Bagad Brieg hauls in another Breton Championship
Lorient, Brittany – August 6, 2007 –Bagad Brieg won the Grade 1 Breton Championships at the Festival Interceltique.
Grade 1 Bagads
1st Brieg
2nd Cap-Caval
3rd Quimper
4th St Malo
5th Pontivy
6th Lokoal-Mendon
7th Quimperle
Earlier in the day, Hervé Le Floc’h of Brittany won the Piobaireachd competition in which 12 played and John Wilson and Bob Worrall judged.
Piobaireachd
1st Hervé Le Floc’h, Brittany “Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay”
2nd Robert Watt, Northern Ireland, “The Vaunting”
3rd Lionel Tupman, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, “The Old Men of the Shells”
4th Alexis Meunier, Brittany, “Lament for the Viscount of Dundee”
5th Matthew Supranowicz, Australia, “The Groat”
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Full summaries are here: http://www.ar-soner.org/docs/Grille_Resultats_Lorient_2007_Maout.pdf Whenever bagadoù contests are discussed I like to point out the huge judging panel. There are 2 judges for each corps (pipes, bombardes, and drums) plus 6 ensemble judges. It’s also interesting to look at since the RSPBA asked grade 1 and 2 bands about opening up the format. Bagadoù definitely break the mould at Lorient which is the equivalent of their big medley contest of the year. Essentially they put on a 15-20 minute concert with some allowances for non-corps instruments. Here’s a clip of the current champions, Bagad Brieg, from a performance of the festival de Cournouaille earlier this year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGj-PYr0Xdk
It’s not the right video, this is a video of bagad SANT Brieg and no Bagad BRIEG…!!!! Videos of Bagad Brieg in Lorient 2007 : Part 1 : http://fr.youtube.com?v=tZ6Tw9teIdE&mode=related&search= Part 2 : http://fr.youtube.com?v=q71HdtGENsc&mode=related&search=