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ARCHIVE PROGRAMMES
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Programme 1959
Fanfare |
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"Opening Fanfare"
Trumpeters of The Royal Marines, The Royal Scots Greys and Scots Guards
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Massed Pipes and Drums |
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The Massed Pipes and Drums of :-
2nd Battalion The Canadian Guards
The Royal Scots Greys
1st Battalion Scots Guards
2nd Battalion Scots Guards
1st Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
1st Battalion The Royal Highland Fusiliers
1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
Officer in Charge - Major R Sinclair Scott, Royal Highland Fusiliers
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Mounted Display - Spahis |
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A Mounted Display by a detachment from the 7th Regiment of Spahis from Senlis, France, accompanied by the Military Band of the Royal Scots Greys.
Officers in Charge - Chef D'Escadrons J De Fombelle & Lt Servignat
Music - Aida
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The Royal Marines |
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Drill Displays by the Royal Marines from The Depot, Royal Marines, Deal and Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth.
(a) Old time Drill Display in the period 1805
(b) A Drill Display by the King's Squad
Adjutant - Captain E H Warren, RM
Regimental Sergeant Major - RSM T W A Pedrick, BEM
Music - Fanfare, HM Jollies, Sarie Marais, The British Grenadiers,
A Life on the Ocean Wave
Music is provided by the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group) under the direction of Captain W Lang, MBE, LRAM, RM, Director of Music
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Gymnastic Display |
A Gymnastic Display by Instructors from units and Depots in Scotland.
Music - The Keel Row, Colonel Bogey |
Massed Bands |
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The Massed Bands of:-
The Royal Marines
The Royal Scots Greys
Scots Guards
Under the direction of Captain W Lang, MBE, LRAM, RM, Director of Music, Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines (Plymouth Group), assisted by Lieutenant J H Howe, LRAM, ARCM, Director of Music, Scots Guards and Bandmaster D W Turner, ARCM, Royal Scots Greys
Music - Light of Foot, Moray Firth, In Praise of Islay, My Home, Mechanised Infantry, Burns' Medley, Heilan' Laddie
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Dancing |
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A Display of Highland and Scottish Country Dancing.
(a) Foursome Reel dance by Members of :-
Scots Guards Seaforth Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(b)The Reel of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo danced by :-
The Women's Royal Army Corps
The Women's Royal Air Force
partnered by dancers from Depots, Lowland and Highland Brigades accompanied by the Regimental Band, Scots Guards.
Music - Monymusk, Reel of Tulloch, Scotland the Brave, The Barren Rocks of Aden
Dornoch Links, The Hopeful Lover, The Reel of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, The Lewis Bridal Song
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Hoisting the Colours |
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A Ceremonial Drill Display by H.M.S. Cochrane accompanied by the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines.
Music - On the Quarter Deck, Nancy Lee, Imperial Echoes
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Grand Finale |
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THE SUNSET CALL
THE LAST POST
Music - Blue Bonnets O'er the Border, Sambre et Meuse, The Globe and Laurel,
Heart of Oak, Garb of Old Gaul, Crimond, Sunset
LA MARSEILLAISE
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
Scotland the Brave We're no awa' to bide awa' Far o'er Struie
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