Once again, due to running around playing in a band I found it easier to take fuzzy photos on my I-thing than to carry a camera around... apologies for the photo quality.
Early Saturday morning I listened to the solos. Members of the Irish Pipers of San Francisco in the solo drumming
a young woman from the Edmonton Boys' Pipe Band (!) plays for a judge
a piper from the University of California Riverside Pipe Band (wearing their lovely bespoke tartan) plays before the dapper Glen Thompson, sporting a charcoal jacket and Lovat bonnet and hose
Disney was promoting the movie Brave and part of it was an archery thing. Kinda cool to have archery and piobaireachd going on so close together
Davey Armstrong, Pipe Major of the LA Scots Grade 4 band, competes next to the athletic field. If you look close you can see a big rock flying through the air
Bandmates tend to show support for fellow bandmembers playing solos, in this case the band from Glendale Arizona
The Irish Pipers of San Francisco (California's oldest pipe band) forming the circle in competition. Pictures taken while a band is transitioning from the square to the circle formation always look a bit odd, everyone all ahoo, but they do actually know where they're going. They won Grade 3 both days
LA Scots Grade 1 tuning up before going in front of the judges. Note the use of an electronic tuner (in the hands of a guy with a really good ear) to help get all the drones precisely set
and in the competition circle. No other Grade 1 bands came this year (sad face) so the LAS were merely playing for the judges' comments. Note the judge in trews
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