Justice Served

Good day everyone,

Quick update on practice last night. Grade 2 that is.

Things went well, we had a change in location for one night due to legion conflicts but Joe and the gang came through for us and found us space.

Good numbers out for practice. There will be a learning curve for some as our low turnout this year will be a record turnout any other year. Still a definite positive.

In other news the PPBSO finally handed down some justice regarding the Montreal Highland Gathering fiasco.

For those who aren't aware, this year in Montreal some mistakes were made and the Glengarry pipe band was disqualified from the grade 2 contest after performing. The were dq'd based on an interpretation of a rule taken from a dated rule book and thus, unfairly disqualified.

After about a month the PPBSO admitted its mistake and apologized which is wonderful to see. Recently, not sure how recent, but as of yesterday the results on the PPBSO website have been updated adding Glengarry's results into the mix.

While this had a bit of a reverse effect on the SASPB placings it boded well for our friends in Regina. Our overall marks for the day became 4piping, 4piping, 3drumming, and 2ensemble, with an overall placing of 3rd. Regina then moved to 2nd, a wonderful result for them.

It's a bit complicated with the point system being associated with placings, but it was nice to see justice served and the folks from Glengarry got to see the results of their hard work.

In a volunteer organization like the PPBSO, or the PPBAM, etc. It's easy for the membership at large to expect certain quality within these organizations. We must remember, however, that these people are volunteers and donate a great deal of their time to giving us the opportunity to do what we love so dearly.

So keep this in mind, humans are humans, we make mistakes, and you get what you pay for!

Great job to the PPBSO on this one. Way to lead by example!

Sean