:00:09. > :00:19.And depress share is on her. Today we find out who is the best in the
:00:19. > :00:42.
:00:42. > :00:46.world. It is the World Pipe Band Welcome to Glasgow Green and to the
:00:46. > :00:51.World Pipe Band Championships. To date musicians from across the
:00:51. > :01:01.globe gather at to compete to be the best pike and in the world.
:01:01. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:06.Months of practice have gone into today's competition.
:01:06. > :01:14.Cannot last year's winners Field Marshal Montgomery hold on to their
:01:14. > :01:22.title? We reveal what the judges are looking for. At their end of
:01:22. > :01:32.the programme we will see who is announced as the best of the best.
:01:32. > :01:40.All that to come. For people who are enjoying the
:01:40. > :01:50.spectacle, take us through the Grade One competition.
:01:50. > :01:50.
:01:50. > :01:55.There will be 14 bands. They will play a medley.
:01:55. > :02:00.We're have just had the Olympics. Some look great performances. The
:02:00. > :02:10.pressure is also for a Scottish winner.
:02:10. > :02:17.
:02:17. > :02:25.This could be the year. Scottish Power have been on the prize list.
:02:25. > :02:32.Horne teams could challenge Field Marshal Montgomery. Who are you to
:02:32. > :02:42.pin? I am not going to tip any band. There are six or seven bans end
:02:42. > :02:44.
:02:44. > :02:52.competition. There is lots of great music in store. We have innately,
:02:52. > :03:02.but first the March Strathspey. First we have all call and Bathgate
:03:02. > :03:41.
:03:41. > :03:51.Sit back and listen to how to the drum commits the performance. --
:03:51. > :04:06.
:04:06. > :04:16.complements. It was a good solid This is a lovely tempo for the
:04:16. > :04:30.
:04:30. > :04:35.The it is a good sound out there. I enjoyed it very much. There was a
:04:35. > :04:45.little attention to start with. As the performance went on it was more
:04:45. > :05:15.
:05:15. > :05:25.It is a lovely day today. We are happy with that. Nice and relaxed.
:05:25. > :05:25.
:05:25. > :06:10.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:06:10. > :06:17.We are delighted with our performance. I do not know how
:06:17. > :06:22.other bans are coping. We are pleased with what we have done.
:06:22. > :06:29.More music in a moment. First a word about how significant this
:06:29. > :06:37.competition is. Last year they online is streaming was watched in
:06:37. > :06:47.its 80 countries. They Allsop field Marshal Montgomery take the title.
:06:47. > :06:47.
:06:47. > :06:54.We contact band as they prepare to defend the title. It is their goal
:06:54. > :07:00.of the band to win the World Championships. We have won The
:07:00. > :07:04.Worlds seven times. Anything less than first is not good enough.
:07:04. > :07:08.Field Marshal Montgomery one in every major championship last year.
:07:08. > :07:18.Training is split between Ireland and Scotland. A structure that has
:07:18. > :07:19.
:07:19. > :07:29.paid off. There is a group of 13 in Glasgow that we can get playing to
:07:29. > :07:30.
:07:30. > :07:40.the best of their ability. I'd do the same in Ireland. I had been in
:07:40. > :07:44.
:07:44. > :07:51.the banned for six years. It seems to work. In January the Petch is
:07:51. > :07:57.there, the tuning is there. We can get it tighter. It works. There is
:07:57. > :08:03.a team aspect. When we come together it two groups play well
:08:03. > :08:10.together. The success of the band has attracted papers from all over
:08:10. > :08:14.the world. I started piping in California. It was always the dream
:08:14. > :08:20.to play with Field Marshal Montgomery. As soon as I have a
:08:20. > :08:25.chance I have auditioned. The reason I wanted to join Field
:08:25. > :08:35.Marshal Montgomery is because of Richard. He is the best pipe Major
:08:35. > :08:38.
:08:38. > :08:46.in the world. He is the driving force behind the whole thing.
:08:46. > :08:53.Everybody comes in knowing he is the person who will drive it
:08:53. > :09:03.forward. He has a vision. The more you play in the bar and you get
:09:03. > :09:05.
:09:05. > :09:15.that vision. That is why the band continues to excel. It is Richard's
:09:15. > :09:15.
:09:15. > :09:20.vision that has led Field Marshal Montgomery to win 7 titles. This is
:09:20. > :09:26.the culmination are everything we can do. To get an eight title would
:09:26. > :09:30.be fantastic. It is the one that everybody wants to win. Everyone
:09:30. > :09:35.will be going for it. It is like winning a gold medal at the
:09:35. > :09:45.Olympics. Here are Field Marshal Montgomery as the kick-off the
:09:45. > :09:45.
