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ARCHIVE PROGRAMMES

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Programme 1983

Fanfare and Voice of the Castle

"Edinburgh Castle"
The Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Marines School of Music
 

The Massed Pipes and Drums

4th Royal Tank Regiment
2nd Bn. Scots Guards
1st Bn. The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
Composite Pipes and Drums from Scottish University Officer Training Corps
Composite Pipes and Drums from the Boys' Brigade Edinburgh Battalion
 

The Royal Engineers (1)

A Light Wheeled Tractor novelty interlude, devised and performed by members of 11 Field Squadron Royal Engineers
 

RS 350

Men of 1st Bn. The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) celebrate the Regiment's 350th Anniversary by dancing with ladies of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society.
 

RS 350




RS 350 Highland Dancing




The Royal Engineers (2)

A Medium Girder Bridge fast-build competition between two of the following teams:
11 Field Squadron Royal Engineers from Ripon
104 (City of Edinburgh) Field Squadron Royal Engineers (Volunteers) from Edinburgh
516th Engineer Company (MGB), United States Army from Hanau, West Germany
 

The Lochiel Marching Team

Maze marching by the girls of the Lochiel Marching Team from Wellington, New Zealand with the Pipes and Drums of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa.
 

The Lochiel Marching Team enter through the pipe band




Formed up




Precision drill




The Royal Engineers (3)

The detection of mines, booby traps and explosives 11 Field Squadron Royal Engineers and the Royal Army Veterinary Corps Training Centre provide a brief reminder of two problems and two possible solutions.
 

The Massed Bands of the Royal Marines

The Band of H.M. Royal Marines School of Music
The Band of H.M. Royal Marines Flag Officer Plymouth
The Band of H.M. Royal Marines Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland
 

Finale

After the cast (less the Royal Scots Colour Party, Guard and Bands) have assembled there is a Son et Lumiere episode, "Anniversaries". The music played by the Royal Marine bands under the commentary is "A March of 1st Battalion The Royal Scots", published in approximately 1780.
Thereafter:-

Entry of Royal Scots element - Dumbarton's Drums
General Salute - Garb of Old Gaul
Evening Hymn and Sunset - The Day Thou Gavest
Commitment to Friendship - Auld Lang Syne
Lone Piper - Loch Rannoch
Voice of the Castle
The National Anthems
The Queen
Maroon signal beginning the March Off - Scotland the Brave
Military bands march off - We're no' awa' tae bide awa'
Pipes and Drums March Off - The Black Bear

In the episodes of Son et Lumiere - the Voice of the Castle - the verse has been written and spoken by Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Dow, the lighting devised by Robert Ornbo.

The 1983 Finale
Buy a photo of the 1983 finale from the Online Tattoo Shop
 

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