SOUNDSLIDE & VIDEOS: 2010 Glengarry Highland Games

The 63rd annual Glengarry Highland Games came to Maxville on Friday, July 30 and Saturday, July 31. Several thousand spectators attended the event, which culminated in the massed pipe band performance that featured 1,357 participants.

Audiences came from far and wide to enjoy the music, dancing, heavyweight competitions and more. See below for our photo and video coverage of the successful event as well as a list of the competition results.

2010 Results for Bands and Solo Piping & Drumming

Bands

Grade 1: 1st - Peel Regional Police; 2nd - 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel); 3rd - 78th Fraser Highlanders; 4th - Toronto Police.

Grade 2: 1st - City of Chicago; 2nd - St. Andrew's Society of Winnipeg;

3rd - Fredericton Society of St. Andrews; 4th - Rocky Mountain; 5th - Stuart Highlanders.

Grade 3: 1st - Rob Roy; 2nd - Great Lakes; 3rd - Ulster Scottish; 4^th - 400 Squadron; 5th - Toronto Police.

Grade 4: 1st - Brighton Legion; 2nd - Hamilton Police; 3rd - Queens University; 4th - Penetangore; 5th - Arnprior McNabb.

Grade 5: 1st - Highland Mist

Professional Solo Piping

Piobaireachd: 1st - Ian K. MacDonald; 2nd - Andrew Hayes; 3rd - Bruce Gandy; 4th - Andy Rogers; 5th - Dan Lyden; 6th - Doug MacRae.

Glengarry Highland Games MSR: 1st - Alex Gandy; 2nd - Bruce Gandy; 3rd - Ian K. MacDonald; 4th - Michael Grey; 5th - Colin Clansey; 6th - Andrew Hayes.

March: 1st - Bruce Gandy; 2nd - Micohael Grey; 3rd - Alan Clark; 4th - Colin Clansey; 5th - Ian K. MacDonald; 6th - Alex Gandy.

Strathspey & Reel: 1st - Bruce Gandy; 2nd - Andrew Hayes; 3rd - Colin Clansey; 4th - Robbie Beaton; 5th - Alex Gandy; 6th - Elizabeth Sheridan.

Jig: 1st - Ian K. MacDonald; 2nd - Alex Gandy; 3rd - Andrew Smith; 4th - Andrew Hayes; 5th - Dan Lyden; 6th - Colin Clansey.

Professional Piper of the Day: Bruce Gandy

Professional Solo Snare Drumming MSR: 1st - Graham Brown; 2nd - Dave Fenton; 3rd - Aaron Carter.

Hornpipe & Jig Snare Drumming: 1st - Graham Brown; 2nd - Aaron Carter; 3rd - Mitchell Mackay.

March, Strathspey & Reel Drumming: 1st Graham Brown

Professional Snare Drummer of the Day: Graham Brown

Professional Drum Major: Jason Matteson

Professional Drum Major: Lina Bruni

Rhythm Tenor: Matthew Bellia

Professional Flourishing Tenor: Kyle Heaney

Youngest Winning Piper of the Day: James Dyson

Amateur Piper of the Day: Kyle Coughlin

Amateur Drummer of the Day: Peter Lowrie

Open Piobaireachd for the Piobaireachd Society Gold Medal: 1st - Doug MacRae, London, Ontario - The Battle of the Pass of Crieff; 2nd - Robbie Beaton, Scotia, New York - The End of the Great Bridge; 3rd - Andrew Rogers, Fredericton, New Brunswick - Beloved Scotland; 4th - Alan Clark, Ottawa, Ontario - Clan Chattan's Gathering; 5th - Elizabeth Sheridan, Oakville, Ontario - MacNeill of Barra's March.

Gold Medallist for the Piobaireachd Society Bar to the Gold Medal: 1st - Bruce Gandy, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - The Big Spree; 2nd - Ian K. MacDonald, Toronto, Ontario - Craigellachie; 3rd - Alex Gandy, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - MacCrimmon's Sweetheart.