PBNews || December 2020

2020
YEAR IN REVIEW
JANUARY
WAIPU hosts possibly the final
outdoor solo competition as the
world begins to recognise the
imapcts of COVID-19.
SUMMER SCHOOL is held
in Wellington for the first
time in decades, with a new
programme and teaching line
up.
FEBRUARY
JAMES LAUGHLIN leaves his
Head of Drumming role at St
Andrews College after 14 years
in the role.
MARCH
TEN DAYS before New Zealand
enters Alert Level Four for six weeks,
Canterbury Caledonian Society PB
claim their second NZ title in a row
at Invercargill
MANAWATU SCOTTISH
officially pull out of the
2020 World Pipe Band
Championships as New
Zealand enters lockdown for
the first time.
THE RSPBA cancel the first
three major championships
of 2020 as COVID-19 begins
to grip the United Kingdom
and Europe.
APRIL
THE RSPBA cancel the
Worlds and the final
championship as the rest of
the planet shuts down.
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