 editorial, Thu, August 6th, 2009 We at The Spotlight would like to congratulate the members of the Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band for making it to the Piping Live! Glasgow International piping Festival and The World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Scotia-Glenville Pipe Band is considered a Junior Pipe Band by restricting its membership to pipers and drummers between the ages of 8 and 18, to allow young players to achieve a far greater potential than they would in a mixed-age band. SGPB is the only competing juvenile band in this area and within the entire Northeast. These young men and women epitomize everything that is good in the communities we cover. Their hard work and perseverance in a very specialized skill (there are only three other youth bagpipe bands in the U.S.— one in Baltimore, one in Colorado and one in Houston) earned them the opportunity to compete against six bands from the world over in the festival, which runs from Aug. 10 to 16. Four bands are from Scotland — no surprise there — one is from Canada, and then you have our own excellent band from what we at The Spotlight are sure will become world-renowned Scotia-Glenville. Event coordinators estimate over 16,000 pipers and performers along with 50,000 visitors from 16 different countries will be in Glasgow for the festival. Pretty daunting numbers, but we’re sure the members of SGPB, who hail from all over the Capital District and beyond, will be up to the task, and will make the Capital District proud. We encourage our readers to show the SGPB their support by sending them words of support by e-mail to sgpb@ptcconnect.net or, better yet, sending letters of encouragement to The Spotlight at news@spotlightnews.com. Those wanting up-to-date information on the festival, can sign up for e-mail updates at www.pipingfestival.co.uk, or check back at www.spotlightnews .com. If you’re concerned with the lack of televised coverage of the festival, don’t worry, a documentary called “Piping Hot” is scheduled for release by BBC Scotland after the event. CATEGORY: General Society
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