100 Pipe Bands Events

[Ship called Dignity]

Heard a suggestion that the committee who organised the airshow last year are looking to hold an event in Kintyre next year which will see 100 pipe bands visit Kintyre!

Excellet idea if it does happen.

Anyone know more?

[Campbeltown Airshow]

The P, as far as i am aware it is in the very early stages. kintyre & argyll Events Ltd, not the airshow committee have been in discussions with the Kintyre Piping society about the feasability of holding an event like a pipe band championship in campbeltown next year. early indications have shown that it may be possible to hold an event like this, but again it is dependant on time of year & funding & most importantly.......if any pipe bands will come the distance. i think 100 bands may be a bit much, but then again you never know!

hope it helps, if i hear anything else i will let you know.

[Gus]

heard rumbling of this a couple of months ago and i think it would be a brilliant boost to the area. .

Where abouts are they looking to hold this??

[judge roy bean]

who are these guys? kintyre & argyll events ltd, never heard of them and haven't heard anything about this from my mole at KSPB, or have they not been approached yet?

oh sorry, suppose i should have said hello forum users before i started there

[peenkles21]

Now that is a plan.

[Kintyre Forum News]

This event will take place on 5th May and is being held at Campbeltown Grammar School.

As confirmed by the Kintyre Initiaive Working Group.

[general jack o'niell]

as has previously been noted, who are these guys? and what if any knowledge do they have of the piping world?

i would assume that there would be only one name locally that would lure bands to this neck of the woods at short notice, since and again i'm assuming, most bands would have set out their calender several months ago.

not knocking the idea, its great, brilliant but having been to a few of these over the past years i reckon if its worth doing, its worth doing right to ensure that its something which bands from all over britain and overseas put in their calender on an annual basis. organising and holding such an event at a few months notice doesn't really make this a certainty, perhaps it would have been better to plan to hold it in 2008, this would allow more time for everything to be planned perfectly and give bands more notice of the day, thereby ensuring a better turnout, more bands, more supporters, more people.

i asked many many months ago, why can't we have an event like this locally, bands could park their buses in the school, use kintyre park for tuning up, the games field for the competition rings and the area across ralston rd could be used for parking, with amusements and stalls set up on the playing fields along meadows, thats how much space you need and more if you have it if you expect 100 bands to turn up, thats about 5,000 people minimum just in band members and supporters.

i can't wait, but i'd rather wait till next year and see it done to perfection and go on to rival the money grasping cowal games, which is over priced, over rated and over there (you really need to be pointing in a kinda north easterly direction for that last bit to work)

[Ship called Dignity]

as has previously been noted, who are these guys? and what if any knowledge do they have of the piping world?

i would assume that there would be only one name locally that would lure bands to this neck of the woods at short notice, since and again i'm assuming, most bands would have set out their calender several months ago.

General - some of it is posted in the previous postings above....

kintyre & argyll Events Ltd, not the airshow committee have been in discussions with the Kintyre Piping society about the feasability of holding an event like a pipe band championship in campbeltown next year. early indications have shown that it may be possible to hold an event like this, but again it is dependant on time of year & funding & most importantly.......if any pipe bands will come the distance. i think 100 bands may be a bit much, but then again you never know!

If anything like the Airshow it will be very well organised. It is amazing how much can be organised in a couple of months through hard work.

You offering your services?

One thing, I recall reading in the Couier is it will be held in the School Playing Fields. I always refer to the School Playing Fields as the field between the Pupils ground and the hospital but I assume the playing fields are now the upper fields next to the grammar?

[general jack o'niell]

just looking for more details since anyone i've asked has been sketchy, not knocking idea i think its brilliant but would hate for it to go down the campbeltown highland games road.

offering my services? i never volunteer for anything, character flaw, i need to be asked, hence the reason i'm never asked, because i never volunteer, then if i am asked i usually try to take over, hence the reason i'm never asked!!! it's a vicious cycle, just hate volunteering for something only to be handed some menial task, tho shy and retiring by nature i'm not one of lifes little people.

school playing fields to me, are likewise, the field outside my hoose, if dry would be better suited tho i can see the point from a paying to get in viewpoint why the top field would be easier controlled. the bottom field could be used for tuning up etc if this were the case.

still not convinced that it can be organised in a couple of months, purely from the calender of bands viewpoint, but maybe since it doesn't clash too much with any major fixed events they will get lucky with the turnout. next year would be a sounder bet, but it depends on what the organisors see as being a success and trying to rival cowal the first year is over ambitious on my part. still think campbeltown could do it better and if its given the chance, will. funny tho that the householder close to the site havent been consulted by anyone? but then they never are!! just don't try parking outside my house and we'll all get on fine!!!(that was the joke last part of my posting, which as always will be taken seriously by someone!!!!)

[bill]

General Jack a N.I.M.B.Y ?......surely not!

[general jack o'niell]

this is a post i didn't want to have to write but after thursdays performance can i be the first to say i told you so? all i can compare it to was noah after it had been raining for 30 days coming up to a crowd of folk and asking for volunteers to build a boat. "i don't have any wood or nails but i've applied for some" "so if you just tell me how to go about it, then build it for me, i'd be very grateful"

"whats that your already busy building?" crowd reply "three boats noah, you've sat there for an hour listening to how busy we are with the building of the boats and the parables and trips to france and ireland for the sailing and wotnot, in this bloody rain, busy busy busy"

" oh, see me?i don't know anythin aboot boats" "maybe you chief boatbuilder there could organise the boat building?"


think that wee story is nonsense? you should have heard the real one!!!!!!

still, i'm sure once the last zero is knocked off the 100 bands it will be braw, with four of them coming from the toon anyway!!!! dear dear doctor

[kintyre 84]

Ha ha ha .... I was there and your story made me laugh... just because it is true!!!

[4th gen Suthen']

I dont understand this, please tell us Gen Jack or Kintyre84

[Ranald]

It would seem that the organisers of the event have been asked for or were giving an update on how things are progressing and said that they have applied for funding but have nothing concrete in place yet. They then asked the local pipe band association for help and the association said that they are already busy with other events.

That's how I took it anyway.

[Buzz Lightyear]

reading between the lines on this i can only presume that there was some sort of meeting on thursday & the funding has still to be secured or bands have still to be contacted???????

i dont know, i am not involved & know nothing.

If you are so concerned General george did you voice them there & then instaed of coming on here ridaculing?

If so well done, if not then i am disappointed.