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DM Results
As i've been constantly reminded by snowy, I keep forgetting to post the DM results, not on purpose! I thought I would post the links to keep up to date with their prizes.If you want to see which prizes our drum majors have won, just click on the links below!
Shotts, Bearsden & NI
Sorry I havent kept this updated folks...
Anyway heres the summaries from each...
Shotts
This
was a wet day for all, and it was the second time of the year where the
big band were playing up in g1, and they had their title to defend! The
wee band were on first as the big band were doing a parade through the
streets, lucky them!!! The band thought they played okay, but thought
it could have been better. Despite this they attained themselves 4th
place, so well done to them! The big band however felt that they did
not have a good run, and in g2 they attained 7th place and in g1 they
attained 4th place. We left wit a disheartened feeling, but awaiting
the next contest... Bearsden!
Bearsden
This
was a better competition for all; both weather wise and results wise.
After a good performance by the wee band, they attained themselves 1st
place in g4 and 3rd place in g3; both of these results were for the
second year running, so well done to them. Also they received 1st in
drumming, which was a confidence booster! It has now been noted though
that the wee band win stuff when Davey "The King" Hutton take them on,
time to move over paul!! The big band came 6th in the medley
competition and 4th in the MSR. Prizes for all!
The British Championships, Banbridge - Northern Ireland
What
a weekend, well for the banter anyway! Both bands went to NI with high
hopes, but these were not met. In the morning qualifier the wee band
had a good run, and felt sure they had qualified, Qualify they did, but
only by the skin of their teeth. They went on to play in the final, but
they did not play well enough to continue their success from dumbarton!
Roll on the Europeans! The big band thought that they had a good run
(except a small mistake in the reel by the drummers) but the judges did
not agree with them. No rpize was awarded to them either! Oh well,
theres always next year...
The Band has a YouTube
Channel!
The Band has now
entered the 21st Century! In order to find all of the bands videos in
one place, please see the bands New YouTube Page! All videos of the
band which are available on YouTube have been favourited, and hopefully
if myself or Mark get any footage of the band - we will upload it
straight to the page. If anyone has any videos which they think should
be uploaded to the page, please give them to me at practise on either a
disc or memory stick! Memory sticks will be returned! Videos must be in
.wmv format or similar! Aslong as theyve been taken from a camera, they
should be okay.
The url for the page is listed below!
The
Denny & Dunipace YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/dennypipeband
Yesterday (Saturday 30th May) saw the third
competition of the year for Denny, it was Bathgate. The weather was
sun, sun and more sun all day! We arrived at the car park in Bathgate
at 10am to allow the "wee band" time to tune up (and despite some
people sleeping in... we even made it there for roughly that time!) The
wee band tuned up and thought they were sounding quite good, they made
their way down to the competition field in high hopes! They went on to
the field playing their set of 4/4 marches for the first time this
year. Evveryone thought they played these tunes quite well, and were
all in high hopes for the results.
The
grade 2 band arrived at 12pm to tune up, and tune up they did! After a
session in the car park they made their way down to the competition
field to compete. They went on playing their medley and they thought
they had a decent performance. After their grade 2 performance, the big
band played up in to Grade 1 against Boghall, torphichen and Lothian
and Borders police. They felt that this performance wasn't as good as
their Grade 2 Performance, but they all thought they had a decent
attempt!
At the end of the day, no band
won any prizes despite the high hopes for the grade 4 band. It now has
to be decided whether or not they will attempt to use the 4/4 marches
in competition again, since all of the bands in the grade all played
2/4s! Decisions, Decisions, Decisions...
For videos of the Grade 2 band, please see the bands YouTube Channel!
The
next competition for both bands is Shotts, which will take place next
week on Saturday the 6th of June, good luck to both bands - and lets
hope the big band can retain their Grade 1 Title!
First Major of the Year - Success at Dumbarton!
Well
the season has now officially started, with both bands taking part in
the 100 Pipers Scottish Pipe Band Championships which was held in
Dumbarton. The weather for the day was... inconsistant throughout the
day! We started off with sun, then it rained - then it was sun again,
and then it rained again! The "wee band" were first up to play in the
morning, and although they played 2nd in their heat they still managed
to qualify! After their qualifying success - they went on to the final
and played first, they put on a good performance and this was noted by
the judges! The "Big band" had a good run at their medley and everyone
felt they played very well - even if it was a "tad" fast!
At
the end of the day, the wee band placed 4th over all - which is the
best they have ever done at any Major competition, so well done to
them, and lets hope this is the start of something good! Sadly however,
the big band failed to place, but everyone was happy with their
performance!
For a video of the big
bands medley performance - Click Here.
The next competition for both bands will be Bathgate. Good luck to both bands, and lets hope the success continues!
New Band Sponsor!
The band is pleased to announce a new sponsorship deal starting in May 2009. Following a few appearances at the prestigious venue, the band will be sponsored by the world-famous Gleneagles Hotel, in a deal that the band hopes to continue for years to come.
The deal includes appearances at the hotel, as well as a welcome boost to the band funds, helping to finance the trip to Northern Ireland in June, kitting out new players, and purchasing new drums.
The grade 2 band will carry the name "Denny and Dunipace Gleneagles" for competition and appearance purposes. The benefit of the sponsorship will however, affect all DDPB players, irresepective of grade.
Many thanks to Gleneagles for this immense opportunity!
P/M Mark
First competition of the year for Denny!
Yesterday (Sat 9th May) saw the very first outdoor competition of the year for Denny. The Grade 4 band - under Pipe Major Paul Chalmers and new Leading Drummer Stephen Drummond - braved the weather conditions at Dunbar. They were playing first but they were about the only band who got good playing conditions! Overall the band played well, and the sound held under the conditions. At the end of the day they placed 8th out of 25 which is a good start to the season for the "wee band". The big band was supposed to play on the Sunday at Gourock but the competition was cancelled due to weather circumstances.
The next competition for both bands is next week at the Scottish Championships in Dumbarton! Good luck to both bands!
Competition List for 2009
| Date | Event |
| 09/05/09 | Dunbar |
| 16/05/09 | Scottish Championships, Dumbarton (Medley/MAP) |
| 30/05/09 | Bathgate |
| 06/06/09 | Shotts |
| 13/06/09 | Bearsden |
| 20/06/09 | Grangemouth Children's Day |
| 27/06/09 | British Championships, Banbridge (MSR/MAP) |
| 18/07/09 | Balloch |
| 25/07/09 | European Championships, Inverclyde (MSR/MAP) |
| 26/0709 | Callander |
| 02/08/09 | Bridge of Allan |
| 08/08/09 | North Berwick |
| 15/08/09 | World Championships, Glasgow (MSR/MAP) |
| 22/08/09 | Melrose |
| 29/08/09 | Cowal Championships, Dunoon (Medley/MAP) |
| 12/09/09 | Pitlochry |
To ALL BAND MEMBERS
Please notify either the P/M or L/D well in advance if you are unable to attend any of the above. Travel arrangements to Banbridge are still to be confirmed.
Please don't leave arrangements to the last gasp - very annoying!