Ah, technology

This was posted today on pipes|drums: BBC Scotland to stream World’s live from Glasgow Green. Very much coolness here; all of the Grade 1 band competitions will be streamed live on the internet, starting with the qualifying round and going straight through the finals and awards ceremony. Again I say very much coolness.

I’m also happy to see that the recordings will be available on the website to those of us stuck outside the UK, which was different from last year. Since I won’t be able to watch the performances live, I’ll have to check out the on demand videos.

For the past few years, the DVD of the Grade 1 qualifying round and finals has been pretty popular in the piping world. I assume there are still plans to release a DVD, but I don’t know for sure. Either way, this is an example of technology being used to spread the good word about piping, and I’m very excited to hear about it.