Team Dojo Thrives at the World Online Piping and Drumming Championships Summer 2021
For the first time here at Dojo U, we recently rallied our students to form Team Dojo – a 'virtual band' made up from Dojo students all over the world – to compete in the World Online Piping and Drumming Championships for Summer 2021.
We couldn't be more delighted with the results...
- Team Dojo entered 125 events across every grade level, amassing 1232 points
- Team Dojo came second in the overall team points
- 50 Team Dojo competitors from 7 countries
- 32 Team Dojo competitors won or placed in at least one event, with 35 total placings
- 9 Team Dojo competitors on the Overall Grade Champions list
- Team Dojo placed in every Grade 4 and 5 event (and many in Grade 3 and Grade 1)
A truly amazing effort from our fantastic students!
The full list of our Team Dojo superstars is below on our prize list honor roll – congratulations to you all!
We also had many first-time competitors in Beginner and Grade 5 events, who took the nerve-wracking plunge to enter their first online contest (and for several, their first contest ever)!
I applaud your willingness and determination, and congratulate you for getting your first competition under your sporran.
Team Dojo – Prize List Honor Roll
01. Beginner Piping (practice chanter) - Slow Air (at least 2 parts)
Place: 1 Glen Fletcher
Scots Wha Hea
https://youtu.be/Fv5AJXNTwss
01. Beginner Piping (practice chanter) - Slow Air (at least 2 parts)
Place: 2 Arla DeField
The Skye Boat Song
https://youtu.be/bcAMG91rPmQ
01. Beginner Piping (practice chanter) - Slow Air (at least 2 parts)
Place: 3 Joshua Loving
Amazing Grace
https://youtu.be/DN74r83Arlc
02. Beginner Piping (practice chanter) - 3/4 or 4/4 March (2 or 4 parts)
Place: 3 Arla DeField
My Land
https://youtu.be/eQKPiaSDVtM
02. Beginner Piping (practice chanter) - 3/4 or 4/4 March (2 or 4 parts)
Place: 6 Glen Fletcher
Farewell to Nigg
https://youtu.be/m5oTDdtCFwo
03. Beginner Piping (practice chanter) - 2/4 March (at least 4 parts OR 2 different 2 parted tunes)
Place: 3 Arla DeField
The Alaskan Scottish at Eagle River
https://youtu.be/o0qU_W9bchk
04. Beginner Piping (practice chanter) - 6/8 March (at least 2 parts)
Place: 1 Arla DeField
Angus MacKinnon
https://youtu.be/YKo2IZqKlrY
06. Grade 5 Piping - Slow Air (at least 2 parts) A
Place: 3 Heather Nicasio
The Dark Isle
https://youtu.be/k-3FJKtEvr0
06. Grade 5 Piping - Slow Air (at least 2 parts) A
Place: 4 Jan Roberts
Morag Duncan
https://youtu.be/lGSDule_OrI
06. Grade 5 Piping - Slow Air (at least 2 parts) B
Place: 4 Kate Gordon
Hector the Hero
https://youtu.be/tSUKl1T17xI
07. Grade 5 Piping – 2/4 March (at least 4 parts OR 2 different 2 parted tunes)
Place: 1 Heather Nicasio
Captain Norman Orr Ewing
https://youtu.be/xeE58dxrbdU
08. Grade 5 Piping - 6/8 March (at least 2 parts)
Place: 1 Heather Nicasio
Steamboat
https://youtu.be/2LBWh75m3xM
09. Grade 5 Piping - Jig (at least 2 parts)
Place: 6 Heather Nicasio
The Banjo Breakdown
https://youtu.be/z3CK9YojjlA
10. Grade 5 Piping - Piobaireachd (Ground Only)
Place: 1 Sue Kennedy
Old Men of the Shells - Ground
https://youtu.be/rrNANlsk9W8
10. Grade 5 Piping - Piobaireachd (Ground Only)
Place: 5 Nancy Guss
The Company's Lament
https://youtu.be/hnkZh-7m2hE
11. Grade 4 Piping - 2/4 March (at least 4 parts) A
Place: 5 Camille Layt
Donald MacLean's Farewell to Oban
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT0FKJW-9fE
11. Grade 4 Piping - 2/4 March (at least 4 parts) B
Place: 4 Chris Zaleski
Captain Norman Orr Ewing
https://youtu.be/wTWm2Z_f_Do
11. Grade 4 Piping - 2/4 March (at least 4 parts) B
