Wisconsin Scottish
Mid America Pipe Band Championship


City of Chicago, Grade II, Winners 2021, 2022, 2023

Saturday August 31, 2024
Tom Cobb Memorial Piping Field
Waukesha County Expo Center

1000 Northview Road, Waukesha, Wisconsin

Information for Bands

Google map to Expo Center

Expo Center Map (click for larger map)

NOTE

Quartet contests are available in band Grades 1 through 4 during the morning solo hours.

Participants may bring factory sealed or empty water bottles. Bottle filling stations are available on site.

Parking at Gate 1 is FREE!

There is no longer a band Travel allowance

PIPE MAJORS: Please share these items with your bands.

1) MASSED BANDS is at 5:30 PM

2) Band Meeting at 10:30 AM: Please have a band representative there to get instructions for Massed Bands.

3) Bands may erect pop-up canopies along the walkway south of the Arena and in the grass south and west of the VIP parking area (marked as Band Row in map above). You may erect your tent frame on Friday Night. If you must attach the canopy cover, please lower the legs of the frame in case we get winds overnight. Room is tight so please be neighborly and make room for other bands. If you cannot find room for your band, please come to the MWPBA tent and the local organizers will help locate another space.

4) Each competing band gets one VIP parking (Gate 3) spot free, presumably for vehicles carrying shelters or drums. (You get one per grade if you have two bands competing.) Enter via Gate 3 on the west side of the Expo Center (see map above) and give the attendant your band name (and Grade if your organization has more than one grade at the contest).

NOTE: Only 1 person may be in the vehicle entering Gate 3. You may enter Gate 1 for free and drive to the drop off area to drop off additional persons in your car, then exit out through Gate 1 and turn right onto Northview Road to proceed to Gate 3.

5) No outside food or beverages, especially alcohol. Bottled water and food for special dietary needs is okay (but be prepared to be challenged). Coolers will be inspected. If you wish to go off site for food, get your hands stamped as you leave. You may go in and out of Gate 1 for parking, as needed.

6) Soloists and band members should check in at the "Volunteers/Participant" table at the admission gate (click on Map above). Participants should tell the volunteer they are with "Pipes and Drums" and give their Last Name. (The Admissions list is not organized by Band Name.)

Admission is $20 for non-band members (children 12 and under are free) and is payable at the Admissions tent.

7) We will be awarding Best Drum and Best Bass/Midsection plaques in each grade.

8) We will provide water during the day along "band row" and also by the MWPBA tent. Please stay hydrated!

Contact
If you have questions about the Pipe & Drum contests, please e-mail

Dave Bruning
Pipes and Drums chair
Wisconsin Highland Games

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