Drumming Competition...

The Houston Highland Games and Celtic Festival...

We proudly announce the 2010 Drumming Judge:

• Mike Brisch, Houston

Forms - please print out all for your records. For multiple page forms that require your signature, please remember to print, return and sign
all the pages and return them to us - thank you.

• • Competition General Rules [download]
  • Official Entry Form (2 pages) [download]
  • Houston Highland Games Events [download]

  
  History

The drum is the oldest musical instrument known to man. It has been used for communications, ceremonies, requiems for the dead, calls to battle, and fog signals in the Turkish Navy.

Competitions

All individual competitors are required to have a minimum of one and a maximum of two pipers to accompany them. The piper does not receive a score.

Competitors receive scores in
the following seven categories:

• Rolls
• Tone
• Tempo
• Execution
• Rhythm & expression
• Quality & variety
• Blend