Well it's 3:30am here in California now. I was up at 1am to watch the entire Qualifying Heat. Now we're at the break. The Finals start at 4:30 here.

Our USA bands, LA Scots and Oran Mor, played well... but so did the other bands. It's very difficult to get through to the finals.

Shotts sounded very solid and they'll have no trouble getting through.

An aside about Highland Dress, I note that not a single band in the Qualifiers wore white hose!

All black, navy, charcoal, except for Cullybackey in Lovat Blue. Let the White Hose Era be over!