2025 Tacoma Highland Games - Piping, Drumming, Quartet & Band Entry Form

Piping and Drumming Rules

• Competitors should be in recognizable Highland dress; encouraged but not required in chanter class.
• Competitors will play in the order of the times posted by the games committee and are liable to disqualification at the discretion of the steward.
• Competitors must enter at least 2 events to get an entry ticket.
• Piobaireachd competitors may not play up a level unless they have appealed to play up a level with BCPA.
• Drummers must provide their own piper
• Closing date for entries is June 5, 2024. There will be no entries accepted on the field
• Bands traveling 100+ miles, who participate in opening and closing mass bands, as well as compete, will receive $100 travel money
• With the exception of band and quartet grading, the rules of The BC Pipers Association will be applied.
• Any challenge or protest to procedures or scoring must be submitted in writing on the day of the games.

** Please email a list of tunes to be performed in the quartet and/or medley competition along with a complete member roster to Margaret McNeill Nelson, Piping and Drumming Chairperson at bWFyZ2FyZXRuNzIwIHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20=.

PHOTO RELEASE: All participants, when participating at the Tacoma Highland Games, may be photographed for print, video or electronic imaging. I/we further understand the images may be used in promotional materials, news releases, and other published formats. I/we acknowledge the images will be the sole property of the Tacoma Highland Games Association.

Questions: Margaret McNeill Nelson, Piping and Drumming Chairperson

Phone: (253) 208-5047

E-mail: bWFyZ2FyZXRuNzIwIHwgZ21haWwgISBjb20=

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