If it's not Scottish, it's... actually pretty good!
Oran Mor competing in Scotland.
The Oran Mor Pipe Band, which is based in Colonie, just got back from the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland where it placed 14th in the Grade 1 competition (the highest level). Twenty-one bands from all over the world competed in that class.
Oran Mor is led by Andrew Douglas and Eric MacNeil, who are both from Schenectady.
Video of Oran Mor's performance is embedded after the jump. The commentator for the BBC called the band's performance "very well orchestrated."
The band will be playing at the Capital Region Scottish Games in September.
Earlier on AOA: We talked with Andrew Douglas a few years back about the Piper's Dojo, a local school for teaching people how to play the bagpipes
photo courtesy of Oran Mor Pipe Band
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Is this the pipe band that practices somewhere in the industrial park off of Walker Way? I was working out in my yard a couple of weeks ago, and heard the distant tones of bagpipes...
... said tomato(e) on Aug 23, 2011 at 10:57 AM | link
@tomato(e) -- Yes! The band practiced at that location a few weeks ago before boarding a bus and heading up north to Ontario for a competition.
... said Stephanie on Aug 23, 2011 at 3:14 PM | link
We saw them in Maxville at the North American Pipe Band Championships in July.
Great job at Worlds!!!
... said Natalie on Aug 23, 2011 at 9:29 PM | link