Well I'm back in West Virginia, I had a great time at Loch Norman yesterday.
Sorry I forgot to see you at the Clan Donald tent!
I'm in to piping, so I was listening to some solos in the morning. This gives a good idea of the grounds. The weather was spectacular as you can see.
The kid in the background, at the cabin, is competing solos, while in the foreground a couple band pipers are starting to warm up their instruments.
The pipers of Charleston (SC) Police warming up their pipes prior to the opening ceremonies.
I met Allen Sinclair and his wife, who were accommodating and gracious. Allen gave me something of a tour of the Games and of various XMarkers in attendance. (I'm drinking a very good California-style IPA brewed right there in NC.)
An XMarkers meetup:
In the afternoon, pipe bands! They march "up to the line" like this:
Marching in 'over the line' and 'into the circle' (symbolically)
City Of Atlanta "in the circle" competing with judges ranged about with their clipboards. Two of the judges were wearing Isle Of Skye
The Massed Bands at the end of the day. City Of Atlanta as Grade 3 winners were invited to come up to the front and march themselves off
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