Decimated somewhat from our previous competition at Hawick, all of the band members felt that we played exceptionally well in both grades, some even thought that our performances were better than that of our successful stint at the Hawick Highland games. Pipe Major Cammy Renwick was thoroughly delighted with both performances and said after our grade three performance that he was happy with our sound and how we played it, but not to hold our breath as this competition has never been kind to us. Something tells me that  Cammy has crossed swords in the past with old cloth ears himself, I wont say which one.  It is strange though, that so much contradiction can be written on the piping sheets and I'll give you a for instance. Judge 1 "Poor intro, searching for E's Judge 2 Fine intro and well executed" It makes you wonder if one of them is actually listening to the same band as the other, hell even our Bass drummer Aggy Glendinning got a mention in the piping sheets for having too fluffy drum sticks, however in the interests of not having HPB black balled from future Lothian & Borders Competitions I shall say no more on the matter.   Below you will see the summary's of Grade Four and Grade three only. This time there are pictures to be had as you will see below.