2012 World Pipe Band Championships

And depress share is on her. Today we find out who is the best in the

world. It is the World Pipe Band Welcome to Glasgow Green and to the

World Pipe Band Championships. To date musicians from across the

globe gather at to compete to be the best pike and in the world.

Months of practice have gone into today's competition.

Cannot last year's winners Field Marshal Montgomery hold on to their

title? We reveal what the judges are looking for. At their end of

the programme we will see who is announced as the best of the best.

All that to come. For people who are enjoying the

spectacle, take us through the Grade One competition.

There will be 14 bands. They will play a medley.

We're have just had the Olympics. Some look great performances. The

pressure is also for a Scottish winner.

This could be the year. Scottish Power have been on the prize list.

Horne teams could challenge Field Marshal Montgomery. Who are you to

pin? I am not going to tip any band. There are six or seven bans end

competition. There is lots of great music in store. We have innately,

but first the March Strathspey. First we have all call and Bathgate

Sit back and listen to how to the drum commits the performance. --

complements. It was a good solid This is a lovely tempo for the

The it is a good sound out there. I enjoyed it very much. There was a

little attention to start with. As the performance went on it was more

It is a lovely day today. We are happy with that. Nice and relaxed.

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We are delighted with our performance. I do not know how

other bans are coping. We are pleased with what we have done.

More music in a moment. First a word about how significant this

competition is. Last year they online is streaming was watched in

its 80 countries. They Allsop field Marshal Montgomery take the title.

We contact band as they prepare to defend the title. It is their goal

of the band to win the World Championships. We have won The

Worlds seven times. Anything less than first is not good enough.

Field Marshal Montgomery one in every major championship last year.

Training is split between Ireland and Scotland. A structure that has

paid off. There is a group of 13 in Glasgow that we can get playing to

the best of their ability. I'd do the same in Ireland. I had been in

the banned for six years. It seems to work. In January the Petch is

there, the tuning is there. We can get it tighter. It works. There is

a team aspect. When we come together it two groups play well

together. The success of the band has attracted papers from all over

the world. I started piping in California. It was always the dream

to play with Field Marshal Montgomery. As soon as I have a

chance I have auditioned. The reason I wanted to join Field

Marshal Montgomery is because of Richard. He is the best pipe Major

in the world. He is the driving force behind the whole thing.

Everybody comes in knowing he is the person who will drive it

forward. He has a vision. The more you play in the bar and you get

that vision. That is why the band continues to excel. It is Richard's

vision that has led Field Marshal Montgomery to win 7 titles. This is

the culmination are everything we can do. To get an eight title would

be fantastic. It is the one that everybody wants to win. Everyone

will be going for it. It is like winning a gold medal at the

Olympics. Here are Field Marshal Montgomery as the kick-off the

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Excellent tempo. They are coming in We hadn't it early chant at the

start which was disappointing. We will have to go for it in the

They are presenting Babette the musical March. -- a very musical

The young people love at the medley music. I am pleased that the

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Excellent integration bike besmear line. -- by their senior Klein. --

There is a lot of band that played ahead of as. I am happy in myself

that be will get a decent run. It comes down to how it everyone else

plays. We will need to see what happens. I have stepped away from

the main arena to get a feel for what is going on in Glasgow Green

today. I she can see there are hundreds of musicians competing

from all grades and all age groups. It is a great experience. I have

had a good time. It is my second world championships. It was

enjoyable. It was good. I was nervous. It was good. It is not

about winning. It is about getting involved and having a good day out.

A try to get the interest of dancers is not easy. Learning this

incident is not as easy as it looks. My ambition is to get to grade one

within a couple of years and to be the best that I can be. That means

playing in the main arena. Let us go back for the last of the

Really enjoying the base tenor voice saying. Compared to other

years, I feel that was a stronger performance. It was good, I think.

I saw some smiles. I need to talk to their guys on the bus to find

I think this is our third time qualifying. So what we are to five

is not bad. We are happy to be true and we get to play our medley over

It was pretty good. The guys were nervous that all in all all

We have had some fine for sommes is over the years, but we are happy

with the performance be put on today. The pipes are holding well

because of the Sun so going into the medley we should be fine. We

have already played twice today so hopefully we will be able to do

I think it was a strong one. We have not been in the final for

quite a while, since 2003. So why am very happy the way when for the

Excellent, excellent definition of the rhythms. Possibly A1 miner to

A performance when very well from start to finish. Good temples, good

music, good expression. I thought it was very good from where I was

standing. We know our competition is very Stev and we want to do our

very best. That is the march and it real section of the competition.

In the next round, everything can change. But in this have wastage,

let's find out who is the band to meet. In sixth position at the

youngsters from Inverurie. And they are winners from 2010 - could they

get that title back from Field place. Will they still be there

after the medley round? Find out in It's time to track down one of the

most important people today, an adjudicator. What does that entail?

I am a drumming adjudicator. We look for two fundamental things -

how well does that drummers played together, so there are technical

proficiency. Do they sound like one drum? The second thing and the most

important is how do they enhance the overall performance. Do they

bring their expression of the pipe music, does it make you want to

stamp your foot, does it make their here in the back of your neck rise

up? That is what we look far. now splay apart? Absolutely. -- do

nerds play a part. The pressure is on view, too. It is very important

to get it right. So we want to do our best and give them the best

result we can. Thank you very much. It is due to know it is not just

the players that are under pressure. That was a very clever transition.