:09:45. > :10:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:10:36. > :10:43.Excellent tempo. They are coming in We hadn't it early chant at the
:10:43. > :10:53.start which was disappointing. We will have to go for it in the
:10:53. > :11:03.
:11:03. > :11:13.They are presenting Babette the musical March. -- a very musical
:11:13. > :11:28.
:11:28. > :11:38.The young people love at the medley music. I am pleased that the
:11:38. > :11:38.
:11:38. > :12:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:12:36. > :12:46.Excellent integration bike besmear line. -- by their senior Klein. --
:12:46. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:08.There is a lot of band that played ahead of as. I am happy in myself
:13:08. > :13:14.that be will get a decent run. It comes down to how it everyone else
:13:14. > :13:18.plays. We will need to see what happens. I have stepped away from
:13:18. > :13:22.the main arena to get a feel for what is going on in Glasgow Green
:13:22. > :13:28.today. I she can see there are hundreds of musicians competing
:13:28. > :13:34.from all grades and all age groups. It is a great experience. I have
:13:34. > :13:41.had a good time. It is my second world championships. It was
:13:41. > :13:47.enjoyable. It was good. I was nervous. It was good. It is not
:13:47. > :13:55.about winning. It is about getting involved and having a good day out.
:13:55. > :14:02.A try to get the interest of dancers is not easy. Learning this
:14:02. > :14:07.incident is not as easy as it looks. My ambition is to get to grade one
:14:07. > :14:11.within a couple of years and to be the best that I can be. That means
:14:11. > :14:21.playing in the main arena. Let us go back for the last of the
:14:21. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:47.Really enjoying the base tenor voice saying. Compared to other
:14:47. > :14:51.years, I feel that was a stronger performance. It was good, I think.
:14:51. > :15:01.I saw some smiles. I need to talk to their guys on the bus to find
:15:01. > :15:28.
:15:28. > :15:33.I think this is our third time qualifying. So what we are to five
:15:33. > :15:43.is not bad. We are happy to be true and we get to play our medley over
:15:43. > :16:10.
:16:10. > :16:20.It was pretty good. The guys were nervous that all in all all
:16:20. > :16:45.
:16:45. > :16:50.We have had some fine for sommes is over the years, but we are happy
:16:50. > :16:54.with the performance be put on today. The pipes are holding well
:16:54. > :16:58.because of the Sun so going into the medley we should be fine. We
:16:58. > :17:08.have already played twice today so hopefully we will be able to do
:17:08. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:34.I think it was a strong one. We have not been in the final for
:17:34. > :17:44.quite a while, since 2003. So why am very happy the way when for the
:17:44. > :17:53.
:17:53. > :18:03.Excellent, excellent definition of the rhythms. Possibly A1 miner to
:18:03. > :18:29.
:18:29. > :18:33.A performance when very well from start to finish. Good temples, good
:18:33. > :18:38.music, good expression. I thought it was very good from where I was
:18:38. > :18:45.standing. We know our competition is very Stev and we want to do our
:18:45. > :18:50.very best. That is the march and it real section of the competition.
:18:50. > :18:56.In the next round, everything can change. But in this have wastage,
:18:56. > :19:03.let's find out who is the band to meet. In sixth position at the
:19:03. > :19:13.youngsters from Inverurie. And they are winners from 2010 - could they
:19:13. > :19:24.
:19:24. > :19:32.get that title back from Field place. Will they still be there
:19:32. > :19:38.after the medley round? Find out in It's time to track down one of the
:19:38. > :19:43.most important people today, an adjudicator. What does that entail?
:19:43. > :19:48.I am a drumming adjudicator. We look for two fundamental things -
:19:48. > :19:53.how well does that drummers played together, so there are technical
:19:53. > :19:57.proficiency. Do they sound like one drum? The second thing and the most
:19:57. > :20:01.important is how do they enhance the overall performance. Do they
:20:01. > :20:05.bring their expression of the pipe music, does it make you want to
:20:05. > :20:15.stamp your foot, does it make their here in the back of your neck rise
:20:15. > :20:21.
:20:21. > :20:27.up? That is what we look far. now splay apart? Absolutely. -- do
:20:27. > :20:33.nerds play a part. The pressure is on view, too. It is very important
:20:33. > :20:39.to get it right. So we want to do our best and give them the best
:20:39. > :20:49.result we can. Thank you very much. It is due to know it is not just
:20:49. > :21:03.
:21:03. > :21:13.the players that are under pressure. That was a very clever transition.
