Trooping the Colour

[JSFMACLJR]

It's amazing what one can find online! I stumbled across the complete recording of the Trooping the Colour in 1995--the one and only time I have been fortunate to attend-- at which the Queen's Colour of the Scots Guards was trooped. I am enclosing a link to the departure of The Queen, so you can hear a fine medley of Scottish tunes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWQo8...eature=related

[creagdhubh]

Wonderful video, thank you Sandy!

[Lallans]

It happens daily in the summer, on the lawn of Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Free to everyone. And the Queen herself will be arriving here shortly. God Save The Queen.

{The preceeding has been an unpaid tourist advisory courtesy of a citizen of Ottawa.}

[JSFMACLJR]

Well, Changing of the Guard happens daily; Trooping the Colour is a once a year event to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's Birthday.

It's a shame that in The Queen of Canada's Capital of Ottawa, the Guard isn't changed daily all year, instead of just a tourist show in the summer.

(from a scion of Ottawa)

[Woot22]

It reminds of Pass and Review ceremonies we did in the US Army.

[Kenneth]

I wonder if they had medics on standby ready to stick any fall-outs with a saline drip. (The thought of that horror always helped me remember to keep my knees slightly bent).

[BoldHighlander]

[davidlpope]

Nice video. Bit of a shame, though, that the Pipes and Drums didn't get to play.

David

[macwilkin]

It reminds of Pass and Review ceremonies we did in the US Army.

The ceremony's original purpose was to show the colours to the officers & other ranks of a regiment so they would recognize them on the battlefield.

T.

[Brian K]

Thanks for the link, Sandy. I ended up watching the entire Birthday Parade and enjoyed it thoroughly. I found the video's for this year's Trooping also and watched that yesterday. Despite my decidedly democratic leaning I have always loved great ceremonials ans the history lessons were appreciated also.

Regards,

Brian