Beginner Class

• Madeleine Stewart of Epsom N.H. - 1st Place & Capt Simon Fraser Quaich (NHGSC), Best March & Medal (NHGSC) - Millbank Cottage
• Max Silverstein of Bangor Maine - 2nd Place & Medal (Barbara McOwen), Best Jig & Medal (NHGSC) - Coleraine
• Tyler Marengo of Cherry Valley Mass. - 3rd Place & Medal (NHGSC), Best Reel & Medal (NHGSC) - Mrs MacLeod

Novice Class

• Eliza May Bowes of West Yarmouth Mass. - 1st Place & Hector MacAndrew Quaich (Janet & AD Copestakes), Best Reel & Medal (NHGSC) - Niel Gow's Lamentation for James Moray Esq. of Abercarney, The Spey in Spate
• Tristan Buckley of Lincoln Mass. - 2nd Place & Medal (NHGSC) - Hector the Hero, Calliope House
• Molly Trayner of Warner N.H. - 3rd Place & Medal (Janet & AD Copestakes) - Da Slockit Light, Stan Chapman's
• Eliana Ishii of Concord Mass. - Best Strathspey & Medal (NHGSC) - Editor's Favorite, Bridge of Bamore
• Felecia Cushing of Rochester N.H. - Best Slow Tune & Medal (NHGSC) - The Old Reel, John Cheap the Chapman

Junior New England Championship

• Elizabeth Anderson of Westborough Mass. - 1st Place* & Nathaniel Gow Trophy (Barbara McOwen), Best Slow Tune, Best Strathspey - Hills of Lorne, Tam Bain's Lum, Smith's a Gallant Fireman, Wind that Shakes the Barley
• Amanda Cavanaugh of Brookline Mass. - 2nd Place* & James Scott Skinner Quaich (Donated by Clan Johnston in America in Memory of Dr. William P. Bailey), Best March, Best Reel - Chapel Keithack, Earl of Dalhousie's Welcome, Within a Mile of Edinburgh Toon, Union Street
• Rose Rodgers of Anaheim Calif. - 3rd Place* & Tom Anderson Quaich (NHGSC) - Mrs Hamilton of Pencaitland, Grand Entont, Miss Lyall, Welcome Back to Cape Breton
• Xandra Clark of Weston Mass. - 4th Place & Medal (Donated by MC Archer Honoring Mentor Barbara McOwen) - Morag of Dunvegan, Hughie & Janet's March, The Warlocks, Nine Pine Coggie
• Craig Brunson of Derry N.H. - 5th Place & Medal (NHGSC) - Caledonia's Lament for the Death of Niel Gow Her Favorite Minstrel, PM John Stewart's, Tullochgorum, The Hurricane

Open New England Championship

• Calum Pasqua of Lynbrook N.Y. - 1st Place* & Niel Gow Trophy (From the Schecters, Honoring the Tradition), Best March & Medal (NHGSC), Best Reel & Medal (NHGSC) - Air from Fred Morrison's Mother, Donald MacLean's Farewell to Oban, Cortes Gardens, Miss Shepherd
• Darrell Murray of Charleston W.Va. - 2nd Place* & William Marshall Quaich (NHGSC), Best Slow Tune & Medal (Nirmal Mondol In Honor of Bonnie Rideout), Best Strathspey & Medal (NHGSC) - Bowfiddle Rock, The Duchess of Manchester's Farewell to the Highlands of Scotland, Peter Liang, The Blacksmith of Botriphnie
• Douglas Lamey of Brookline Mass. - 3rd Place & Ron Gonnella Quaich (Sally Dee) - Niel Gow's Lamentation for James Moray Esq. of Abercarney, A.J. & Janet's March, Bog an Lochan, Flora MacDonald
• Eden Forman of Hamilton Mass. - 4th Place & Medal (NHGSC) - Caledonia's Wail for Niel Gow Her Favorite Minstrel, The Lochaber Gahering, Miss Primrose, Willie Davie
• Marissa Chamberlain of Strafford N.H. - 5th Place & Medal (NHGSC) - Angus Cameron's Compliments to Alex Webster, The 25th King's Own Scottish Border Farewell to Meerut, Calum Breugach, Kylebrack Rambler

* Advanced to Nationals

Judge: Douglas Lawrence, Glasgow, Scotland
Competition Chair: Bob Schecter
Head Steward & Acting Chair: Isabelle Smith
FIRE Representative: Barbara McOwen

Judge's Comments: "The fiddle competition was a great success I felt and I hope that all the competitors will return to 'fight another day', whether they won, were placed or showed. The standard was high and above all very Scottish! A special thank you must go to Isabelle, who, without any fear, took on the task of fiddle chair. Well done to her."

