McCallum, Chisholm shine at Dan Reid

San Francisco – April 16, 2005 – Willie McCallum of Bearsden, Scotland, won all but one of the “Masters” events at the annual Dr. Dan Reid Memorial Recital-Competition. Jori Chisholm, Seattle, was the big winner in the “Cameron-Gillies” competitions. The competition assigns set tunes to competitors.

Masters

Piobaireachd
1st Roddy MacLeod, Cumbernauld, Scotland, “Black Donald’s March”
2nd Willie McCallum, “The Blue Ribbon”
3rd Stuart Liddell, Inveraray, Scotland, “Black Donald’s March”

MSR
1st Willie McCallum
2nd Jack Lee, Surrey, British Columbia
3rd Roddy MacLeod

Jig & Hornpipe
1st Willie McCallum
2nd Jack Lee
3rd Stuart Liddell

Urlar
1st Willie McCallum, “The Park Piobaireachd #1”

Also performing but not in the prizes was Ian K. MacDonald, Whitby, Ontario.

Cameron-Gillies Recital-Challenge

Piobaireachd
1st Jori Chisholm, “Andrew MacNeil of Colonsay”
2nd Roderick MacLean, Halifax, Nova Scotia, “The Battle of Bealach nam Brog”
3rd Alastair Dunn, Glasgow, “Lament for Mary MacLeod”

MSR
1st Jori Chisholm
2nd Alastair Dunn
3rd Roderick MacLean

6/8 March
1st Alastair Dunn
2nd Jori Chisholm
3rd Roderick MacLean

Angus J. MacLellan, and Archie Cairns judged every event.

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