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competitors.  </B></div> <div> <B>After the winners were announced at the standing-room-only awards ceremony, the competitors choose their drums backstage from an array of drums. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Top 3 Snare Drummers (Professional, Grade 1, and Grade 2) all choose the Andante Drum.</B></div> <div> <B>The Intermediate as well as Novice winners of amateur Bass and amateur Tenor also received Andante Basses (2) and Andante Tenors (2).</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U><B><IMG SRC="4ba54410.jpg" border=0 width="84" height="65" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>         </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U><B>World Solos 2007</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4a74b650.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U><B>All Ireland 2007</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Champion of Champion "><U><B><IMG SRC="4854b590.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="89" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>                </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Champion of Champion "><U><B>Cowal Championships</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="World Pipe Band Championships"><U><B><IMG SRC="47375340.jpg" border=0 width="117" height="52" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>                       </B><A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="World Pipe Band Championships"><U><B>World Pipe Band Championships 2007</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="British Championships"><U><B><IMG SRC="4694b3f0.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="63" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>                        </B><FONT 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