Banbridge. First day in 3A

Hipflask....filled, cig's...packed, case a Liverpool(Carlsberg)...packed.........Oh aye, pipes....packed.

Class time da go. Fingers crossed folks.

Good luck to ma M8 Gordy too, (not Ballycoan, just Gordy )

Just hope we can produce what has been happening in the band hall this past few months, there again all bands do.

Won't be on later if we are in the prize list,....won't be on anyhow....al be blocked.

Fingers crossed folks

COME ON DRUMLOUGH, LETS BE AVING YA??

Aw the Best Iain and The Drumlogh boys hope the Prize list becons

Aw the Best To Gordy as well m8

Sorry missed Gordy out? hope you have a good un also mate, but not as good as Drumlough

Well you have both probably played by now. But I wish both bands all the best and hope you have good news for us when your home.

Fee xxx

best of luck to you both, hope you get the result your looking for to set you up well for dumbarton.

had my usual phone call, and delighted to say that the Drumlough came in a brilliant Second, not bad going for the first one of the season, Iain did tell me who wonh? but i could not make it out? and nothing to do with him being bladdered either?, just too much noise in the background.
Well Done The lough, next week will be the Biggie, to set the scene.

A 2nd in the first comp of the season after beeing upgraded

Brilliant result well done

well done Iain, sign of things to come I hope!

Not long in, but the Bacardi is going down well,

I did hear Drumlough, they has a pretty solid run, and came a very creditable second in what will be a tight grade all year, they were beaten by Cottown, a well established G3 band, and 3rd was Upper Crossgar, a band downgraded last year from G2

Got a quick chat with Redneck, and he has the ultimate piping assessory, a hipflask disguised as a meter.

We came in third as expected, FMM were first, SLOT second and Cullybackey fourth and last.

We had a pretty good run, couple of very wee issues here and there, but a lot of people were commenting on the improvements from last year, all in all fairly pleased.

Grade 1 in Northern Ireland will be a funny grade, in many cases it will be a forgone conclusion purely due to the limited number of bands, so the majors will give us all a better idea of where we really are.

On a personal note. I had a cracking run, one of those were you have ages to put things in, and piping at that level feels easy,

Pity they're all not like that

But a good starter, and leaves us looking forward to Dumbarton next week,

Thats for the good wishes, they are very much appreciated

Anyone who is there should try and hear FMM, the new medly is, well, different, i'm not sure about it at all,

Cheers

Well Done Gordy look forward to hearing you at the Scottish m8

@Gordy......"Cullybackey fourth and last???????? that means yiz were second from last..... , aye, nowt wrong wi our meter either.........hipflask indeed.

Sorry m8, never got da hear yiz......other bizz da take care of, but if yiz played as good as yiz looked yiz ad a walked it..........
even the burgermuncher looked smart, who dressed 'em.

Piping Connections wrote:A 2nd in the first comp of the season after beeing upgraded

Brilliant result well done

Cheers m8,
Happy wi the result, but not wi our performance. Gordy hit the nail on the head ref' his band, likewise wi ourselves, but hey, good result as stated against well established grade3 band AND a downgraded gade2 outfit..........all in all well pleased.

The weather played havoc wi a lot of bands including grae1 outfits, after a fantastically warm spell and chanters set accordingly the coldish spell today called for ( in our case ) some slight adjustment to pitch 'n tape adjustments.
things like this will happen all season, with a good team in (Drumlough) things like this can be sorted quite easily, the downside is maybe there's not enough time to run over the competition sets as often as you'd like, but IMO by this stage bands shouldn't need to run over the set as often as would be required in the band hall. Contest day IMO is the time for fine tuning and nursing the sound along.

@Gordy, good luck next week m8.

iain. fantastic m8! keep it up!

oh aye.. you too gordy!

Robbie.Crow wrote:oh aye.. you too gordy!

That's what his wife says tae, ya been on the phone wi 'er Robbie?.

Robbie.Crow wrote:iain. fantastic m8! keep it up!

Cheers M8, we can but try. First one outa the way 'n knowing it wasn't great performance hs indeed given us all a good lift fer next week.

BTW, this does in no way excuse ya frae yer bootin' young un.

oh trust me... by the time i see your face after you get your present.. you can boot me all ye want

Congratulations to you both.

well done to both you guy's look forward to hearing both bands soon

Is anybody going to bring some deep heat and painkillers for Robbie??

you'll protect me gordy!!!!

Wi the amount "get back at Robbie" Bootins you are gonna get wee fella? you wont just need Gordy to protect you? you will want him and his band?

fiona will protect me... wont you

Marines and the SAS won't ne able to protect you ,mate