David Barclay Memorial Indoor Competition

I'm just back from the 1st Annual David Barclay Memorial Indoor Competition held today at the University of Utah and put on by the Utah Pipe Band. The judges were Scott Robertson (drumming) and Jack Cairney (piping) who are both former members of the Triumph Street Pipe Band from Vancouver, British Columbia. It was a very full day for the judges but everything ran very smoothly and with no troubles at all, at least from my perspective. All solo events moved seamlessly into each other with very few gaps in time and I don't think the schedule ever got behind, despite a large number of entrants. Both judges had time to give an open clinic/workshop for anyone interested in sitting in on it and I'm actually a bit disappointed I didn't get a chance to do so on the drumming clinic. All in all it was a great day full of piping and drumming. Here are a few pictures from the day:

In order- Morning snow on the University Campus, Jason Killpack (P/M Salt Lake Scots) competing his grade II events, Mike Postma (D/S Wasatch and District) competing his grade I events, Joe Yost (Utah Pipe Band) competing his grade IV events, Payson High School performing for critique.