A Post-Season Bonus!
This week the band received a nice post-season bonus from the Pipers and Pipe Band Society of Ontario when we found out that they have adjusted the final prize list from the Montreal Highland Games. On the day, the PPBSO disqualified the Glengarry Pipe Band after they performed because an official thought that bands had to have two tenor drummers [that rule had already been changed]. After the fact, Glengarry's points were counted back into the mix, but they forgot to adjust all the points. Glengarry's 2nd and 3rd in piping [behind our two 1sts] pushed a couple of bands down, giving us 2nd prize overall, rather than 3rd.
The final result was:
1. Fredericton Society of Saint Andrew Pipe Band [Best Drum Corps]
2. City of Regina Pipe Band [Best Pipe Section]
3. St. Andrew's Society of Winnipeg Pipe Band
4. Glengarry Pipe Band
5. St. Thomas Episcopal Alumni Pipe Band
6. Niagara Regional Police Pipe Band
Judges -
Piping1: Colin MacLellan
Piping2: James Troy
Drumming: Harvey Dawson
Ensemble: Reay MacKay
Special thanks to former CRPB member Gregor Burton for being on top of the numbers, and pointing out the error. Thanks to the PPBSO for making the adjustment. And thanks to the band members for making a great season possible.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Thanks for a Great Season
Just back from Calgary and Canmore Highland Games, and the end of a very good season for the band. The full results for the weekend are available in the usual place and what you'll see is that we split the two contests with our friends in The Rocky Mountain Pipe Band, with them winning the MSR on Saturday on "ensemble preference" and us winning the medley event Sunday. We had 5/8 firsts, and two wins for the drum corps over the weekend. It was a nice way to finish the season.
This was the band's first time competing in Alberta since 2005, and we had lots of people make a point to thank us for coming, which was nice. It was great to be there, and good to see the Alberta scene so vibrant. Whoever arranged the weather did a brilliant job.
The CRPB played in the Canmore beer tent in the evening, and then we stayed to the not-so-bitter end to hear The Searsons, who have been a feature of a few post-Montreal parties at Hurley's Pub in Montreal.
The band has come a tremendous distance this season, and in the beer tent I was asked by one of our World Champion friends what we had done to make such a difference to the sound of the band in the past year.
The answer is fairly simple: we worked very hard, and tried to improve every aspect of the band, starting with each individual instrument. Band members committed to more practices than ever before, and more contests/performances than in recent years. We tried hard to organize schedules long in advance, and we sought assistance from acknowledged experts.
It was the contributions of the members: time, energy, money; and their unrelenting dedication to improvement that made the difference. Congratulations to you all on a great season. Enjoy your week off. ; )
Just back from Calgary and Canmore Highland Games, and the end of a very good season for the band. The full results for the weekend are available in the usual place and what you'll see is that we split the two contests with our friends in The Rocky Mountain Pipe Band, with them winning the MSR on Saturday on "ensemble preference" and us winning the medley event Sunday. We had 5/8 firsts, and two wins for the drum corps over the weekend. It was a nice way to finish the season.
This was the band's first time competing in Alberta since 2005, and we had lots of people make a point to thank us for coming, which was nice. It was great to be there, and good to see the Alberta scene so vibrant. Whoever arranged the weather did a brilliant job.
The CRPB played in the Canmore beer tent in the evening, and then we stayed to the not-so-bitter end to hear The Searsons, who have been a feature of a few post-Montreal parties at Hurley's Pub in Montreal.
The band has come a tremendous distance this season, and in the beer tent I was asked by one of our World Champion friends what we had done to make such a difference to the sound of the band in the past year.
The answer is fairly simple: we worked very hard, and tried to improve every aspect of the band, starting with each individual instrument. Band members committed to more practices than ever before, and more contests/performances than in recent years. We tried hard to organize schedules long in advance, and we sought assistance from acknowledged experts.
It was the contributions of the members: time, energy, money; and their unrelenting dedication to improvement that made the difference. Congratulations to you all on a great season. Enjoy your week off. ; )
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