Day Two of the Worlds - Day 12

 Away we go for the big day at Glasgow Green. Once again we walked along the Clyde to the entrance and quickly entered the park. It was packed compared to yesterday and many bands were preparing to compete. Our focus was on watching North Stratton warm up and compete in the MSR comp at 10:39 this morning. 

 We will then go into the Grade 1 Arena grandstands and watch their MSR competition.

Once through the gate, we managed to find the band bus and met up with Cody and got the details on where they would warm up. Kelly and I grabbed a bacon butty at one of the many food trucks that lined the grounds and then wandered around a few stalls. 

We found the band shortly afterwards (yellow drums are easy to spot!) and split up. Kelly went and found a spot at Arena 2 and prepared to record and I went to take pics at the tune up area, final tuning then I followed them into the arena.  

 

Getting the pipe section ready.

Drummers run though their set

At the line.

Playing the MSR set in the arena.

Tuning went well and the band’s performance in the circle seemed solid to my ear. Good sound, well controlled and nice breaks. Overall I think they liked it but remained business like after as they still have the medley this afternoon. 

We went over to the grandstand and found our seats for the Grade 1 MSR competition. 

 

View from our seats

 

Support for SFU

SFU coming into the circle.

My pics…. I&D, FM, SFU Boghall 

 

We found Jenny and Shaun along with Jill & Drew and headed to the beer garden.  A good catch up with them and it was time for the Medley.  On the way, I stopped at Arena 2 and watched Seattle’s Cascadia PB play while Kelly hit the stalls. 

We watched a few bands then skipped out and watched North Stratton warm up for their medley in Arena 2.  They made two piper cuts and then quickly formed up. Another one cut himself due to a coughing fit just before the line. Kelly re-positioned to the back of the arena and I followed them into the circle.  Both are uploaded to FB on our respective pages. Not the best sound quality but the band did sound good. 

 

Medley tuning

 

They all seemed pretty happy with it but it’s really in the judges hands at this point. A solid effort and they should be proud. We watched more of the grade 1’s and then bailed to the beer tent to get out of the sun. Kelly was burning up. 

We found North Stratton and enjoyed a beverage with Cody and Peter Aumonier.  We also thanked PM Hugh Armstrong for letting us tag along with the band.  The awards are scheduled for 5:30 pm so we had a bit of time.

The official results and closing ceremony has now moved to 6 pm. So we made our way over to the grandstand to take our seats, great view of the Green.

It’s now 6:30 and the massed band has just marched down the hill to Scotland the Brave. They made some announcements, a speech by the chieftain and then presented the awards. 

Massed bands & awards

 Grade  1 - Inveraray, Field Marshall, Shotts & Dykehead, SFU, Police Scotland Fife  

 

Inveraray & District - BBC youtube here 

 

Grade 2 - Glasgow Sky, City of Dunedin, Ulster Scottish, North Stratton

Following the awards, we slipped out by the busses and headed home. We picked up some noodle boxes for a take away dinner at the flat. 

 We are exhausted and we just watched!!

Steps 10,600

Morning weather was overcast but 20ºc and the afternoon was broken cloud that cleared off and 25ºc. No rain.