Beginner Class

• Reaghan Smith of Hiram, Maine - 1st - Brenda Stubbert
• Madeleine Stewart of Epsom, N.H. - 2nd - Atholl Highlanders
• Katherine Forsythe of Strafford N.H. - 3rd - Spootiskerry

Novice Class

• William Sharpe of South Royalton Vt. - 1st, Best Reel - Dundee Hornpipe, Paddy's Trip to Scotland
• Hillary Rozenas of Rochester Mass. - 2nd, Best March, Best Strathspey - Mangister Voe, Cameron Chisolms
• Felecia Cushing of Rochester N.H. - 3rd - He's Bonny, The Pigeon on the Gate
• Nathaniel Chasse of West Lebanon Maine - Best Slow Tune - Eyemouth Harbour, Flowers of Edinburgh
• Ciara Wright, Berwick Maine - Best Jig - My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing

Junior New England Championship

• Mia Friedman of Newton Mass. - 1st Place* & Nathaniel Gow Trophy, Best Slow Tune, Best Reel - Ross Memorial Hospital, The Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside, The Banks of Spey, The Marquis of Huntly's Favorite
• Eden Forman of Hamilton Mass. - 2nd Place* & James Scott Skinner Quaich, Best Strathspey - Bonnie Jean of Aberdeen, Mrs MacDonald of Dunach, MacKenzie Hay, The Bride's
• Katherine McNally of Westford Mass. - 3rd Place* & Tom Anderson Quaich, Best March - Through the Wood Laddie, The Headlands, The Waulking of the Fauld, The Farmer's Daughter

Open New England Championship

• Calum MacKinnon Pasqua of Lynbrook N.Y. - 1st Place* & Niel Gow Trophy, Best Slow Tune, Best March, Best Strathspey - Air for Ferguson, Donald MacLean's Farewell to Oban, Laird of Drumblair, Lady Erskine
• Kelsey Woerner of Wellesley Mass. - 2nd Place* & William Marshall Quaich, Best Reel - The Weeping Birches of Kilmarnack, Mr Michie, Lord Moira, Jean's Reel
• Ashley MacLeod of Dalkeith Ont. - 3rd Place* & Ron Gonnella Quaich - Memories of Margaret Nixon, The Duke of Fife, Cutting Bracken, The Contradiction

* Advanced to Nationals

Judge: Calum MacKinnon, Edmonds, Wash.
Competition Chair: Bob Schecter
Head Stewards: Mary Louise Schecter & Isabelle Smith
FIRE Representative: Barbara McOwen

Beginner Class

• Morgan Pell of E. Sandwich Mass. - 1st, Best Reel - MacArthur Road
• Eliza Mae Bowes of W. Yarmouth Mass. - 2nd - Sleepy Maggie
• Jillian Benham of Nottingham N.H. - 3rd (tie), Best Slow Tune - Bovaglie's Plaid
• Kaitlin Gallagher of Upton Mass. - 3rd (tie), Best Jig - Drummond Casstle
• Ciara Wright of Berwick Maine - Best March - Atholl Highlanders

Junior Novice Class

• Peter Keegan of Dover N.H. - 1st, Best Strathspey, Best Reel - Bogniebrae Reel, The Marquis of Tullibardine
• Nathaniel Chasse of Lebanon Maine - 2nd, Best Slow Tune - Da Slockit Light, Pigeon on the Gate
• Rachael Chambers of Worcester Mass. - 3rd, Best March - PM Donald MacLean of Lewis, Atholl Highlanders

Senior Novice Class

• Matthew Christian of N. Bennington Vt. - 1st, Best Strathspey, Best Reel - Bog o' Gight, High Road to Linton
• Madison Daniels of Concord N.H. - 2nd - Laird o' Drumblair, Left-Handed Fiddler
• Hillary Rozenas of Rochester Mass. - 3rd - Cameron's Got his Wife Again, Left-Handed Fiddler
• Molly Trayner of Warner N.H. - Best Slow Tune - Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his 2nd Wife, Jig Runrig
• Tristan Buckley of Warner N.H. - Robertson's Reel, Hundred Pipers

