The month has come and gone, and so too another trip to Scotland with the CRPB. We had a fantastic trip with the band, and members learned a lot, experienced a lot, and had a great time together. The highlights included the band performance at the Worlds, which although clearly flawed, was our best performance of the current medley, and a building experience, despite the results.
The CRPB was profiled in Scottish news footage, papers and web sites from its performance at the Piping Live! Festival, and we also had a great day at the "Pipes of Peace" Festival with the Celtic Spirit lads, including an evening concert with Scottish Grade 1 band Inveraray and District. The trip wrapped up with the Perth Highland Games, where the band won the Grade 2 band event, and also was "Best Band on Parade," winning the Provost's Cup.
The trip brought a lot of things into perspective, both musically, and in terms of group dynamics. It underlined for me what a superb group of people we have in the band at the moment. It has also given me a definite "to-do" list musically, and that should have a very positive impact on the way the band sounds in the future.Thanks to all band members and supporters for a great season, and a memorable trip to Scotland. Looking forward to the coming season.
3 comments:
Did you guys bring your own "teepee" (background) in the event of rain?
You win the prize for being the first to comment on the tipi! Nicely done.
Have no idea why that was there, but it seemed an interesting background piece for the photo...the People's Palace at Glasgow Green and a Plains tipi.
It was in the children's area and was the story telling location. Go figure.
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