This year’s Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships will go ahead. However, the competition will be smaller and will take place online. Organiser, the Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust (SSPDT), said the competition is going ahead in March – even if the country’s state schools remain closed. Currently, schools are […]

A 2021 season? / LBPS competition / Tony Crease tribute
Things look increasingly bleak for hopes of a return to a normal competition season this year, whether in the pipe band world or in solo piping. It’s only mid-January yet several major non-piping outdoor music events have already been cancelled, including, yesterday, the massive pop music festival held at Glastonbury […]