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Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1997


Fanfare

The Golden Anniversary

Directed by Lt Col RA Waterer LRA Royal Marines,


Principal Director of Music Royal Marines, Commandant Royal Marines School of Music


and 1997 Tattoo Director of Music

The Massed Pipes and Drums
»The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
»1st Battalion The Black Watch
»1st Battalion The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
»1st Battalion the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
»2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles
»Aberdeen Universities’ Officer’s Training Corp
»Tayforth Universities’ Officer’s Training Corps
»Royal Air Force Leuchars
»Rats of Tobruk
»Western Australia Police Pipe Band
Lochiel Champion Drill Team

New Zealand's premier all girl Drill Team perform an intricate display of precision drill to the music of the Highland Band

»The Lochiel Champion Drill Team
The Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas and Pipes and Drums of The Royal Gurkha Rifles

A stunning musical and marching display

»Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas
»Royal Gurkha Regiment
The King's Squad Royal Marines

A breathtaking drill demonstration of clockwork precision and complexity

»The King's Squad Royal Marines
Pakistan Military Display

The Pipes and Drums from Pakistan's 8th Independent Kashmir Regiment and Khattak Dancers of the Khyber Rifles perform a spectacular display of traditional music and tribal dance

The Royal Marines - Comacchio Group

An action display demonstrating the versatile military skills of today's Royal Marine Commandos

Tattoo Ceilidh Dance

Forty-eight Highland dancers of The Tattoo Dance Company
present a unique display of Highland Dancing

»Tattoo Highland Dancers
Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Band and Drums

Award winning Caribbean Calypsos performed by
Trinidad and Tobago's acclaimed Steel Band

»Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra
The Royal Marines Bands

A musical display from the Massed Bands of
Her Majesty's Royal Marines

Bands of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Plymouth,


Scotland and Commando Training Centre Royal Marines

»The Band of HM Royal Marines Plymouth
»The Band of HM Royal Marines Scotland
»Commando Training Centre Royal Marines
The Massed Military Bands

Songs from the British Isles
with Edinburgh's 70-strong Kevock Choir

The Royal Marines Bands are joined by


The Highland Band of the Scottish Division and


The Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas

»The Highland Band of The Scottish Division
»Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas
»The Tri Services Bands of The Royal Marines
The Massed Bands & Massed Pipes and Drums

400 musicians accompanied by the Choristers
fill the Arena with sound and colour

Finale

The Massed Bands, Massed Pipes and Drums and Choir are joined by the
complete cast to pay tribute to the Golden Wedding Anniversary of
HM The Queen and HRH Prince Philip

Tribute to Her Majesty The Queen
Auld Lang Syne
Abide With Me
Sunset
Lone Piper - Oft in the Stilly Night
National Anthem
Scotland The Brave
We're No Awa' Tae Bide Awa'
The Black Bear