Ok, here's the good: We made the Finals! Well, good and bad. We're on 2nd at 10:38. Apparently there weren't enough bands for them to do multiple heats in a prelim, so all bands go right to the final. Aren't y'all glad we've been working so hard on the MSR? Finals are Medley with one run for all the marbles. Here's the official Draw:
Grade 3B - Final
01 10:30 Turriff and District
02 10:38 Silver Thistle Pipes and Drums - U.S.A.
03 10:46 Williamwood
04 10:54 Major Sinclair Memorial
05 11:02 Arbroath
06 11:10 Oban High School
07 11:18 Denny and Dunipace Gleneagles
08 11:26 North Coast - U.S.A.
09 11:34 Cross Borders - Spain
10 11:42 Scottish Borders
11 11:50 Cleland Memorial
12 11:58 Tullylagan
13 12:06 Tweedvale
14 12:14 Perth and District
15 12:22 Lochryan
16 12:30 Dunbar Royal British Legion
17 12:38 Kilmarnock
18 12:46 Lanark and District
19 12:54 Milngavie
20 13:02 Ayr Pipe Band Society
21 13:10 Belgian Blend - Belgium
22 13:18 McNeillstown
Adjudicators:
Terry Lee
George Wilson
Alexander Russell
Gordon Craig
So that's the good and bad. Ready for the Ugly? From the RSPBA website:
Adult Drum Major Heats Commence: 11:30
Adult Drum Major Final Commence: 15:15
Grade 3B Bands to play for Adult Heats
Junior Drum Major Heats Commence: 12:30
Grade 3B Bands to play for Junior Drum Majors
All Bands & Drum Majors are expected to take part in the March Past (Weather permitting). No band shall leave the arena until the presentation of all trophies is complete unless prior authority has been agreed by the Chief Executive. The Championships will start at approximately 9.00 a.m.
Bands, when asked, will be required to play for Drum Major Contests. Failure to comply will result in disqualification.
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Well just to let everyone know that there are also 21 other bands more than likely in the same boat as us!! ![🤪](//twemoji.maxcdn.com/2/svg/1f92a.svg)
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Even playing fields!
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Holy smokes, this definitely flips or practice and rehearsal time in it's head. Time to dig deep on the Medley friends!
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Surprised to hear that bands are expected to take part in the march past. It used to be the case but dropped away the last couple of times. I planned accordingly and need to be in Inverness by 9-10 pm on Saturday. It's about a 3 hour drive from Glasgow. I have no desire to begin a run of defectors, but if possible, I'd like to skip the march past.
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No worries about the march past Ken. We'll get David to impersonate you.
I spoke about this last night, but here's the latest information:
I received an email from the RSPBA coordinator for the Perth Games yesterday. He said that Grade 3 was going to play the MSR at Perth based on the fact that the Worlds prelims were going to be MSR. Now that there are no prelims at the Worlds, he was taking a vote of the P/Ms from all of the Grade 3 bands to see if they wanted to play Medley or stay with MSR. I voted for Medley so that we could get another run of it before the Worlds. I presume that many of the other bands will vote the same way.
What does that mean?
As planned, we'll play the MSR in G3 at North Berwick on Saturday the 10th.
Presuming the vote goes the way I think it will, we'll play the Medley in G3 at Perth. We're already scheduled to play the Medley in G2 at Perth.
We'll play the Medley in G3B at the Worlds.
Yes, you counted that correctly, we'll likely be playing the Medley three times in Scotland, and the MSR only once.
Other news: I apparently misunderstood when they said that we could get up to 30 "Band Supporter" tickets for the Worlds. I figured that they were free. I was wrong. They want 9 pounds per ticket. I don't have the scratch right now to purchase all of them, but if y'all will verify your ticket numbers, I will get them, get reimbursed by the band, and y'all can pay the band.
Let me know ASAP!
Thanks,
D
I spoke about this last night, but here's the latest information:
I received an email from the RSPBA coordinator for the Perth Games yesterday. He said that Grade 3 was going to play the MSR at Perth based on the fact that the Worlds prelims were going to be MSR. Now that there are no prelims at the Worlds, he was taking a vote of the P/Ms from all of the Grade 3 bands to see if they wanted to play Medley or stay with MSR. I voted for Medley so that we could get another run of it before the Worlds. I presume that many of the other bands will vote the same way.
What does that mean?
As planned, we'll play the MSR in G3 at North Berwick on Saturday the 10th.
Presuming the vote goes the way I think it will, we'll play the Medley in G3 at Perth. We're already scheduled to play the Medley in G2 at Perth.
We'll play the Medley in G3B at the Worlds.
Yes, you counted that correctly, we'll likely be playing the Medley three times in Scotland, and the MSR only once.
Other news: I apparently misunderstood when they said that we could get up to 30 "Band Supporter" tickets for the Worlds. I figured that they were free. I was wrong. They want 9 pounds per ticket. I don't have the scratch right now to purchase all of them, but if y'all will verify your ticket numbers, I will get them, get reimbursed by the band, and y'all can pay the band.
Let me know ASAP!
Thanks,
D
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Thanks for the pass, Doug.
Checking with relatives on the tickets.
Ken
Checking with relatives on the tickets.
Ken
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Stewart family will need 3 tickets: DARRELL , MC , Tiffany
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just need the one for Sarah.
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Have the OK for 6 tickets, if possible.
Ken
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