World Pipe Band Championships now!

[pbutts]

Did you catch Power's piobaireachd? It was amazing.

I wonder how that went over with judges. I've listened to that set several times now.

I like both the MSR and Medley components for different reasons. It's probably a good thing there are two different sets so that both technical and artistic elements are equally represented.

[OC Richard]

Yes I love all pipe music!

But a really good 2/4 march, well played, has a gravitas that, for me, nothing in a Medley can match.

About much of the stuff bands play in the Medley nowadays, I am reminded of the old Appalachian fiddler who was brought down out of the hills to hear a Banjo Fiddle Contest.

After hearing several "young guns" blast though complicated technical fiddle tunes, the old fiddler was asked his opinion. He said

"Them tunes didn't come from nowhere, and ain't goin' nowhere."

[Ron Abbott]

The first time I heard a band playing piobaireachd was on the Dysart & Dundonald recording of their live concert in Ballymena in 1983.

Superb and I still have the recording of that album on my iPod. One of my favourite recordings.

This is it :-

http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-i...3-mw0000239603