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As one of the 20,000 people who sat on Glasgow Green last September as the sun set and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra played at the Scottish proms in the park event, I am disappointed to hear it probably won't be back there this year.

The event was set up six years ago as a way of broadening the appeal of the Last Night of the Proms - and indeed the general Proms season.

This way, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland got to link up with the flag-waving promenaders in the Royal Albert Hall while waving their own flags - literally for those on Glasgow Green, and metaphorically with each area's own orchestras and singers.

True, it's a relatively new event and it's had its teething problems.

An early concert on the site of the new ´óÏó´«Ã½ building had to be scaled down and moved inside because of gale force winds.

But its most recent incarnation on Glasgow Green was proving incredibly popular and when, like last year, you get the weather to boot, there's no better place to be.

The timing is unfortunate. The sponsorship arrangement with the government agency National Savings and Investment ran out last year and new rules make it difficult to secure anything similar.

Meanwhile, Glasgow city council, like every local authority in the country, faces enormous pressure to make savings.

Still, Glasgow's loss is another city's gain.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ says it will announce a new location shortly - the full proms lineup is due to be announced on 22 April - and Dundee looks like being the likliest venue.