Huh............

You have no idea how hard it is to wash egg off your face while removing the foot from your mouth, all the while dealing with hell freezing over....


Wait maybe you do.

If you're anything like me and thought "Livingston is going to Toronto? WHAT THE HELL IS HE THINKING?" then you may be dealing with these issues today as you kill time at your desk YouTube-ing the latest pipe band vids.

So Toronto won Cambridge.

Not exactly the World's, but impressive. I'm not completely sold on the idea, but I did enjoy their medley, even a bit more than the others.

I think on the video somebody squawked during the attack... clearly it wasn't an issue, but generally from my ears I found their performance to be the most enjoyable.

So, what happened?

I have no idea as I wasn't there. Peel didn't sound their usual selves for whatever reason, and this weekend proves that on the day, anything can happen.

Which speaks to why we just shrug when some other grade 2 Canadian bands mock us, and put us down behind our backs. Then to our faces say "why are you going again, you aren't going to win".. Well you certainly won't staying home and going to the beach.

We're a competitive pipe band, and perhaps the scariest part for me as a leader is thinking "I can't control that"... sometimes certain factors go your way, sometimes they don't. It's all part of the rush.

We have faith in each other, and right now, the grade 2 band sounds better than ever. It's always worth a shot. Living the dream as it were. Spending a week with good friends making great music, and giving ourselves a chance, believing in each other.

Only a few more practices until we leave. We're looking confident, and sounding great. Most importantly we're certainly too loud to hear anyone outside our circle :)

Sean