:21:13. > :21:38.
:21:38. > :21:42.They're going to present its more We have been top three in the top
:21:42. > :21:48.majors. It is really nice to be counted in amongst the elite.
:21:48. > :21:54.Excellent. The rise and rise of fewer and, will it have a fairy-
:21:54. > :22:04.tale ending? Who knows. We're just happy to play the music. Just a
:22:04. > :22:12.
:22:12. > :22:22.Lots of power coming from the back of the support. Good style of
:22:22. > :22:29.
:22:29. > :22:33.How was the performance? It was good. And nice sunny day. Did that
:22:33. > :22:37.pours its own problems? It can. When the clouds come over and the
:22:37. > :22:43.Sun stomach, it can change the drones quite drastically in about
:22:43. > :22:49.15 seconds. -- the sun comes out. We are used to this kind of weather.
:22:49. > :22:59.I would prefer this over rain any day. It was good, a good start that
:22:59. > :23:24.
:23:24. > :23:28.we had. Three very good This band belongs in amongst the
:23:28. > :23:33.big games. We are investing in young people. We are moving forward
:23:33. > :23:43.all the time, we are delivering our music. What are you hoping for
:23:43. > :23:43.
:23:43. > :25:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:25:03. > :25:13.NICE use of space there by the Very clever arrangement to this
:25:13. > :25:13.
:25:13. > :25:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:25:54. > :26:01.What about the performance? It was good, not as good as last dear. But
:26:01. > :26:06.it is difficult conditions with their rain. Equally difficult with
:26:06. > :26:12.the sun. It was good. It will probably be in contention, we do
:26:12. > :26:16.not know, we will have to wait and see. There are many bands are many
:26:16. > :26:21.Grades competing. You can see one behind me starting to do their
:26:21. > :26:26.stuff, but the question that is almost as - when will there be a
:26:26. > :26:30.Scottish world champion? The last time that happened was in 2005.
:26:30. > :26:34.Last year the highest placed Scottish band for a Scottish Power
:26:34. > :26:41.and they were third. So could a be the ban this year to bring the
:26:41. > :26:45.title song? In third place, Scottish Power. When we managed to
:26:45. > :26:53.get in that top-three spot it was fantastic. The way the band's
:26:53. > :27:00.celebrated, we looked as if we had won it. It was a great feeling.
:27:00. > :27:03.is the best result the band has had been a long, long time. We only
:27:03. > :27:08.misstep by a point in getting second place. Scottish Power have
:27:08. > :27:12.built on that success in the world and 2011 achieving second place in
:27:13. > :27:17.the tour of the three major championships this year. Probably a
:27:18. > :27:23.few reasons behind the success. One is the leadership there is pushing
:27:23. > :27:28.us to be the best we can be. We have managed to get the appropriate
:27:28. > :27:34.personnel in place as well, good players and the plague, and it is
:27:34. > :27:39.just the talent from the band, the Bar has none raised over the few --
:27:40. > :27:44.last few years. So with talent and dedication, Scottish Power are
:27:44. > :27:52.hoping to improve on the result from last year. But we are working
:27:52. > :27:58.hard to try to push, perhaps higher, in the results. That is what we're
:27:58. > :28:07.trying to do this year. But my main focus is to make sure when we play
:28:07. > :28:12.we play our absolute best. I think the pressure comes from us. We are
:28:12. > :28:19.putting the pressure on ourselves to picture sells even harder and
:28:19. > :28:24.crack that top spat. -- top spot. You have to think about what part
:28:24. > :28:32.neuron, playing together, watching the pipe Major's fingers, keeping
:28:32. > :28:36.in time with them. I think the standard we are at, there is a lot
:28:37. > :28:41.of hype about the band, a lot of people come to see is tuning up.
:28:41. > :28:47.When you're standing there getting ready and you see your rivals
:28:47. > :28:52.listening and so looking at how you're sounding, then we know we
:28:52. > :28:57.are sending well if they are looking at us. The other Scottish
:28:58. > :29:03.fans are knocking on our doors. There is a lot of good playing
:29:03. > :29:08.coming across an these first Major's we have been end, but
:29:08. > :29:14.competition is tight. If we won the world this year, it would be
:29:14. > :29:20.absolutely fantastic. I do not think I would be able to top much
:29:20. > :29:26.with that. It is great to know you're the best pipe band in the
:29:26. > :29:30.world. Scottish fans are the best band. With the biggest band -- and
:29:30. > :29:40.supporting them, here are Scottish Power as they get ready with a
:29:40. > :29:49.
:29:49. > :29:59.medley. These performances will Her this eardrums are in tune --
:29:59. > :29:59.
