The 6th Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational
Piping Competition

Saturday, November 21, 1987
(1:00 pm Piobaireachd; 7:00 pm March, Strathspey, & Reel)

Chancellors Hall
New York State Education Department Building
Albany, New York

An article about the 1987 Nicol-Brown Contest was written by Janet Cassidy for the EUSPBA VOICE. Many thanks to Thompson McConnell for finding the article.

Judges

• Amy Garson (Ottawa, Ontario)
• Ed Krintz (Hampton, Virginia)
• Chip Reardon (Souderton, Pennsylvania)

Robert Nicol-Robert Brown Chalice for Piobaireachd

1. Joyce McIntosh (“The Old Men of the Shells”)
2. Daniel Whatley (“The Unjust Incarceration”)
3. Skip Cleavinger (“Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay”)
4. Katy Rashid (“Lament for the Departure of King James”)
5. Frances McClure (“Hector MacLean’s Warning”)

The First William Ross Challenge Targe for MSR

1. Alistair Wright
   (“Leaving Lunga,” “The Bob of Fettercairn,” and “The Smith of Chilliechassie”)
2. Katy Rashid
   (“Angus Campbell’s Farewell to Stirling,” “John Roy Stewart,” and “Loch Carron”)
3. Ian Murdoch
   (“The Marchioness of Tullibardine,” “Susan MacLeod,” and “The Grey Bob”)
4. Campbell Crosbie
   (“The Pap of Glencoe,” “The Shepherd’s Crook,” and “Ca’ the Ewes”)
5. June Potter
   (“John MacColl’s March to Kilbowie Cottage,” “Cabar Feidh,” and “The Blackberry Bush”)

Dress and Deportment

• Joyce McIntosh
  Prize: A $25 gift certificate from Highland Heritage, Ltd. in Newark, Delaware

1987 Piobaireachd Competitors

• Skip Cleavinger (Bowling Green, Kentucky)
• Campbell Crosbie (Stoney Creek, Ontario)
• Tom Downs (Madison, New Jersey)
• Frances McClure (Kitchener, Ontario)
• Joyce McIntosh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Ian Murdoch (Lafayette, Indiana)
• June Potter (Yonkers, New York)
• Katy Rashid (Rome, New York)
• Andy Rogers (Frederickton, New Brunswick)
• Daniel Whatley (Houston, Texas)
• Alistair Wright (Ottawa, Ontario)

1987 MSR Competitors

• Skip Cleavinger (Bowling Green, Kentucky)
• Campbell Crosbie (Stoney Creek, Ontario)
• Tom Downs (Madison, New Jersey)
• Keith Fisher (Bowie, Maryland)
• Ian Murdoch (Kitchener, Ontario)
• June Potter (Yonkers, New York)
• Katy Rashid (Rome, New York)
• Andy Rogers (Frederickton, New Brunswick)
• Seth Rosan (Madison, New Jersey)
• Daniel Whatley (Houston, Texas)
• Alistair Wright (Ottawa, Ontario)

The 1987 Nicol-Brown Chalice Committee

• Donald F. Lindsay
• Peter Beckford
• Cathy Belden
• Jim Nail
• JoAnn Scott

If you have more details about the 1987 contest, or any other year of the Nicol-Brown, please email glenpaula@gmail.com to help us fill in the blanks. Programs, photographs, and news articles are all welcome.