McCallum wins MacLeod

Stornoway, Scotland – April 4, 2008 – Willie McCallum of Bearsden, Scotland, won the annual Donald MacLeod Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition, an event that memorializes the great piper and composer with his music. It was the seventh time that McCallum won the overall award.Piobaireachd1st Gordon Walker, Galston, Scotland, “Lament for the Bobs of Balmoral”2nd Stuart Liddell, Inveraray, Scotland, “Salute to the Few”3rd Willie McCallum, “Roderick MacDonald’s Salute”4th Roddy MacLeod, Glasgow, “A Son’s Salute to His Parents”MSR1st Willie McCallum, “Mrs. Duncan MacFadyen,” “Major Manson at Clachantrushal,” “Susan MacLeod,” “Dora MacLeod,” “Roddy MacDonald’s Fancy,” “The Grey Bob”2nd Angus MacColl, Benderloch, Scotland3rd Stuart Liddell4th Jack Lee, Surrey, British ColumbiaAlasdair Gillies, Richard Hawke and Iain Speirs also competed.Judges for all events were John MacDougall, Iain Macfadyen and John Wilson.