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ARCHIVE PROGRAMMES

A SALUTE TO AUSTRALIA

Traditional Australian Welcome Ceremony

 

Fanfare - Salute to Australia

Conducted Captain A Smallwood, Director of Music, Band of the Royal Marines Scotland
 

The Massed Pipes and Drums

From Scotland
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)
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 Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
1st Battalion the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles
The Royal Air Force
Lothian and Borders Police

From Australia
The Royal Australian Regiment
Australian Army Reserve
The Federation Tattoo (Melbourne)
The Queensland Police
The Tasmania Police
Scots College (New South Wales)
The Royal Caledonian Society (South Australia)

300 of the world's finest pipers and drummers
 

New Zealand Army Band

Entertainment from across the Tasman
 

The Queen's Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force
with the Central Band of the Royal Air Force and RAF Pipes & Drums

Flawless drill movements without word of command
 

Massed Highland Dancers

Australia's OzScot Highland Dancers
with representatives from the Edinburgh Tattoo Company of Dancers

Contemporary Highland Dance
 

HM The King's Guard Norway

The ceremonial bodyguard of the Norwegian Royal Family provide a stunning musical, marching and drill display
 

New South Wales Police

The Musical Ride
accompanied by the New South Wales Police Band and Pipes and Drums
 

Top Secret Drum Corps

An electric exhibition of dynamic drumming from Switzerland
 

The Bands of the Australian Armed Forces

Royal Australian Navy
Australian Army
Royal Australian Air Force
 

The Bands of the British Armed Forces

The Royal Marines Band Scotland
Band of the Scots Guards
Central Band of The Royal Air Force
Joined by
HM The King's Guard, Norway
New Zealand Army Band
New South Wales Police Band
Accompanied by
The Tattoo Choir, directed by Mr George Torbay
With Australia's celebrated vocal soloist, Allegra Giagu
 

The Massed Military Bands and
Massed Pipes and Drums

700 musicians create the unique Tattoo sound
Hector the Hero
I Am Australian

 

Finale

Featuring the 1,200-strong cast with a
Guard of Honour formed by The Federation Guard of Australian Armed Forces
Bonnie Dundee
Waltzing Matilda
National Anthems
Auld Lang Syne
Evening Hymn and Sunset

 

The Lone Piper

Mist Covered Mountains
 

March Out

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

The Salute to Australia Finale
A Salute to Australia - Finale

A 30 min 'A Salute to Australia' featurette is available on the 2005 Tattoo DVD.
 

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