The Gun Counter

Here's a great link to the World Pipe Band Championships, via the Beeb:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/music/worlds/2009/

The sound even goes to 11! (seriously, hover your mouse over the audio control) Something about bagpipes stirs the blood...

It's been said the Irish invented the bagpipes then gave them to the Scots.

The Scots still haven't got the joke.

fwiw I love the pipes & grew up listening to Harry Lauder and hearing my Scot aunt & uncles talk story in increasingly thick brogues. You know what they say -- 5 Scots, 10 conversations.

Chris, for some reason that reminds me of a band called Steeleye Span. Ever hear of them?

This might be a better link, it shows all the groups in the competition:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/music/worlds/2009/bands/