Success at Georgetown Games
Both the grade 1 and grade 3 bands attended the 2009 Georgetown Highland Games and kicked off their 2009 competition season in a big way.
The Grade 1 band debuted their much-anticipated new medley, “Idiomatica”. The piping press have described it as “avant garde”. Although unpopular with traditional enthusiasts, the Georgetown audience responded with loud (and spontaneous) cheers of approval — highly uncommon at Scottish-style pipe band events. “Idiomatica” delivered a strong second for the band among a field that included the Scottish Lion-78th Fraser Highlanders, The Peel Regional Police Pipe Band, and the Halifax-based 78th Highlanders ( Citadel) band.
The Grade 3 band put on an excellent show performing their new set in the traditional “march, strathsepy and reel” category. Their solid efforts saw them awarded the premier prize in a field of six bands.
Pipe Major Ian K. MacDonald was awarded the Professional Piper of the Day for most consistent overall showing in the solo piping events.
Tags: contest, Georgetown, Grade 1, Grade 3, idiomatica, TPPB
Author: WebGuy
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:37 am
‘Idiomatica’ is the best medley in the history of the pipe band medley. I personally think it was 100 times better than ‘Good Intentions.’
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Wow! On behalf of the band: thanks, Dan! Mike G
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:57 pm
The last two years of performance with this band have been truly liberating. I’m so glad we are staying the course regardless of traditionalists pressures. Thank you to all that are listening and enjoying our shared musical journey.
June 22nd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Tom – I agree with you completely! Nice sentiment. M
June 22nd, 2009 at 9:31 pm
I have been listening/watching the Groergetown performance of Idiomatica on YouTube for the past week. It is great to see your band pushing the envelope like this. It is all about the music, and the crowd response says it all. Good luck on the season.
October 27th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Hi, I’ve watched the Idiomatica post on youtube over and over and can’t get enough of it. I think it is really inspiring what you guys have done and I think other bands will eventually give it a go. I’ve passed the clip around other members of my band, NSW Police pipe band, and so far all comments have been good. Keep up the good work, it’s great.