:29:59. > :31:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:31:15. > :31:22.The simplicity of the percussion I was happy with that performance.
:31:22. > :31:32.You were third last year. Can you do enough to go one better or even
:31:32. > :31:32.
:31:32. > :32:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:32:27. > :32:34.two ETA? -- or even when? I do not We lost I young drummer her earlier
:32:34. > :32:44.in the year so it has been at difficult year. You have been
:32:44. > :32:44.
:32:44. > :33:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:33:39. > :33:48.getting better every year. We are I enjoyed it. Excellent. There were
:33:48. > :33:56.smiling faces. The pressure is growing for a homeland. Remember
:33:56. > :34:03.the glory days? One or two of the boys played in those days. All we
:34:03. > :34:11.can do is work to get back to a reasonable level. There is a great
:34:11. > :34:17.crowd here at Glasgow Green on this day enjoying the piping. Good news
:34:17. > :34:26.for piping fans everybody. Next year The Worlds will be run over
:34:26. > :34:30.two days. Why have you decided to make this change? It was necessary
:34:30. > :34:40.because of the number of performances we have had. Running
:34:40. > :34:41.
:34:41. > :34:51.it over two days gives a fairer chance. How will the second day be
:34:51. > :34:52.
:34:52. > :35:02.a range. The two will have become the six winning bans from each heat.
:35:02. > :35:12.They will have to compete with medflies. There will be 16 judges.
:35:12. > :35:14.
:35:14. > :35:24.-- medflies. Still some great music to come. Let us go back for the
:35:24. > :35:24.
:35:24. > :36:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:36:30. > :36:38.There are 14 bands in the final. The 14 despite bans in the world.
:36:38. > :36:48.It is coming to the day where any one of those 14 bans have an equal
:36:48. > :36:48.
:36:48. > :37:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:37:36. > :37:43.They are taking this Strathspey June and playing it as an air.
:37:43. > :37:53.There be clever. A lot of emotion to the arrangement of these
:37:53. > :37:55.
:37:56. > :38:03.harmonies. You have an outstanding winner at the Europeans. Did that
:38:03. > :38:09.play apart today? It gave us belief. If it was not for the win in
:38:09. > :38:19.Belfast we would be trying to get in people's minds rather than to
:38:19. > :38:19.
:38:19. > :39:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds
:39:27. > :39:36.win the competition. Belief is half We were a little bit isolated.
:39:36. > :39:40.There is not much competition in our area. For as The Worlds is it.
:39:40. > :39:49.It is hard to come in with a standard that can challenge and
:39:49. > :39:56.when. How do you raise your game? It is about character. We have
:39:56. > :40:05.motivation. We have a great team. A great team effort. We set goals. We
:40:05. > :40:13.record music. We come here and take hour chances. The competition is
:40:13. > :40:17.over. I have never witnessed a competition sought equally matched.
:40:17. > :40:23.High performance is in both sections. Phenomenal performances
:40:23. > :40:30.by at least six bans. You surely we can highlight at and, but not this
:40:30. > :40:40.year. In possible. Now the waiting is over. We are about to find out
:40:40. > :40:50.who are the world champions. Grade One world champion's 2012.
:40:50. > :41:02.
:41:02. > :41:12.First place Field Marshal Montgomery. Second place Scottish
:41:12. > :41:23.
:41:23. > :41:27.Power. Verde place Simon Fraser University. -- bird. -- third place.
:41:27. > :41:34.Richard Parkes when I spoke to earlier today you did not know if
:41:34. > :41:38.you have done enough to win this. Clearly you had? We had a couple of
:41:38. > :41:42.issues at the start of the performance. I was not sure how the
:41:42. > :41:46.judges would take that into consideration. We played well apart
:41:46. > :41:50.from that. We knew we had left the door open if anybody wanted to come
:41:50. > :41:54.in and take the trophy. Of is that we did enough. This year,
:41:54. > :41:58.especially, you have done at amongst the toughest competition
:41:58. > :42:02.for many years. After winning five Major's last year it would be very
:42:02. > :42:09.difficult to win everything this year. We're not be able to do that.
:42:09. > :42:14.But we have retained The Worlds. That was they may mum. You see
:42:14. > :42:23.Elisabet in shock. This has come as a surprise. I am shocked. It is a
:42:23. > :42:33.nice shock. Ladies and gentlemen, let us see it for Field Marshal
:42:33. > :42:55.
:42:55. > :43:04.Montgomery the world champions. -- A great result for Scottish Power.
:43:04. > :43:08.Field Marshal Montgomery retain their title. That is all for now.