Royal Edinburgh Tattoo 2010

[rsvpiper]

Well we have just got back from a weeks holiday in and around Edinburgh, We based ourselves in Falkirk, went over to Glasgow for a bit of piping live and took in the Tattoo whilst in Edinburgh along with a few shows at the fringe. With two small kid most of out trip was taken up keeping them occupied! but over all i recon we had a good trip with top weather and i got the chance to go Kilted for most of the week

So here are a few pics and a small clip of vid

the Castle

Glasgow



Breton Pipers

Some rum lookin locals



This is the Falkirk Wheel

this is a massive gate to move boats up and down the cannal

[rsvpiper]

Now over to Edinburgh for the Tattoo












The Citadel PnD from South carolina


Band of the Polish boarder guards with Alpine horns!

[rsvpiper]

The Tattoo Highland dancers


My good self with The BOSS and number one son Callum


Just a wee bit of vid as this murdered the free space on my camera

I hope you like the pics, If you get the chance get your self here for the 61st Tattoo in 2011 see you then

[OC Richard]

Wow, this picture highlights how many fewer Scottish military pipe bands there are nowadays.

In the closest file are the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, in the furthest file the Black Watch (who are now one of the Battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland). The fourth and fifth-furthest files seem to be made up of members of various Battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

The rest of the files appear to be non-Scottish pipe bands, some of them civilian.

Back in the early years of the Tattoo the ranks could easily be filled with Scottish military pipe bands, there being a dozen at that time.

[Mike_Oettle]

Some great pictures there, and thanks for the bit of video, too.

Todd wrote: “I see the South African Irish Regiment Pipes & Drums were there as well!”
You beat me to it!
I recognised them by their jackets (SA Army tunic) and the shields on their upper arms.
The green headgear looks suspiciously like an ordinary SA Infantry Corps beret, but I may be mistaken – perhaps it is a caubeen. At least they are wearing hackles on them.
Regards,
Mike

[rsvpiper]

The Pipes and Drums at this years Tattoo are from the following units

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
19th Regt Royal Artillery(Highland Gunners)
40th Regt Royal Artillery(Lowland Gunners)
The Black Watch (3rd Btn Royal Regiment of Scotland)
1st Royal Tank regt
The Royal Dragoon Guards
Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming
South Australia Police
Swiss Highlanders
The Citadel Regimental Pipes
South African Irish

200 Pipers and Drummers

[OC Richard]

The Pipes and Drums at this years Tattoo are from the following units

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
19th Regt Royal Artillery(Highland Gunners)
40th Regt Royal Artillery(Lowland Gunners)
The Black Watch (3rd Btn Royal Regiment of Scotland)
1st Royal Tank regt
The Royal Dragoon Guards
Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming
South Australia Police
Swiss Highlanders
The Citadel Regimental Pipes
South African Irish

Yes indeed what a difference! The pipe band of one Highland battalion only, the Black Watch.

Less than ten years ago at one Tattoo were the pipe bands of two Guards regiments and six Scottish regiments:

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
The Scots Guards
The Royal Scots
The Royal Highland Fusiliers
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
The Black Watch
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
The Highlanders (Seaforths, Gordons, and Camerons)

plus several overseas pipe bands

The South African Irish Regiment
The Rats Of Tobruk (a civilian band I believe)
unidentified Canadian military pipe band
unidentified civilian pipe band
unidentified Irish pipe band
Gurkha pipe band

14 pipe bands in all that I can see from photos.

[rsvpiper]

http://s878.photobucket.com/albums/a...and2010054.mp4

link not working hope this will

[denmcdough]

Thank you for the wonderful pics!

[macwilkin]

I see the South African Irish Regiment Pipes & Drums were there as well!

T.