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ARCHIVE PROGRAMMES

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Programme 1952

Fanfare

 

Pipes and Drums

The Pipes and Drums of the following Regiments :-
2nd Battalion Scots Guards
2nd Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
1st Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs)
1st Battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
The Canadian Highlanders

Musical Programme selected from-
Retreat Marches - Far O'er Struie, The Muree Hills, The Highland Brigade at Magersfontein
Slow Marches - The Wandering Piper, The Skye Gathering, The Isle of Heather
Quick Marches - King George V's Army, Murray's Welcome, The 25th KOSB,
Farewell to the Creeks, The Barren Rocks of Aden, The Sweet Maid of Glendaruel
Strathspeys - Balmoral Castle, Highland Harry, Captain Horne
Reels - Reel o'Tulloch, Sandy Duff, Speed the Plough

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Military Band

Band of THE KONIGLIJKE MILITAIRE KAPEL (Royal Netherlands Grenadiers) under the Direction of Captain R Van Yperen, Director of Music.
 

Drill Display - RAF Regiment

Drill Display by the Royal Air Force Regiment, Demonstration Flight
Officer in Command : Flight Lieutenant G Rees, Royal Air Force Regiment
Warrant Officer : D Gourd BEM, Royal Air Force

The music is provided by the Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment under the Direction of Warrant Officer V H Hutchison, The Royal Air Force Regiment

An aircraft of the Royal Air Force will, weather permitting, fly over on Saturday and Sunday nights.
 

Mounted Band

La Fanfare de la Garde Republicaine à Cheval under their Director of Music,
Trumpet-Major Gossez.
 

Massed Military Bands

The Massed Bands of-
Scots Guards
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs)
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Under the Direction of Major S Rhodes, MBE, ARCM, Scots Guards

Music Programme selected from the following :-
Slow Marches - Ecossaie, Aida, Garb of Old Gaul
Quick Marches - Thin Red Line, Liberty Bell, Moray Firth
Static Piece - Nimrod, Enigma Variations
 

Scotland in Arms

A Historical Pageant depicting the Dress of Scottish Regiments from the beginning of this century until the present day. Regiments will appear in the following order: Royal Scots Greys; Scots Guards; The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment); The Royal Scots Fusiliers; The King's Own Scottish Borderers; The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment); The Highland Light Infantry; The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs); The Gordon Highlanders; The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders; The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
 

Land of Hope and Glory

 

Evening Prayer

(Sundays)
 

National Anthems

Wilhelmus Van Nassau

La Marseillaise

God Save The Queen

Pipes and Drums at the 1952 Tattoo
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