ST PIRAN’S DAY IN A COVID WORLD

ALTHOUGH there won’t be the annual parade through Truro this year beacause of coronavirus restrictions, there will still be St Piran’s Day celebrations in the city.

Truro City Council along with Truro Old Cornwall Society, Salt Productions and Tyller A Nerth are creating a Truro St Piran’s Day film to celebrate the day virtually and you can be part of it.

Proud Cornish folk are being asked to learn the official Truro St Piran’s Day Dance.

First watch the online tutorial film from Cornwall Dance School via the Visit Truro YouTube channel to get the moves.

There is even a little surprise from St Piran himself at the end of the film.

The St Piran’s Day Celebratory

Film will be released today via the Truro St Piran’s Day Facebook page and will feature speeches from the Bishop of Truro Philip Mountstephen, High Sheriff of Cornwall Kate Wild, Lord Lieutenant Edward Bolitho and Grand Bard of Cornwall Elizabeth Carne.

To add to the celebration, the St Piran’s Day team have created activity sheets – you can create an animal mask for the virtual tea party on March 5 at 12.30pm, colour in a picture to display in your window or learn some Cornish phrases and interesting facts.

Mayor of Truro Bert Biscoe said: “St Piran’s Day is always a moment of renewal, a moment when we pause to reflect on the values and resonances of Cornish life. It is, most of all, a moment for everybody, old and young, to celebrate the deep feelings of belonging that enable us to say ‘Welcome!’ with real intent.

“We’ve got dancing, an Oggy Oggy Oggy ‘shout’, and many other ideas for you. Everything’s different in Covid World...But shall Trelawny live? You betcha!”