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ARCHIVE PROGRAMMES

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Programme 1955

Massed Military Bands

Massed Miltary Bands of :-
Coldstream Guards
The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
The Gordon Highlanders

Buglers: 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards; The Highland Light Infantry
(City of Glasgow Regiment); The Gordon Highlanders

Under the direction of Major D A Pope, ARCM, Director of Music, Coldstream Guards

Music - HM Jollies, Ecossaise, On the Quarterdeck,
A Trumpet Piece for a Ceremonial Occasion, The Bond of Friendship
 

Massed Pipes and Drums of the Commonwealth

The Massed Pipes and Drums of the Commonwealth :-
Pipes and Drums of the 1st and 2nd Battalions The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
The 8th Punjab Regiment, Pakistan Army

Representative Pipers from :-
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's);
The Brigade of Gurkhas; Australia; New Zealand; South Africa; and Pipes and Drums
1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders

Officer in Charge - Major D J S Murray, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

Music - The Green Hills of Tyrol, Skye Boat Song, Captain Norman Orr-Ewing,
Stumpie, Jock Wilson's Ball, Farewell to the Creeks
 

Physical Training Display

A Physical Training Display by Boys of the Army Apprentices School, Harrogate

Officer in Charge - Major H N Clemas, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
 

Cavalcade of the Lowland Brigade

An Historical Cavalcade of the four Regiments of The Lowland Brigade :-
The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
The Royal Scots Fusiliers
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Accompanied by the Pipes and Drums of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, Scots Guards and the Regimental Band, Coldstream Guards

Officer in Charge - Captain W K B Crawford, The Royal Scots

Music - Redford Cottage, 25th Farewell to Meerut, Kenmure's on and awa' Willie,
Dumbarton's Drums, Blue Bonnets o'er the Border, The Daughter of the Regiment
British Grenadiers, The Gathering of Storms

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Drill Display

A drill display by the 1st Battalion Scots Guards, accompanied by the Corps of Drums of the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards

Officer in Charge - Lieutenant H H T Dawson, Scots Guards

Music - There's Something about a Soldier, Ho Ro My Nut Brown Maiden,
Hielan' Laddie, Scipio
 

Scotland's Pride

The Massed Pipes and Drums of :-
The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
1st Battalion Scots Guards
2nd Battalion Scots Guards
1st Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)

Officer in Charge - Major D J S Murray, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

Music selected from :-
Cam Ye by Atholl, Hielan' Laddie, Marquis of Huntly, Kate Dalrymple,
Jock Wilson's Ball, The Black Bear, The Smith's a Gallant Fireman
Take you Gun to the Hill, Ale is Dear, Haughs of Cromdale,
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

Highland Dancing :-
A Team of 96 Highland Dancers from the Scottish Regiments

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Scotland the Brave

(The Sunset Call)

Music - Sambre et Meuse, Mechanised Infantry, My Home, Garb of Old Gaul

God Save The Queen

Scotland the Brave, We're no awa' to bide awa', Sweet Maid of Glendaruel
 

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