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1999 marked the 50th anniversary of the Band. St. Columcille UGPB has flourished through 50 years of continuos piping under the direction of the McGonigal Family. A gala celebration was held at the Gran Centurion, Clark NJ on April 10th, 1999. Over 400 hundred band members, family and supporters attended the dance.
1999 also saw the return of St. Columcille UGPB and Sean McGonigal Memorial PB to the 1999 World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow Scotland. Over 40 band members along with family members and friends attended the trip. The trip was a resounding success in bringing the band into world class pipe band competition in regards to recognition and performance.
The First Annual North Jersey Knockout Competition was organized by Tom Burnham & Liz McPadden. This was moslty an intra-band competition, although we will be opening it up to outside participants in the future. The premise of the competiton is to hold multi-knockout rounds where the competitors are paired off to compete against each other to "knock them out" of the round. Judging is provided by Guest Judges, which this year included Chris Hamilton from the City of Washington Pipe Band and Kenny MacLeod, maker of the famous McCallum Bagpipe. The final winner is declared when he/she is the last one left. This brought forth some stunning wins and losses. Overall, this was a huge success and will become o mainstay of st. Columcille activities.
Other notable hi-lights include a first place finish for the Gr. IV Sean McGonigal Memorial PB at Colonial Highland Gathering, Fair Hill, DE and the Gr. IV Columcille School of Piping & Drumming winning first place to become the North Eastern United States Champions at the Capital District games in Altamont, NY. For a complete list of band and solo results, please refer to the list below.
Red Hackle Pipe Band - 3/4 march
Mary Grant of Longhelly - 3/4 march
A Fond Kiss - slow air
Terebus - 2/4 march
McCrae Meadow 4/4/march
Deputy Chief Wingate - hornpipe
Pony Gallup - jig
Paddy be Easy - slip jig
A Fond Kiss - slow air
Maids of the Black Glen - strathspey
Jack Wilson's Ball - reel
Poisoned Dwarf - reel
Mary Grant of Longhelly - 3/4 march
Simon Fraser University - 7/4 march
McCrae Meadow - 4/4 march
Lord Lovats' Lament - 2/4 march
Glengarry Gathering - 2/4 march
Caledonian Society of London - strathspey
Dolina MacKay - reel
Donald MacLeod - hornpipe
Resolis - jig
Give us a Drink of Water - jig
Song for a Smallpipe - air
Inverness Fiddler - strathspey
Dimitri's Suspicion about the Cows in the Trees - reel
Lucius Warren's Confrontation - jig/reel
Kellsey's Wee Reel - reel
05/01: Redbank Celtic Tattoo, Redbank, NJ
05/15: Fair Hill Colonial Highland Gathering, Fair Hill, MD
06/05: Bonnie Brae Scottish Games, Liberty Corner, NJ
06/27: PNC Irish Festival, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ 9:00 AM
7/18: Rockland County Feis, Haverstraw, NY
07/31: Glengarry Highland Games, Maxville, Canada
08/01: Montreal Highland Games, Montreal, Canada
08/14: The World Pipe Band Championships, Glasgow, Scotland
09/04: Captial District Scottish Games, Altamont, NY
09/19: Nassua County Feis, North Port, Long Island, NY
09/25-26: Celtic Classic, Bethlehem, PA
