The Keith Highlanders Pipe Band placed 3rd of 53 bands in Grade 4b at the World Pipe Band Championships, held today in Glasgow, Scotland. This is the band's 4th trip to the Worlds, and the best finish yet!
The band finished 1st in the morning qualifer--getting the 1st from both judges. They played 2nd of 12 in the final, which is not an optimum place to be in the order, but had great scores from the judges: 3rd from both piping judges, 10th from the drumming judge (yikes!), and 2nd in ensemble.
Another Seattle band, the Northwest Junior Pipe Band played in the Novice Juvenile grade and came in 5th overall after a 3rd place finish in the qualifier.
Simon Fraser University Pipe Band was 1st in the elite Grade 1 contest. It is SFU's 5th 1st place finish in 12 years.
Overall, a great day for Northwest pipe bands!
Complete results of all grades are available at the RSPBA's website.
Now, if I could just get my effin computer to play BBC Scotland's stream of the contest....
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