Originally Posted by
EagleJCS
The Nashville Pipes & Drums Grade 3 band has a few members borrowed from the Louisville Pipe Band.
They have to be on the band's roster 30 days prior to the competition, correct?
Out here in WUSPBA territory band-swapping became so common they had to implement the "one man one band" rule, the only exception being the "instructor rule" which itself is widely abused.
Originally Posted by
EagleJCS
The Louisville Pipe Band Grade 5 was planning on going (I was going to be there to play the bass drum), but a couple of pipers tested positive for Covid, dropping the number of playing pipers below the minimum number for competition.
That's a bummer!
Our band likewise had to drop out of last weekend's Games, our first fullscale contest since 2019, but in our case it was lack of enough drummers. Nevertheless several of our band members competed in solos.
At this first contest in two years it was fascinating to see the effect the Covid layoff had on bands in our area.
Prior to Covid our local Pipe Band scene had experienced a few bands going defunct, but during the shutdown two new local bands were built.
One is the entirely new City Of Angels Pipe Band, the other is the resurrection of a band that's not competed in a decade, the Nicholson Pipe Band.
Last edited by OC Richard; 31st May 22 at 05:36 AM.
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