Place: 5 Sheila Stewart
Donald MacLean's Farewell to Oban
https://youtu.be/hMN6xDZfDRA
13. Grade 4 Piping - 6/8 March (at least 4 parts) A
Place: 4 Heather Dunn
Angus MacKinnon
https://youtu.be/b6_iOBaHLS4
13. Grade 4 Piping - 6/8 March (at least 4 parts) A
Place: 5 Sheila Stewart
John D. Burgess
https://youtu.be/WrSRqPXaeDo
13. Grade 4 Piping - 6/8 March (at least 4 parts) B
Place: 6 Anders Udsen
P/M Donald MacLean of Lewis
https://youtu.be/FhBaDhgkQUA
14. Grade 4 Piping - Piobaireachd (Ground and Next Variation) A
Place: 3 Heather Dunn
Clan Campbell's Gathering
https://youtu.be/01i-M7GaS3k
14. Grade 4 Piping - Piobaireachd (Ground and Next Variation) B
Place: 3 Sheila Stewart
Cabar Feidh Gu Brath
https://youtu.be/Il6b2lDPHyo
14. Grade 4 Piping - Piobaireachd (Ground and Next Variation) B
Place: 6 Lou Lanaro
The Desperate Battle
https://youtu.be/6FNnN7eJNDM
16. Grade 3 Piping - March, Strathspey & Reel (each tune at least 4 parts) B
Place: 5 Lee McLeod
Colin Thompson, Highland Harry, Sound of Sleet
https://youtu.be/fQ0Qoaf9srA
17. Grade 3 Piping - 6/8 March (at least 4 parts)
Place: 6 Lee McLeod
Donald McLean of Lewis
https://youtu.be/WYvtpjl_mTE
20. Grade 3 Piping - Piobaireachd
Place: 1 Lee McLeod
Lament for Mary McLeod
https://youtu.be/NdcTzvOiAmk
20. Grade 3 Piping - Piobaireachd
Place: 4 Kathryn McEwan
The Little Spree
https://youtu.be/bOn11M-W0VA
20. Grade 3 Piping - Piobaireachd
Place: 5 David Brown
The MacIntosh's Banner
https://youtu.be/kLBe0x1crZ8
26. Grade 1 Piping - March, Strathspey & Reel (each tune at least 4 parts)
Place: 6 Charlie Martin
Mrs. John McColl, John Roy Stewart, Thompson's Dirk
https://youtu.be/UQar_fOLOEs
27. Grade 1 Piping - Jigs (two jigs each tune at least 4 parts)
Place: 6 Charlie Martin
Drew James McIntosh, Over to Uist
https://youtu.be/ag_H2LOYo1I
29. Grade 1 Piping - Hornpipes (two hornpipes each tune at least 4 parts)
Place: 3 Charlie Martin
Colorado Ladies, Sandy's New Chanter
https://youtu.be/FgS-Y47XXmI
31. Any Grade Piping - Medley (4-6 Minutes)
Place: 2 David Brown
The Powerhouse, hornpipe (J. McCarthy); Molly Connell, strathspey (J. Wark); Walter Sammon’s Grandmother, reel (arr. J. Walsh); The Ass in the Graveyard, waltz (T. Tully); The Hag at the Churn, jig (arr. T. Tully); Churnin’ On, jig (D. Clyde); The Sting in the Tail, reel (R. Mathieson)
https://youtu.be/rxoVz66N8pc
37. P/M Alasdair Gillies Memorial Challenge 2/4 March - for pipers 21 and older
Place: 4 Charlie Martin
Donald McClellan of Rothesay
https://youtu.be/cGOrPVvpTao
37. P/M Alasdair Gillies Memorial Challenge 2/4 March - for pipers 21 and older
Place: 6 Vincent Guinnane
The Duke of Roxeburghe's Farewell to The Blackmount Forest
https://youtu.be/BImpALVKVIE
Additional prizes
- Charlie Martin (USA): 7th Overall for Grade 1
- Lee McLeod (USA): 5th Overall for Grade 3
- Sheila Stewart (Canada): 9th Overall for Grade 4
- Heather Dunn (USA): 10th Overall for Grade 4
- Heather Nicasio (USA): 13th for Overall Points for Any Grade, 2nd Overall for Grade 5, Best Dress and Deportment Award
- Sue Kennedy (USA): 7th overall for Grade 5
- Arla DeField (USA): 2nd Overall for Beginner Grade, 15th for Overall Points for Any Grade
- Glen Fletcher (Canada): 3rd Overall for Beginner Grade
- Joshua Loving (USA): 7th Overall for Beginner Grade
Are we Team Dojo again for the World Online Piping and Drumming Championships Fall 2021 competition?
Sorry, left out a word. Are we doing Team Dojo again for the World Online Piping and Drumming Championships Fall 2021 competition?
Hi Scott, Not for this competition. That doesn't stop you from writing "Team Dojo!" on your entry. 😉