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ARCHIVE PROGRAMMES

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Programme 1953

Fanfare

"Fanfare for a Dignified Occasion"

Trumpeters of The Royal Scots Greys under the direction of
Bandmaster D W Turner, ARCM.
 

Changing the Guard

By 6 Officers and 60 Other Ranks of the 1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) with Pipes and Drums and Regimental Band.
"Cruachan II", the Regimental mascot will be on parade.

The Old Guard will be dressed in 1914 Guard Mounting Order.
The New Guard will be dressed in No. 1 Dress.

Music - The Campbells are Coming, Scipio, Loch Rannoch,
Garb of Old Gaul, Hielan' Laddie
 

Display of Indian Club Swinging and Rhythmic Drill

By 50 Recruits from the Depot, Women's Royal Army Corps.

Officer in Charge : Captain E M Penfold, WRAC
Drum Major : Sergeant J Freeland, WRAC

Music by the Band of The Women's Royal Army Corps under the direction of
Lieutenant F A G Goddard, LRAM, ARCM, General List.

Music - Great Little Army, Waltz Time Selections, The Lass of Richmond Hill
 

Pipes and Drums of The Brigade of Gurkhas

The Massed Pipes and Drums of The Brigade of Gurkhas, 60 strong, drawn from:
2nd (King Edward's Own) Gurkha Rifles
6th Gurkha Rifles
7th Gurkha Rifles
10th (Princess Mary's Own) Gurkha Rifles

Music - Bonnie Dundee, My Home, Bugle Horn, Marquis of Huntly,
Piper o' Drummond, Blue Bonnets

Officer in Charge - Captain I Mayman
Drum Major - Drum Major Balethapa
 

Jeep Assembly Display

The Display will be given by two teams of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and will take the form of a competition. The two teams are provided by:
25 (Scottish) Command Workshops, REME Lanark
4 (Northern) Command Workshops, REME York
 

Drill Display

A Drill Display by the Edinburgh Cadet Battalion (The Royal Scots). Accompanied by Pipers of the Depot, Royal Scots and Lowland Brigade.

Officer in Command - Lieutenant G Taylor, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)

Music - Princess Mary's March, Blue Bonnets
 

Highland Dancing

A team of 104 Highland Dancers from the following Regiments will take part :-
The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
The Royal Scots Fusiliers
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
The Highland Light Infantry
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs)
The Gordon Highlanders
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)

The following music will be provided by the Pipes and Drums,
1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers :-
Monymusk, Reel o' Tulloch, Hielan' Laddie, Because He Was a Bonnie Lad,
High Road to Linton, Farewell to the Creeks, Black Bear
 

Massed Military Bands

The Massed Bands of
Scots Guards
The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
The Royal Scots Fusiliers
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)

Under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel S Rhodes, MBE, Mus Bac, ARCM,
Director of Music, Scots Guards.

Musical programme selected from:
Quick Marches - The Queen's Guard, Coronation Bells, Mechanised Infantry,
Sons of the Brave, Action Front
Slow Marches - Green Sleeves, Skye Boat Song, The Road to the Isles
Static Music - Trumpet Voluntary, Fame and Glory
 

Historical Fantasy (Not on Sunday Evenings)

An episode in the life of Rob Roy MacGregor.
(The Capture of the Fort at Inversnaid)

Rob Roy . . . Major L L L Tevendale DCM, The Gordon Highlanders
Mounted Officer . . . Staff Sergeant D G Benn, The Royal Scots Greys
Redcoats . . . The Royal Scots Greys
Highlanders . . . 1st Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
 

Massed Pipes and Drums

The Massed Pipes and Drums of :
Depot The Royal Scots and Lowland Brigade
1st Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers
1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers
1st Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
1st Canadian Highland Battalion

Officer in Charge : Captain D J S Murray, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

Musical Programme selected from :
Slow Marches - Loch Leven Castle, Leaving Ardtornish, The Borderers
Marches - Mrs MacDougall, MacKenzie's Farewell to Strathglass, Bonawe Highlanders
Macoll's Farewell to the Scottish Horse, Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, 1953
Strathspeys - Arniston Castle, Lady Mackenzie of Fairburn
Reels - Sandy Dugg, Duntroon
 

Scotland the Brave

(The Sunset Call)

Music - Queen Elizabeth's March, Coronation March, My Home, Garb of Old Gaul,
Soldiers of the Queen, Wi' a Hundred Pipers

"CAMERONIAN CONVENTICLE"

EVENING PRAYER
(Sundays Only)

God Save The Queen

Troops march off to the tune of Scotland the Brave

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