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I'll be there with the Louisville Pipe Band on Saturday (and helping to run the pipe band contest that afternoon). Not staying for anything that night.
This year, there will be no sanctioned P&D contest - too expensive. So, no solos in the morning. Instead, we're having the first Pipe Band Invitational. 6 bands will compete between 1400 and 1600 Central time (1500 and 1700 Eastern).
The competition format will be a 20-minute window. The bands will play their normal sanctioned tune set for their grade (EUSPBA grade 4 is a mini-MSR, grade 5 is a march set), followed by any other set(s) of tunes they wish to play, as they would for a concert performance. Winners will be determined by the spectators. Any tie-breaking will be done by a couple of impartial judges recruited for the purpose.
The bands have also agreed to do two additional performances during the day (this will probably be up on the main field), plus the massed bands for the opening ceremony around noon.
A very interesting chap and not a bad piper to boot. When he was ambassador to Georgia, it was not unknown for him to drag out the pipes and give them a whirl.
Shoot straight you bastards. Don't make a mess of it. Harry (Breaker) Harbord Morant - Bushveldt Carbineers
A very interesting chap and not a bad piper to boot. When he was ambassador to Georgia, it was not unknown for him to drag out the pipes and give them a whirl.
Originally Posted by creagdhubh
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