The band got up and went to Perth on the bus this morning, and as you might expect, most people slept all the way there. Apparently, a few had a rather late night on Saturday.
Nevertheless, we had a decent performance at Perth, not quite as good in some respects as the Worlds, but pretty good. We were 3rd in a six-band contest. The winners were The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (who won at North Berwick, Perth and were in the final at the Worlds) and second was the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. We were third, the 1st Battalion Scots Guards were fourth.
Following the games, we had a drink at the bus, and many songs on the bus back to Glasgow. The band bought a lot of Chinese food, and we had a buffet at the residence, after which many people went out. The photo here is of the Todd Bar at Strathclyde University. There were as many people again on the patio outside, and they were all there for the pipe band events.
So, that's it for Scotland 2006. It was a good band trip, and the members developed musically and in other ways. Next up is Calgary/Canmore, and we're looking into whether or not we can do that. Not sure we'll have enough people with holidays and money to make it work. Stay tuned.
2 comments:
Sounds like you had a good time. Well done on the results, see you all when you get back.
Richard & Marnie
Although it seemed to those who stayed on as though the trip for the band ended there, the adventure was not quite over for the group that left Monday morning. As a result of flight delays out of London on Monday afternoon, the staff at Heathrow informed us we would not make our connection in Toronto to take us to Regina on Monday night. We arrived in Toronto only to learn that there were NO hotels anywhere near the airport (as a result of the World AIDS conference) and spent an interesting night in Terminal 1 of Pearson airport. Just part of the adventure I suppose. Hope the rest of the trip for those who are still there goes well. See you all soon and thanks for a memorable trip.
Catherine
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