This contest was held yesterday as part of the Virginia International Tattoo. Chieftain of the Day was Jimmy McIntosh. As the American Pipe Band Championship is part of a military Tattoo, the first band awards are for marching and deportment, and were judged by Captain Fraser Clark (Canadian Forces).
Best Marching and Deportment Grade Three:
1st Battalion Scots Guards (pictured)
Best Marching and Deportment Grade Two:
City of Dunedin
Grade Three American Champions 2017
1st, winning the J. Scott Jackson trophy and $2000:
St. Thomas Episcopal School Pipe Band
2nd, winning a shield and $800:
Carnegie Mellon University Pipes and Drums
3rd, winning a shield and $400:
Wake and District Public Safety Pipes and Drums
4th winning a shield:
Ulster Scottish Pipe Band
Best Drum Corps: St. Thomas Episcopal School
Best March Strathspey and Reel: St. Thomas Episcopal School
Best Medley Selection: St. Thomas Episcopal School
Grade Two American Champions 2017
1st, winning the Jim Hixon trophy and $2500:
City of Dunedin
2nd, winning a shield and $1000:
Worcester Kilties
3rd, winning a shield and $500:
MacMillan Pipe Band
Best Drum Corps: City of Dunedin
Best March Strathspey and Reel: City of Dunedin
Best Medley Selection: City of Dunedin
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