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The nonprofit pipes|drums once again made a monetary contribution to the competition. The event has a host of sponsors contributing prizes, including McCallum Bagpipes and. The winner receives a stipend of up to US$750 to be used for travel expenses to compete at the 2019 Scottish Piping Society of London competitions, or other major solo contest in 2019, as approved by the organizing committee. The competition is named in tribute to Robert Urquhart “R.U.” Brown and Robert Bell Nicol, the famed Bobs of Balmoral, whose piobaireachd teaching greatly influenced ceol mor as it is heard today.Ĭompetitors are selected by an organizing committee based on amateur pipers’ competitive success over the past season. He accepted the award last weekend in Houston. The contest was held at the First Reformed Church of Scotia, and all events were judged by eastern United States pipers Eric Ouellette and Nancy Tunnicliffe.įilemon Tan last week also was the 2018 Epic Project recipient, presented by the House of Gordon. Tan was the aggregate winner across Piobaireachd March, Strathspey & Reel and 6/8 March events, with the ceol mor event having a 50% heavier weighting. Scotia, New York – Octo– The 35th annual Nicol-Brown Amateur Championship went to Filemon Tan of Bellaire, Texas, taking the world’s most established non-professional solo piping competition. Filemon K Tan (NPI 1083632319) is a health care provider registered with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), National Plan and Provider. Sailing through the busy waters between Indonesia and the Philippines has grown increasingly risky as Abu Sayyaf has kidnapped dozens of people in the area.Filemon Tan: 2018 Nicol-Brown Champion Filemon Tan with the 2018 Nicol-Brown Chalice. Two Canadians were beheaded after Ottawa declined to pay ransom. The guerillas are also believed to be holding hostages from Malaysia, Norway, the Netherlands and Japan. In May, the militia released a separate group of 14 Indonesian sailors after holding them for several weeks. According to family members of the kidnapped sailors, they were demanding $5 million (4.7 million euros) for the tugboat crew's release. The group specializes in kidnapping foreign citizens and demanding high ransoms. Weeks later, the group allegedly took three more Indonesian fishermen. "We were told he managed to escape by running and swimming to the sea," Tan added.Ību Sayyaf kidnapped the 28-year old sailor Mohammad Sayfan along with six other Indonesian tugboat crewmembers in June.
The militiamen had previously moved the hostage to a mangrove area in the island's Luuk town, some 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) south of the Philippines' capital Manila. The island is a known stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf militant group. "The victim escaped when his captors declared that they would behead him," Major Filemon Tan said. Residents of Jolo Island rescued the trapped man, a regional military spokesman said on Wednesday.