New York City's 259th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade was postponed in light of the situation concerning the coronavirus outbreak. Our cast of Pipe Bands would have started, per Parade tradition, with Pipe Major Joe Brady, Jr., followed by:
The 42nd Infantry Division Band, New York Army National Guard
Piper Chris Finnegan, Piper to the Regimental Staff
Wantagh American Legion Post 1273 Pipe Band
The Bergen County, NJ Police Pipe Band
The NYPD Emerald Society Pipes and Drums
Stephen Driscoll Memorial Lodge, New York State Fraternal Order of Police Pipe Band, Carmel
Xaverian High School Pipes and Drums, Brooklyn
New York State Police Pipes and Drums
New York State Courts Pipes and Drums
Port Authority Police Emerald Society Irish War Pipe Band
Pipes and Drums of the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh, Old Bridge, NJ
The Sword of Light Pipes and Drums of IBEW Local 3, Fresh Meadows, Queens
The Kerry Pipers
New York University Pipes & Drums
Clan na h-Eireann War Pipe Band, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Father Con Coulbert Woulfe Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 1, Ulster County Pipes & Drums, Kingston
Joseph Duelk, Jr. Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 1 Pipes and Drums of Monroe and Orange County, NY
Roisin Dubh Highland Pipes & Drums of Our Lady of County Knock, Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 7, East Islip, Long Island
Saffron United Pipe Band of Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 2, Babylon, Long Island
FDNY Emerald Society Pipes and Drums
Westchester County Firefighters' Emerald Society Pipes and Drums
County Cork Pipes & Drums, Long Island City, Queens
Breezy Point Catholic Club Pipes & Drums, Rockaway Beach, Queens
NYC Corrections Department Pipes & Drums
Suffolk County Police Department Emerald Society Pipes & Drums
Iona College Gaelic Society Pipe Band, New Rochelle
County Armagh Association Pipers' Band
Manhattan College Gaelic Society Pipes & Drums, Riverdale
Rockland County Police Department Emerald Society Pipes and Drums
Hudson Valley Regional Police Pipes & Drums, New Windsor
Clan Na Vale Pipe Band, Allendale, NJ
St. Ann's of Hampton and Bridgewater, NJ Pipes & Drums
NYC Sanitation Department Pipes & Drums
AmerScot Highland Pipe Band, Staatsburg, NY
New York State Corrections Department Pipes & Drums
Nassau County Police Emerald Society Pipe Band
Edward P. Maloney Memorial Pipe Band of Binghamton
Pipes & Drums of Local 21, Plumbers, Steamfitters, and HVACR Services, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess and Ulster Counties, Peekskill, Long Island
Lia Fail Pipes & Drums of Mercer County, East Windsor, NJ
Richmond County Pipes and Drums of Staten Island
IBEW Local 163 Pipes & Drums, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Amityville-Massapequa Park, Long Island American Legion Post 1015 Highlanders' Pipe Band
New Haven County, CT Firefighters' Emerald Society Pipe Band
American Celtic Pipe Band, Lindenhurst, NY
Inis Fada Gaelic Pipe Band, Mineola, Long Island
Glor na nGael Pipe Band of McGuinness/Fitzsimmons Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 14, Lynbrook-Rockville Center, Long Island
IBEW Local 25 Pipes & Drums, Hauppauge, Long Island
Tara Pipes & Drums of Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 15, Massapequa Park, Long Island
Irish Thunder Pipes & Drums, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 1 of Montgomery County, Swedesburg, PA
Knights of Columbus Council #126 Pipe Band, Brooklyn
The Staten Island Pipers' Association Pipes and Drums
The Hudson Highlanders of Cold Spring, NY
Edward P. Larkin Memorial Pipe Band, Rockland County Ancient Order of Hibernians, Pearl River, Long Island
Pipes and Drums, NYC Carpenters' Local 608
County Tyrone Society Pipes & Drums
Archbishop Thomas Molloy Memorial High School Pipes and Drums, Briarwood, NY
Brian Boru Pipes & Drums, Malvern-King of Prussia-Bridgeport, PA
San Xona Pipe Band, Galicia, Spain
Transit Pride Pipes and Drums, The Bronx
In all, 60 Pipe Bands, out of more than 500,000 marchers, would have participated. Well, the Eternals willin', we'll likely try it again Wednesday, March 17th, 2021. See ye lot then!