The Last Week

The weekend is over.

And what a weekend it was!!!! Pipe band everywhere... except in Winnipeg.

It was the North American, and European Championships this past weekend and we want to extend our congrats to new Gr. 2 N/A Champions New West Minster, and all the bands that were in Maxville, sounds like a great contest.

Of course a big congrats goes out to friends of the band Graham Brown and Jake Watson, as well as P/M John Cairns for their second North American Grade 1 Championships.

The Europeans shook down much like I anticipated. Ravara cleaned up but didn't walk away with the grade 2 title. It was pretty mixed up in the results and that bodes well for the World's. Grade 1 was exactly as I predicted, it sure looks like Field Marshall are on a rampage.

Here in the Peg we took a much deserved weekend off before our last rehearsal. The past 24 hours have mostly been dedicated to prepping for tonight, pre packing, and deciding what to put on the bass drum... So I thought I'd share what I think we're going with barring some odd last minute change.




We're still humming and hawing between myself, Wes, and Chris. But this is awesome!!!

I love that the only problem we have going into this last week is what to put on the bass drum.

That's about it for now. Should be a low key practice tonight. Wanna keep everyone well rested for the trip. We're very very well prepared and it's mostly just a question of repeating what we do when the time comes.

I read Iain's City of Regina blog today. Sounds like they had a blast. I was happy to see them in the top 6, and more than happy to hear him say the plays in Maxville weren't their best. They've over come some incredible odds in a short period of time, and I know what that's like. I'm sure everyone in their organization is very proud of what they've accomplished and I'd like to extend our congratulations to them. I can't wait for next season, and to hear them again!

Until tomorrow when I report on how rehearsal went, cheers!

Sean