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Fanfare - Fighter

Written and directed by Wing Commander S L STIRLING
Principal Director of Music, The Royal Air Force

The Massed Pipes and Drums

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
1st Battalion Scots Guards
1st Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
1st Battalion The Royal Highland Fusiliers
(Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow
and Ayrshire Regiment)
1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers
1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles
The Royal Air Force
The City of Invercargill Caledonian Pipe Band
The Canadian Scottish Regiment
The Cape Town Highlanders

The spine-tingling sights and sounds of the world-famous Massed Pipes & Drums

Cheraw Cultural Dance Troupe from Mizoram, North East India

The Bamboo Dance

The Queen's Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force

with The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment and RAF Pipes & Drums
Flawless drill movements without word of command

Massed Highland Dancers

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Highland Spring Dancers with
Australia's OzScot Highland Dancers
Contemporary Highland Dance

The South African Navy Band

The sounds of South Africa

Club Piruett

World-class rhythmic gymnastics from Estonia's elite group
Gladiator

Castle Drawbridge Sentries provided by The Gibraltar Regiment

The Military Band of the People's Liberation Army of China

With cultural dancing group
For the very first time at the Tattoo, the enchanting world
of Chinese music, marching and dance

The Massed Military Bands

The Central Band of the Royal Air Force
The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment
The Band of the Royal Air Force College
and The Squadronaires
The Band of the Dragoon Guards
The Lowland Band of the Scottish Division
The Band of The Prince of Wales's Division (Lucknow)

JOINED BY:
The Band of the PLA China
The South African Navy Band
ACCOMPANIED BY The Tattoo Choir (Kevock Choir)
With vocal soloist, Corporal Matthew Little, RAF + Violinist,
Miss Rowena Macrae + Penny Whistle, Cpl Ross Munro

The Massed Military Bands and Massed Pipes & Drums

600 musicians create the unique Tattoo sound
Millennium Prayer For Peace
Highland Cathedral

Finale

Featuring the 1,000-strong cast with a
Guard of Honour formed by The Queen's Colour Squadron of The Royal Air Force
Glendaurel Highlanders
Atholl Highlanders
Holyrood
National Anthem
Auld Lang Syne
Abide with Me
Last Post
Lone Piper - Donald Blue

March Out

Scotland The Brave
We're No' Awa' Tae Bide Awa'
The Black Bear

DIRECTED BY WING COMMANDER S L STIRLING PHD MA BMUS FTCL LRAM ALCM RAF,
PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR OF MUSIC, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND 2004 PRINCIPAL TATTOO DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
AND
CAPTAIN S D SAMSON, HLDRS, DIRECTOR OF ARMY BAGPIPE MUSIC AND HIGHLAND DRUMMING
PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.