I left my heart in San Francisco...

The Wasatch and District Pipe Band is just back from the final competition of the season, the Caledonian Club of San Francisco's Gathering and Games held in Pleasanton, California. The reason for the title referring to San Francisco is due to the fact that, after having been there once a month for two years, I haven't been back since earlier this year (the beginning of February to be exact). The city itself is incredibly dynamic and has left a great impression on me. I only spent a short time this trip due to the fact that Pleasanton is about 40 minutes Southeast of San Francisco and the Bay Bridge was closed for earthquake proofing during the weekend.

Getting to the competition: A good portion of the band got to the fairgrounds early Friday morning after driving all night in order to get there in time for the noon piobaireachd competition. Saturday and Sunday were mixed solo and band events and both days were hot (somewhere in the 100's). Saturday the band placed 3rd in QMM and Sunday placed 2nd in the timed medley. The drum corps came through again with a great finish of 2nd on Saturday and 1st on Sunday!

Here are some pictures taken from the weekend:

The famous Ghirardelli Square, The WDPB warming up before competition and Massed bands waiting to go on.