I'd generally agree with that. As one who dabbled with bagpipes but only ever got to the stage of a few simple tunes, mostly without the gracenotes, I was always encouraged to go along and practice with both of the local bands and I still feel that affinity when I meet up with any of our local pipers. Both of the bands support one another and other bands from neighbouring towns if they are short of numbers for an event and any rivalry between them is entirely friendly. The only qualification is that lone pipers can occasionally be notoriously territorial. When I worked in local government, I once arranged for a military piper who had connections with Jedburgh to turn up with the Councillors at the national border at Carter Bar to welcome a bus party from Malestroit, Jedburgh's twin town in Brittany. Later I got dog's abuse from another Jedburgh piper who regularly busked at Carter Bar because another piper had been asked to greet the French group at what he considered to be his spot.