Royal Edinburgh Tattoo 2008: Taste of the Tattoo Princes Street Gardens

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 at 5:39 pm

www.wcptv.biz t=#1m21s – Fanfare t=#3m01s – Massed Pipes and Drums t=#7m04s – India Army Chief Military Band t=#10m43s – Highland Dancers t=#12m16s – Golden Eagles Marching Band t=#15m46s – Singapore Police Pipes & Drums t=#23m22s – HM Kings Guard of Norway t=#28m53s – Massed Bands and Finale The 2008 Edinburgh Military Tattoo was an excellent year for music and this was shown well during the annual Mini Tattoo shows in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh where the Tattoo puts on a free open air concert for members of the public and tourists. The 2008 include a wide variety of acts from across the world which include the Singapore Police Pipes and Drums and the stirring sounds of the Massed Pipes and Drums from Scotland and abroad. These bands included the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, the 1st Battalion Scots Guards, the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and finally the Singapore Police Pipes and Drums. Classic acts return this year which include the Band of the Guard of His Majesty The King of Norway and the Massed Bands of the Royal Marines which includes the new addition of the Indian Army Military Band. The Royal Regiment of Scotland also makes a welcome return to the esplanade who will play alongside the Royal Marines. The military bands will be performing Hielan Laddie, We’ll Take the Good Old Way and …

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Military Tattoo Edinburgh 2009

Monday, April 12th, 2010 at 10:38 am

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www.willowcreekpictures.com From Thursday, August 14 at the Ross Bandstand in downtown Edinburgh the bands perform a spectacular performance in their annual show for free! The Mini Tattoo Edinburgh Castle.

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2010 Edinburgh Tattoo

Monday, April 5th, 2010 at 10:27 am

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www.willowcreekpictures.com From Thursday, August 14 at the Ross Bandstand in downtown Edinburgh the bands perform a spectacular performance in their annual show for free! The Mini Tattoo Edinburgh Castle.

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The Edinburgh Tattoo 2009

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 at 5:40 am

www.willowcreekpictures.com From Thursday, August 14 at the Ross Bandstand in downtown Edinburgh the bands perform a spectacular performance in their annual show for free! The Mini Tattoo Edinburgh Castle.

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Highland Scot

Thursday, April 1st, 2010 at 5:44 am

www.willowcreekpictures.com From Thursday, August 14 at the Ross Bandstand in downtown Edinburgh the bands perform a spectacular performance in their annual show for free! The Mini Tattoo Edinburgh Castle.

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Edinburgh Tattoo Photos

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 at 8:18 am

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www.willowcreekpictures.com From Thursday, August 14 at the Ross Bandstand in downtown Edinburgh the bands perform a spectacular performance in their annual show for free! The Mini Tattoo Edinburgh Castle.

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All Hallows Eve ( Scottish Style)

Sunday, December 20th, 2009 at 7:55 pm

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When I was young in a small town in Scotland, Halloween was a special night for all youngsters. We would be looking forward to this magical night for weeks before. In Scotland,the children who were going out to “Trick or Treat” had a bigger task than those in North America.

We had to have a “Party Piece” ready to perform at each house that we went to, this would be a dance, a song, a piece of poetry
or some other form of art that we were capable of dreaming up.!

When the householder would open the door, we would be invited inside, and there, in the living room, we would face our audience
ready to criticize our performance. My knees would be knocking so hard I was sure everyone could hear them and thought that that might get by as my “act” for the night, but not so.

I was a hopeless singer and could not remember any poetry so I had to dance. As the rooms in most houses were very small, and I am very tall, this was no mean feat.I decided, as I was dressed
as a “Black Watch soldier” with my proper uniform of a kilt and
sporran ,I should dance the “Highland Fling”.

This choice proved to be a disaster.!!! I started off well enough but then I lost my balance, tripped on the carpet and fell
on my face.I could hear the laughter all around me which added to my embarrassment, I just wanted to die!!!

As to my audience, they just wanted to see if I had any underwear
beneath my kilt ( an act that many to this day still practice!)
I stood on my feet, mustered as much dignity as I could and held
out my hand for my “sweet” reward. This disaster was not repeated at other houses, as I decided I would pretend that I had a sore throat, and could not perform at all.

We had a lot of fun in those days, one could enter the house of a stranger and not be afraid that we would never be seen again.
We cheered up a lot of elderly people’s lives as they would not normally have many visitors, even from family, so they looked forward to “All Hallows Eve” with as much anticipation as we did.
These day’s are gone now, we all live in such fear of our neighbours, not knowing who they really are. Not trusting our children to be out on their own, to celebrate this holiday.

When I talk to my children about the “good old days” they look at me with a cynical grin on their face, but we, as children, had the freedom that today’s generation, just dont have. So are we moving forward in this world, and just where are we going to end up?

As the world has got smaller through travel, our fears have got bigger as our neighbourhoods get diversified. I lived on a street, when I was young, where I knew everyone and I could walk down that street knowing no fear, of man nor beast,I felt secure
and safe. Now we are almost prisoners in our homes, fearful for
our children’s safety, their lives so threatened at every turn.
OH! to go back to those ” Good Old Days”.

By: Ena Clewes

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