Paeroa Highland Games 9 Feb 2008

The 15th Annual Paeroa Highland Games & Tattoo will be held at the Paeroa Domain on Saturday February 9th 2008. The event which started out as a pipe bands competition has grown over the years and today it’s a fully-fledged Highland Games complete with an Evening Tattoo.

Between 3000-5000 people attend each year, many coming from throughout the North Island. Twelve Pipe Bands from the Auckland, Taranaki and Central North Island Centres have registered for the Pipe Bands Contest. Highland Dancing and Solo Piping have drawn a large number of entries this year, the Paeroa Solo Piping being the final round of the Hamilton, Tauranga Tri–Series competition.

Click here for details.

Wellington Solos 2 & 3 Feb 2008

Entries have officially closed but I understand that late entries will be accepted. Click here for details (PDF with the events and entry info).

RU Brown Annual Competition 4 May 2008

The annual R U Brown Piobaireachd Society of South Australia competition is on the 4th of May 2008, with a recital to be held the previous night. Both events will be at Scotch College, South Australia, a magnificent venue.

All of the entry details can be found here. The President of the Society, Craig Masson, said today that:

“We have increased the prize money for the minor placings in the open piobaireachd, and there is now prize money right down to 5th place . Additionally, there will now be prize money for each of the two elements in the open light music rather than just for the aggregate of the placings as in the past.”

Closing date for all entries is Friday 12 April 2008, with tunes to be submitted with entry forms.

Check out rubrown.org.au for information.