One asks when will this all end? Well we can write off the rest of March, all of April and probably most of May as well. In the UK the spread of flu bugs and the like generally drops off with the arrival of spring and summer but whether that will be the same for this little swine of a virus I don’t know. Blair Atholl, Strathmore, Luss, Balloch and…

The recital by Angus MacColls (senior and junior) due to be given this Friday 20 March at Tulloch Castle, Dingwall, has been cancelled. This recital was being organised by the Lewis & Harris Piping Society. Ken Cameron, Chairman of Lochaber Piping Society: ‘In common with most organisers, our Society has been forced to cancel both our Recital and Junior Piping and Drumming Competition, scheduled for 27th and 28th of this month. ‘The committee very…

Our annual Piping Press Guide to the Games is published today – but with a warning. Early season games, at least up to the end of June, are under serious threat from the Covid-19 pandemic. (Ipswich Piping Society have just announced the postponement of Callum Beaumont’s recital in the city on March 20.) Already this morning we have learned of the cancellation of Inverness Games which were due to take…

The British Pipe Band Championships, the first RSPBA major of the season, were cancelled today by the promoter Renfrewshire District Council in consultation with the RSPBA. A spokesman for the council said that because of the Covid-19 pandemic they were cancelling all council events until the end of June 2020 and these included the championships. No further comment was made. The British were due to be staged at St James…

Logan Tannock, President of the Scottish Pipers’ Association, has sent this: ‘A Statement from the Scottish Pipers Association – In response to the current Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). ‘It is with regret and after much discussion that the committee of the Scottish Pipers Association this afternoon made the decision to postpone both the Adult Amateur competition on Sunday March 29th and the Professional competitions on Saturday April 11th. The committee have…