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Programme of the 2006 British military tattoo edinburgh event, the Royal Edinburgh Tattoo:
For the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo of 2006, I went along with one of my friends which was before I even started a TV course as it shows. I shot this footage using my Cybershot P73 stills camera. Me and my friend were lucky enough to choose the night when Sir Sean Connery was attending the edin tattoo and got maybe ten metres next to him, so close yet so far.
The Edinburgh festivals Scottish Tattoo takes place every year in the month of August alongside the Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe Festival. The events Edinburgh spectacle generates millions of pounds to the Scottish economy alongside other festival Edinburgh events. 2006 was my 6th visit to the Tattoo in Edinburgh.
The word Tattoo came from the phrase, Doe den tap toe which in Dutch meant least orders. The British used the practise where it became a signal, played by the regiment’s corps of drums and pipes and drums where the tattoo military soldiers would retreat to their barracks at the end of a day. The first Edinburgh Military Tattoos were called something about a Soldier which took place at the Ross Bandstand at Princes Street Gardens in 1949. The first official Edinburgh Military Tatoo began in 1950 with just eight items in the programme. There were 6000 spectators seated in beanch scaffold structures around the Edinburgh Castle esplanade. In 1952, the capacity was increased to hold a nightly audience of 7700 allowing 160,000 to watch the live performances every year.
Fanfare for the Scottish Soldier — The Gathering
The Massed Pipes and Drums — Queensland Police, Cape Town Highlanders, Scottish Universities Officers Training Corps, The Royal Air Force, 2nd Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles, 1st Battalion the Gurkhas Rifles, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, 1st Battalion Irish Guards, Scottish Guards, 1st Battalion Scots Guards and the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.
Brass bands tunes played include: Scots Wha Hae, Forward as One, The Piper’s Waltz, the Devil’s Staircase, Rakish Paddy, Paddy’s Epic Journey, Jameson’s Reel, The Piper’s March, The Mist Covered Mountains of Home, Lucy Cassidy, Rocking the Baby, Wi’ A Hundred Pipers and the Old Rustic Bridge.
Watoto Children’s Choir play Wi Polo, Nakusinzanga and Yesu Ni Wangu.
The Band and Pipes and Drums of the Royal Gurkha Regiment perform Bravest of the Brave, Zorba the Greek and Yo Nepali.
Massed Highland Dances made up from the Highland Spring Dancers and the South African Highland Dancers combine to perform The Lover’s Stone, Nelson Mandela’s Welcome to the City of Glasgow, MacLean of Aird and Sarie Marais.
The New Zealand Army Band arrived in Edinburgh with their humorous performances set to the tunes, William Tell, Colonel Bogey, Cornets for Scotland, James Bond, Thriller, Soul Bossa Nova, Pokarekare Ana, Swan Lake, Shetland Fiddler, Haka, Musket Fife & Drum, Hine e Hine and Amazonia.
The Jiangxi Xishan International School Kung Fu Group
Concert Band of the Army of Chilie with Evendart Artistic Company play the March of the Red Hackels, the Radetzky March, Thanks for Life, Viva Chilie, She Who Consents, the Rose and the Carnation, Farewell to the 7th of Line, Queen of Tamarugal, Easter Island Ritual, Mapuche Ritual, Get Back, the Woolen Hat, Chilean Patrotic Overture and We’re No Awa Tae Bide Awa.
Top Secret Drum Corps
The Edinburgh military bands were made up of the Coldtream Guards, The Scots Guards band, the Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland from the United Kingdom accompanied by the Tattoo Choir, the Kevock Choir. Their selctions of songs include State Ceremonial, Fingal’s Cave, Grandioso, Sing, Sing, Sing, Road to the Isles, the Scottish Soldier Tribute and Scottish Soldier.
The combined Pipes and Drums with the Massed Bands play Can you feel the love tonight and Highland Cathedral where the final features Scots Wha Hae, the National Anthem, Auld Lang Syne, the Evening Hym, Lord has Ended, the Last Post and finally the Lone Piper playing the Highland Cradle song.
The Tattoo Edinburgh ends with the marchout where the bands play Scotland the Brave, We’re No Awa Tae Bide Awa and the Black Bear.
The Royal Military Tattoo Edinburgh Youtube Video Produced by Alan Taylor, Alan Andrew Taylor, 2006, UK
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