Reserve these dates for The Balmoral Classic of 2009: November 6–7. Program details coming soon. Thank you for making the 2008 and 2007 Balmoral Classic a success.
Five-time junior world
champion St. Thomas’ Episcopal School Pipe
Band of Houston, Texas will be
the featured performer for the Saturday,
November 7, 2009 Balmoral Classic concert.
The state-of-the-art Rauh
Theater at
Hillman Center for Performing
Arts,
on the Fox Chapel campus of Shady Side Academy,
home of The Balmoral Classic of 2009 and 2008.
Ryan Praskovich, Overall winner of the 2008 US Junior Solo Bagpiping Championship, holds his trophies and the top prize of McCallum Bagpipes. (Photo by Evan Kenepp)
View highlights
of The
Balmoral Classic of 2008 and 2007. See the
November 15, 2008
Pittsburgh Today Live interview with George
Balderose, Ryan Praskovich and John Hanna with
Kristine Sorensen on KDKA TV 2. And the 2008 US
Junior Solo Piping Championship results
in pipes|drums.
Directions + Google map to
Hillman Center for Performing Arts
+ a
campus
map
New to Fox Chapel or Pittsburgh? See our
visitor's
guide.
Presented by
Balmoral School of Piping &
Drumming, celebrating 31 years in
2009.
Support for The Balmoral Classic of 2008 was
made possible, in part, by a grant from
The Heinz
Endowments.
Additional support was provided by
84
Lumber,
Clan
Donald Educational and Charitable
Trust, Clan
Morrison Society of North
America, Gibson
Pipes, RG
Hardie,
Hillman Center for Performing
Arts, MacLellan
Bagpipes, McCallum
Bagpipes, Piper's
Pub, Pipers'
Choice, Pittsburgh
Firefighters Memorial Pipe
Band,
Pittsburgh Police Emerald Society Pipes and
Drums, St.
Andrew's Society of
Pittsburgh, Tone
Czar, Walkers
Shortbread, and individual
contributors.
For more details, visit our support
page.
The Balmoral Classic of 2009
Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7
Hillman Center for Performing Arts, Shady Side
Academy
Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania