Yesterday saw the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow. The event was live webcast by the BBC around the world. This year's winners of the Grade 1 competition were top Northern Ireland Band, the Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band.
The band is the current Scottish and British Champions, and have been runners-up at last year's World Championships, and winners of the title in 2006, 2007, and now 2011.
The band's World Championship performance illustrates why it is such a musical force to be reckoned with a smooth and rolling rendition of a medley.