- Opening
Lament from the Castle
The Highland Cradle Song- Opening Fanfare
Opening Fanfare
Salute to the CommonwealthDirected by
Lieutenant Colonel R A Waterer, OnE, MMus, LRAM
Principal Director of Music, Royal Marines
and 2000 Tattoo Director of Music- The Massed Pipes and Drums
Directed by Major Gavin N M Stoddart MBE BEM RHF Director of Army Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming
- »The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
- »1st Battalion Scots Guards
- »1st Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
- »1st Battalion The Royal Highland Fusiliers
- »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
- »The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
- »The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
- »5th/6th Battalion The Royal Victoria Regiment
- »The Cape Town Highlanders
- »The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
- »The Calgary Highlanders
- »The Wellington, West Coast and Taranaki Regiment
- Ngati Rangiewewhi Maori Group from Rotorua
A spectacular exhibition of the Kapa Haka of Te Arawa, represented by the Aoetearoa Traditional Maori Performing Arts Society, and Creative New Zealand's Te Waka Toi.
- »Ngati Rangiewewhi Maori Group from Rotorua
- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Intricate precision drill routines with traditional Mounted Police Lances from the world-famous Canadian Mounties
- »The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- The Tattoo Highland Dancers
The Tattoo Dance Company present a unique display of Highland Dancing accompanied by musicians from the Highland Band of the Scottish Division
- »Tattoo Highland Dancers
- 121 Battalion South African Infantry Zulu Dance Team
Spectacular ceremonial dancing, singing and chanting, set to pulsating African drum rhythms.
- »121 Battalion South African Infantry Zulu Dance Team
- Band of The South Australia Police, South Australian Calisthenic Precision Team and Anarungga Aboriginal Dance Company
An Australian celebration of all that's best in antipodean music, marching, tradition and dance
- »Band of The South Australia Police
- »South Australian Calisthenic Precision Team
- »Anarungga Aboriginal Dance Company
- Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra
The acclaimed West Indian Steel Band with their award-winning Caribbean calypso music.
- »Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra
- The Massed Military Bands
A stirring display of music and marching.
The Massed Military Bands and Massed Pipes & Drums
A distinctive blend of pipes, drums, band and choir
creating the unique Tattoo soundLass of Fyvie
Star of Robbie Burns
Land of Light - sung by Gaelic artiste Main MacInnes- »The Band of HM Royal Marines Scotland
- »Band of the Scots Guards
- »The Highland Band of the Scottish Division
- »The Lowland Band of the Scottish Division
- »The Tattoo Choir (Kevock Choir)
- »Band of The South Australia Police
- »Mairi MacInnes
- Finale
Celebration of the Commonwealth
The grand finaleNational Anthem
Auld Lang Syne
Evening Hymn and Sunset - At the Close of the Day
Lone Piper - Sleep Dearie Sleep- »1st Battalion the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
- »flag bearers from Scotland's Army Cadet Force
- March Out
Scotland The Brave
We're No Awa' to Bide Awa
The Black Bear
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