They're going to present its more We have been top three in the top

majors. It is really nice to be counted in amongst the elite.

Excellent. The rise and rise of fewer and, will it have a fairy-

tale ending? Who knows. We're just happy to play the music. Just a

Lots of power coming from the back of the support. Good style of

How was the performance? It was good. And nice sunny day. Did that

pours its own problems? It can. When the clouds come over and the

Sun stomach, it can change the drones quite drastically in about

15 seconds. -- the sun comes out. We are used to this kind of weather.

I would prefer this over rain any day. It was good, a good start that

we had. Three very good This band belongs in amongst the

big games. We are investing in young people. We are moving forward

all the time, we are delivering our music. What are you hoping for

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NICE use of space there by the Very clever arrangement to this

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What about the performance? It was good, not as good as last dear. But

it is difficult conditions with their rain. Equally difficult with

the sun. It was good. It will probably be in contention, we do

not know, we will have to wait and see. There are many bands are many

Grades competing. You can see one behind me starting to do their

stuff, but the question that is almost as - when will there be a

Scottish world champion? The last time that happened was in 2005.

Last year the highest placed Scottish band for a Scottish Power

and they were third. So could a be the ban this year to bring the

title song? In third place, Scottish Power. When we managed to

get in that top-three spot it was fantastic. The way the band's

celebrated, we looked as if we had won it. It was a great feeling.

is the best result the band has had been a long, long time. We only

misstep by a point in getting second place. Scottish Power have

built on that success in the world and 2011 achieving second place in

the tour of the three major championships this year. Probably a

few reasons behind the success. One is the leadership there is pushing

us to be the best we can be. We have managed to get the appropriate

personnel in place as well, good players and the plague, and it is

just the talent from the band, the Bar has none raised over the few --

last few years. So with talent and dedication, Scottish Power are

hoping to improve on the result from last year. But we are working

hard to try to push, perhaps higher, in the results. That is what we're

trying to do this year. But my main focus is to make sure when we play

we play our absolute best. I think the pressure comes from us. We are

putting the pressure on ourselves to picture sells even harder and

crack that top spat. -- top spot. You have to think about what part

neuron, playing together, watching the pipe Major's fingers, keeping

in time with them. I think the standard we are at, there is a lot

of hype about the band, a lot of people come to see is tuning up.

When you're standing there getting ready and you see your rivals

listening and so looking at how you're sounding, then we know we

are sending well if they are looking at us. The other Scottish

fans are knocking on our doors. There is a lot of good playing

coming across an these first Major's we have been end, but

competition is tight. If we won the world this year, it would be

absolutely fantastic. I do not think I would be able to top much

with that. It is great to know you're the best pipe band in the

world. Scottish fans are the best band. With the biggest band -- and

supporting them, here are Scottish Power as they get ready with a

medley. These performances will Her this eardrums are in tune --

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The simplicity of the percussion I was happy with that performance.

You were third last year. Can you do enough to go one better or even

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two ETA? -- or even when? I do not We lost I young drummer her earlier

in the year so it has been at difficult year. You have been

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getting better every year. We are I enjoyed it. Excellent. There were

smiling faces. The pressure is growing for a homeland. Remember

the glory days? One or two of the boys played in those days. All we

can do is work to get back to a reasonable level. There is a great

crowd here at Glasgow Green on this day enjoying the piping. Good news

for piping fans everybody. Next year The Worlds will be run over

two days. Why have you decided to make this change? It was necessary

because of the number of performances we have had. Running

it over two days gives a fairer chance. How will the second day be

a range. The two will have become the six winning bans from each heat.

They will have to compete with medflies. There will be 16 judges.

-- medflies. Still some great music to come. Let us go back for the

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There are 14 bands in the final. The 14 despite bans in the world.

It is coming to the day where any one of those 14 bans have an equal

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They are taking this Strathspey June and playing it as an air.

There be clever. A lot of emotion to the arrangement of these

harmonies. You have an outstanding winner at the Europeans. Did that

play apart today? It gave us belief. If it was not for the win in

Belfast we would be trying to get in people's minds rather than to

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win the competition. Belief is half We were a little bit isolated.

There is not much competition in our area. For as The Worlds is it.

It is hard to come in with a standard that can challenge and

when. How do you raise your game? It is about character. We have

motivation. We have a great team. A great team effort. We set goals. We

record music. We come here and take hour chances. The competition is

over. I have never witnessed a competition sought equally matched.

High performance is in both sections. Phenomenal performances

by at least six bans. You surely we can highlight at and, but not this

year. In possible. Now the waiting is over. We are about to find out

who are the world champions. Grade One world champion's 2012.

First place Field Marshal Montgomery. Second place Scottish

Power. Verde place Simon Fraser University. -- bird. -- third place.

Richard Parkes when I spoke to earlier today you did not know if

you have done enough to win this. Clearly you had? We had a couple of

issues at the start of the performance. I was not sure how the

judges would take that into consideration. We played well apart

from that. We knew we had left the door open if anybody wanted to come

in and take the trophy. Of is that we did enough. This year,

especially, you have done at amongst the toughest competition

for many years. After winning five Major's last year it would be very

difficult to win everything this year. We're not be able to do that.

But we have retained The Worlds. That was they may mum. You see

Elisabet in shock. This has come as a surprise. I am shocked. It is a

nice shock. Ladies and gentlemen, let us see it for Field Marshal

Montgomery the world champions. -- A great result for Scottish Power.

Field Marshal Montgomery retain their title. That is all for now.