2024 International Quartet Champions: Inveraray & District
Glasgow – August 13, 2024 – The Strathclyde Suite at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall was packed with enthusiasts, each paying £18.50 (about $33), heard and saw Scotland’s Inveraray & District win the annual International Quartet Competition for Grade 1 bands. It was the sixth time that Inveraray won the event and the first since 2017.
Inveraray’s quartet consisted of John Dew, Connor Eckert, Ross Miller and Brodie Watson-Massey.
Also competing:
- Police Scotland & Federation (Scotland)
- Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia (Scotland
- St. Laurence O’Toole (Ireland)
- St. Thomas Alumni (USA)
- 78th Fraser Highlanders (Canada)
Quartets had to play a Medley and a March, Strathspey & Reel of their own choice, and an unidentified group of judges, presumably with years and years of pipe band experience at the highest level, came up with a sole prizewinner.
Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia’s quartet won the 2023 contest. The band went on to win the World Pipe Band Championship four days later.
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