburgh "to strengthen American piping and drumming and to reward the nation’s best young players with the recognition they deserve. It is our vision that the US Junior Solo Piping and Snare Drumming Championships will become the standard to which talented young American pipers aspire, providing them with the experience and confidence necessary to compete on international platforms." It's become an important event for juvenile (under 18) amateur pipers and drummers in the US in recent years and Alexander is honored to be invited again. The week after this event, Alexander will be in Hamilton, Ontario for the George Sherriff Memorial Invitational Competition. This is Alexander's second trip to Pittsburgh for the event. In 2009, he placed 5th in the Piobaireachd event of 14 pipers from around the US. Alexander's friend and long term band mate (from NWJPB and now Triumph Street) Aaron Stone was also invited for piping and his sister Amber for snare drumming. Joining them will also be new band mate Marshall German from California. Alexander met Marshall at the competition last year, where Marshall placed 1st in Piobaireachd and 2nd overall. Marshall recently joined Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band along with Alexander, Aaron and Amber and they're all looking forward to the event next month.
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