Junior New England Championship

• Kelsey Woerner of Wellesley Mass. - 1st Place* & Nathaniel Gow Trophy (In Honor of David Douglas MacDonald), Best March, Best Strathspey (tie), Best Reel - Major Stewart of Java, Skinner's Compliments to Dr. MacDonald, Laird of Drumblair, The Marquis of Huntly
• Katherine McNally of Westford Mass. - 2nd Place* & Tom Anderson Quaich (Peter & Cornelia Jenness), Best Slow Tune, Best Strathspey (tie) - Bovaiglie's Plaid, Carnival March, Waulking of the Fauld, Gladstone's
• Tiffany Rozenas of Rochester Mass. - 3rd Place* & J.S. Skinner Quaich (RSCDS Boston Branch) - Da Slockit Light, Cameron Highlanders, The Iron Man, Hughie Jim Paul
• Amanda Cavanaugh of Brookline Mass. - 4th Place* & Medal - Sick with Love, Earl of Dalhousie's, Major Monroe, Union Street
• Abigail MacQuarrie of Millis Mass. - 5th Place* & Medal - Nathaniel Gow's Lament, John MacColl's, David Rankin, The Farmer's Daughter

Open New England Championship

• Aaron Hauptman of Lexington Mass. - 1st Place* & Niel Gow Trophy - Roslin Castle, King Robert the Bruce, Athole Brose, Ben's
• Deborah Billmers of Allston Mass. - 2nd Place* & William Marshall Quaich, Best Strathspey - Niel Gow's Lament, Duke of Fife's, Miss Lyall, High Drive
• Sue Tillotson of Lakewood N.Y. - 3rd Place* (tie) & Ron Gonnella Quaich - Lachlann Dubh, Mrs H.Ll MacDonald, Atholl Brose, Jenny Dang the Weaver
• Andy Reiner of Lexington Mass. - 3rd Place* (tie) & Ron Gonnella Quaich, Best Reel - Caledonia's Wail for Niel Gow her Favorite Minstrel, Skinner's Welcome, Unnamed Strathspey, Hon. Mrs Graham
• Lynn Rubier-Capron of Rochester N.Y. - 4th Place* & Medal, Best Slow Tune - Sitting in the Stern of a Boat, The Conundrum, The Banks of Spey, Miss Lyall

* Advanced to Nationals

Judge: Paul Anderson, Tarland, Scotland
Competition Chair: Bob Schecter
Head Steward & Acting Chair: Isabelle Smith
FIRE Representative: Barbara McOwen

Beginner

• Hillary Rozenas of Rochester Mass. - 1st, Best Slow Tune - Over the Moor Amang the Heather
• Rachael Chambers of Worcester Mass. - 2nd, Best Strathspey - The Iron Man
• Eliza Mae Bowes of West Yarmouth Mass. - 3rd, Best Jig - Hundred Pipers
• Campbell Webster of Concord N.H. - Best Reel - Timour the Tartar
• Kira Fullerton of Arlington Mass. - Most Promising - Green Grow the Rashes

Junior Novice

• Kegan Chasse of Lebanon Maine - 1st - Roslin Castle, Reconciliation
• Madison Daniels of Concord N.H. - 2nd, Best Jig - Maine Fiddle Camp Jig, Andy deJarlis
• Kirk Stauch-Reesman of Arlington Mass - 3rd - The Lovats Scouts, Spootiskerry
• Molly Trayner of Warner N.H. - Best Slow Tune - Miss Rowan Davies, Jenny Dang the Weaver
• Camille Ames of Norwich Vt. - Best Strathspey - Huntingtone Castle, The Warlocks
• Peter Kegan of Dover N.H. - Best Reel - Balmoral Castle, The Drunken Landlady
• Nathaniel Chasse of Lebanon Maine - Most Promising - Eyemouth Harbor, Full-Rigged Ship

Senior Novice

• Sally Strassburger of Wantagh N.Y. - 1st - Birks of Invermay, Hughie Shortie's Reel
• Douglas Challenger of Peterborough N.H. - 2nd - Best Ma, - The Rev John McFarlane, Calum's Road
• Lauren VanCans of Westerly R.I. - 3rd - The Rosebud of Allenvale, The Stool of Repentance

