Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band - 2014 World Champions

Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band, under Pipe Major Richard Parkes MBE, retained its Grade One Championship at the 2014 World Pipe Band Championships, held in Glasgow on 15 and 16 August 2014.

Like last year the championships were held over two days with the Grade One qualification heats being held on the Friday and the finals on the Saturday. So four performances and sixteen judges stood between the bands and the final prize list.

The final was one of the best musically that I have been to. All bands played to exceptional standards. Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band from Lisburn, County Antrim, under Pipe Major Richard Parkes MBE and Drum Sergeant Keith Orr retained the Grade One title for the fourth year running. This video documents the band's medley on the Saturday final.

Tunes played are:

[00:00] Rowd's Hornpipe (composed by Garth Neel)
[00:57] The High Drive Jig (composed by Gordon Duncan)
[01:29] Jig: The Piper's Bonnet (traditional)
[02:31] Air: Sine Bhan (traditional)
[03:20] Strathspey: Rodney Hull QC (composed by Bill Livingstone)
[03:51] Strathspey: Lachine Rapids (traditional)
[04:23] Willie MacKenzie's Reel (traditional)
[04:44] Reel: Smelling Fresh (composed by James Duncan MacKenzie)
[05:04] Hornpipe: Pipe Major George Allan (composed by PM Donald MacLeod)

[bensmyth]

My late uncle Leslie, top class as always. May you rest in peace.

[alraffar]

i was there this year! Of all bands, this band's sound tone and strength are by most solid, i just cannot describe how solid it feels..i'm thankful to have witnessed the best of the best of GHB in display. 

[stuartbeven]

I cannot get over just how perfect that attack is! Incredible performance

[allanpickersgill]

Simply Wonderful, thank you for posting.

[vincentdigiglio]

Their drum corp was the deciding factor in this years worlds. Inveraray gave them a solid run this year. Its gonna be interesting what next year brings.

[lukejreid]

Outstanding! They are deserving winners.

[blah]

Oh man!!! Those drones!!! Such an amazing UNISON sound!!!

[chrisnorton]

Big Donald’s loving that last tune! Dancing away! 😂

[amandachristie]

this band are so amazing they have won 5 to​ 7 times at the championships​ in Glasgow so far i love all pipe bands​ but field Marshall are amazing good luck in the future competition's​

[giuseppelogiurato]

that first hornpipe sounds like a beast!

[jchapman]

They're the greatest! No surprise they continue to take the honors with the quality of their performance!

[allencowan]

I don't know jack about pipe and drum they're awesome. :) 

[lbomya]

PM Richard Parkes is a very good instructor too! I took 2 of his workshops at Winter Storm in Kansas City last weekend.

[Cjsings]

.... the intonation is just .... suberb !!!! WOW!!!

[roadhammer]

wow my grandfather and his brother played for the lorne scots in brampton Ontario this was amazing made me cry

[alexgallacher]

Wow! What nice band. They will do well in the future. :)

[pataldridge]

U guys gotta come to the states.specifically texas

[tomasesola]

Just perfect. To me: just some transitions, having been perfectly executed, might have been arranged a bit richer.

[TheMCP]

I can feel my ancestors pulsing through my veins when I listen to this. Give me a claymore and a fair lass to send me off. We leave none alive!

[erniescullion]

A very very strong performance
Opening tune is Bright and Cheerful. SINE BHAN Takes ME BACK TO 1980 at the Worlds.Things that spoil FMM THIS IS the main passion killer and JUST PERSONAL PREFERENCE. THE OTT HARMONIZING HONESTLY IT KI LLS THE ENJOY MENT. PLEASE STOP IT ITS A BIT PLASTERY YES IM A WARE ITS SLOW AIR YOU EXPECT BUT IT AINT NEEDED ANYWHERE ELSE IF OTHER TUNES OUTSIDE THE SLOW AIR NEED IT TO SHOW CASE IT THEN THEY SHOULDNT BE PLAYED IN A Band that's RIGHTLY WON AS MANY TIMES AS FMM. STILL WELL DONE WELL PLAYED.👏👏👏