Unless you have been living under a rock for the last week, you now know that the 2009 World Pipe Band Championships have come and gone. Congrats go out to the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band for another Championship win, as well securing the coveted drumming Sash for the second year in a row.
Although none of the Troys were over for the contest this year, we did have one family member in amongst the winners! Dani Millar (formerly Brin), married to Duncan (a fab drummer with SFU's corps), is a cousin of ours. Dani, one of the few female pipers in the band, has been involved in every one of SFU's six World Championship wins! At the top of the game to say the least.
Check out the breakdown for the Worlds results.
Kudos go out to the BBC for airing live streaming video of the Grade 1 events! James W. and I were up bright and early at 1am in time to see the entire Grade 1 Qualifier. There were very few technical interruptions and Bob Worrall did a fantastic job as the commentator, inserting diplomatic comments where necessary.
Kudos go out to the BBC for airing live streaming video of the Grade 1 events! James W. and I were up bright and early at 1am in time to see the entire Grade 1 Qualifier. There were very few technical interruptions and Bob Worrall did a fantastic job as the commentator, inserting diplomatic comments where necessary.
As we are usually on the field playing, this was the first time in ages that I was able to see the entire Qualifying contest to be able to make a reasonable assessment of the results. With a cup of tea in hand and keeping warm and dry, it was almost better than being there! JW and I pretty much agreed with the outcome from the morning Qualifier with a small discrepancy. Tough contest.
Congratulations go out to Triumph Street for qualifying! Again, with that band in our backyard we have the pleasure of hearing them on a regular basis and as they were playing quite quite well, we were not surprised at all that they got through. Also, another congrats goes out to the New Westminster Police - another band from B.C. with a fantastic showing at the Worlds with a 6th place.
Now that the excitement of the Worlds is over....we are on to some of the major solo events around Scotland. James P. left on Sunday for the Argyllshire Gathering and will be competing in the Silver Medal this week and Cowal on the 29th.
The lineup for the Silver and Gold Medal contests can be found at www.pipesdrums.com. We wish James P. all the best over there! Stay tuned for those results.
-JLT
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