Junior New England Championship

• Kelsey Woerner of Wellesley Mass. - 1st Place* & Nathaniel Gow Trophy, Best Slow Tune, Best March, Best Reel - Mrs Jamieson's Favorite, Bonnie Ann, Forbes Morrison, John McNeil
• Mia Friedman of Waban Mass. - 2nd Place* & Tom Anderson Quaich, Best Strathspey - Lament for the Death of the Rev. Archie Beaton, The Duke of Fife's Welcome to Deeside, The Iron Man, Miller's Reel
• Katie McNally of Westford Mass. - 3rd Place* & J.S. Skinner Quaich (RSCDS Boston Branch) - The Mist Covered Mountains, The Farewell March, Cameron Chisholm's, MacArthur Road
• Cassie Anne MacDonald of Halifax N.S. - 4th Place* & Medal - Lament for the Death of the Rev. Archie Beaton, Sands of Burrafirth, Willie Fraser, Jenny Dang the Weaver
• Eden Forman of Hamilton Mass. - 5th Place & Medal - Over the Moor Amang the Heather, The Boy's Lament for his Dragon, Craigellachie Brig, Unknown Reel

Open New England Championship

• Kristin Sherwood of Cambridge Mass. - 1st Place* & Niel Gow Trophy, Best March - Margaret Ann Robertson, Balmoral Castle, The Iron Man, Dick Gossip's Reel
• Lindsay Turner of Cambridge Mass. - 2nd Place* & William Marshall Quaich - Kinsauns House, Dr. Macleod of Alnwick, Miss Drummond of Perth, Gillian's Reel
• Heather Cole-Mullen of Hopkinton Mass. - 3rd Place* & Ron Gonnella Trophy, Best Slow Tune - The Dying Year, Johnny Cope, The Duke of Gordon's Birthday, Jean's Reel
• Lily Henley of Boston Mass. - 4th Place* & Quaich, Best Reel - Coilsfield House, Traditional March, Miss Lyle's Strathspey, Old King's Reel
• Erich Tisch of Somerville Mass. - 5th Place & Medal, Best Strathspey - Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife, Lochiel's Awa tae France, Miss Drummond of Perth, Lochiel's Awa tae France

* Advanced to Nationals

Judge - New England Regionals: Paul Anderson, Tarland, Scotland
Judge - Beginner & Novice: Emerald Forman, Hamilton, Mass.
Competition Chair: Bob Schecter
Head Steward: Mary Louise Schecter
FIRE Representative: Barbara McOwen

Junior Beginner

• William Dunbar Maxwell, Wethersfield Conn. - 1st
• Adam Cole-Mullen, Hopkinton Mass. - 2nd
• Campbell Webster, Concord N.H. - 3rd

Senior Beginner

• Lauren VanCans, Westerly R.I. - 1st
• Susan Leary, Amherst Mass. - 2nd
• Roland Tremblay, Hampton N.H. - 3rd

Junior Novice

• Peter Keegan, Dover N.H. - 1st
• Marlene Beaton, Scotia N.Y. - 2nd
• Kirk Stauch-Reesman, Arlington Mass. - 3rd
• Erika Ann Philbrick, Eliot Maine - 4th
• Nathaniel Chasse, Lebanon Maine - 5th

Senior Novice

• Kegan Chasse, Lebanon Maine - 1st
• Eva Rosenberg, Lexington Mass. - 2nd
• Bernie Dougherty, Belmont N.H. - 3rd
• Marissa Chamberlain, Strafford N.H. - 4th
• Donna Tragethon, Newbury Mass. - 5th

Junior New England Championship

• Heather Cole-Mullen, Hopkinton Mass. - 1st, Best Slow Tune, Best Air
• Eden Forman, Hamilton Mass. - 2nd, Best March
• Tiffany Rozenas, Rochester Mass. - 3rd, Best Strathspey
• Mary Carolyn Archer, Mont Vernon Mass. - 4th - Honorable Mention Strathspey
• Amanda Cavanaugh, Brookline Mass. - 5th

Open New England Championship

• Emerald Forman, Hamilton Mass. - 1st, Best Slow Tune
• Lindsay Turner, Kingsport Tenn. - 2nd
• Aaron Hauptman, Waltham Mass. - 3rd
• Karen Billmers, Sunderland Mass. - 4th
• Deborah Billmers, Montreal Que. - 5th

Judge - New England Regionals: Anne Hooper, Quincy Mass.
Judge - Beginner: Emerald Forman, Hamilton Mass.
Judge - Novice:John Turner, Chesterfield Va.
Competition Chair: Bob Schecter
Head Steward: Mary Louise Schecter
FIRE Representative: Barbara McOwen

Tartan: New Hampshire State Dress
Webdabbler: Barbara McOwen, www.mcowen.net

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