29th Arkansas Scottish Festival winners
Piping/Drumming
Amateur Bass - Kenneth Hiner
Novice Tenor - Augustus Vargas
Amateur IV Jr. Drumming - Tie - Will Boehm, and Frankie Boehm
Amateur IV Sr. Drumming - Seth Ribitzki
Amateur V Sr. Piping - Alisha Toepperwein
Amateur V Jr. Piping - Nathaniel Vargas
Novice Sr. Piping - Katie Ericksen
Novice Jr. Piping - Gloria Franke
Grade IV Jr. Piping - David Daniel
Grade IV Sr. Piping - Eddie Selden
Grade III Piping - Matthew Beall
Grade II Piping - Steven Giles
Grade I Piping - Nathanael Harvey
Open Piping - Jimmy Bell
USPF Qualifier Overall Winner - Matt Pantaleone
Grade V Band Contest
1st - Ballantyne Memorial Dallas, TX
2nd - Wolf River Memphis, TN
3rd - Ozark Highlanders Fayetteville, AR
Grade IV Band Contest
1st - North Texas Caledonians Dallas, TX
2nd - Lyon College Batesville, AR
3rd - Oklahoma Scottish - Oklahoma City, OK
Clans
Best Clan Attire Mackay
Best Clan Display Donnachaidh
Hospitality Award Wallace
Participation Award Douglas
Best Clan Donald
Kilted Golf Tourney
Championship Flight
First Flight
Second Flight
Corporate Olympics
Twelve teams competed in the Corporate Olympics: Bank of America "Robbers," "Super Clans" Cheatham, "Lions" Cheatham, Centerpoint Energy's "Pass-N-Gas, Flowers Baking Company's "Pop N' Fresh, Liberty Bank's "Super Team of Not-so-Super Heroes, Flowers Baking Company's "Bun Warmers, Flowers Baking Company's "Cupcakes, White River Medical Center's "Ortho's, "The Rock Frys" Cheatham, Bad Boy Mowers' "Kilting Kickers and Citizens Bank's "Triforce of Legend."
Winners include:
1) Egg Toss 1st Place, CenterPoint Energy's Mandy and Steven Lewis
2) 3-Legged Race 1st Place, CenterPoint's Mandy Lewis and Cshawn Osborn
3) Boniest Knees 1st Place, Chuckie Cheatham of Cheatham "Lions"
4) Scavenger Hunt 1st Place, Bad Boy Mower's Ariel Wann, Trey Wann and Kim Wann
5) Spirit Award 1st Place, Bad Boy Mowers
Winners of each individual competition received a prize donated by members of the Lyon College Regional Advisory Board or the Lyon League.
The Spirit Award was new to the Corporate Olympics this year and was awarded to the cheering section that showed the greatest spirit, based on the number of cheerleaders present, volume, sportsmanship and enthusiasm. Bad Boy Mowers supporters encouraged Central Elementary students to attend the Scottish Festival to root for Trey Wann, cheered on the "Kilting Kickers" with noisemakers, banners, face paint and logo apparel. Their support was recognized with a framed 2008 Arkansas Scottish Festival poster to be hung in the Bad Boy workplace.
Centerpoint Entergy's "Pass-N-Gas" was the day's overall winner. The team earned the coveted Corporate Olympics Traveling Trophy, which will be on display at the local Centerpoint office until April 2009. In addition, they will have the honor of being piped into work one morning by a member of the Lyon College Bagpipes Band. Bad Boy's "Kilting Kickers" took second place honors, while the Cheatham "Lions" won third. The three members of each team also received large shopping bags made of recycled materials; the bags were filled with goodies again donated by the Regional Advisory Boad and Lyon League.
Judges for the Olympics were state Senator Jack Critcher, Independence County Judge Bill Hicks and Sheri Croslin, Director of Membership Services at Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce. Batesville Mayor Rick Elumbaugh served as emcee.