The first event up will be the Lexington regional qualifier for the Terry McHugh Memorial Solo Piping Contest. Since I'm still working on my new 2/4 march I will be polishing Prince Charles Welcome to Lochaber for the Lexington regional on February 25th.
Angus and I are planning on getting a taste of the EUSPBA at the Cincinnati Piping & Drumming Solo Competition & Workshop on April 8th. This contest opens some more opportunities for me and I'm looking forward to playing some new tunes. For the 2/4 march I'm preparing Captain Norman Orr Ewing and hope to have it ready to go by April 8th.
They're also offering piobaireachd, however EUSPBA rules have Grade 4 piobaireachd play the entire tune while the MWPBA only has Grade 4 pipers play the Urlar and 1st Variation. I don't have the entirety of The Company's Lament nor Lament for the Rowan Tree prepared yet, so no piobaireachd for me.
They are offering, a micro-mini S/R (strathspey, reel) and that is interesting. When Angus and I looked over this he determined that two of the tunes that Fountain Trust Pipe Band is playing will fit the bill (and I need to learn them anyway). So I'm focusing specifically on Aspen Bank and Malts on the Optics for the micro-mini S/R. I'm calling it a micro-mini because they only want 2-parted tunes, normally a S/R or MSR (march, strathspey, reel) is composed of 4-part tunes. A mini-MSR is a 4-part march and 2-part strathspey and reel.
