Edinburgh Tattoo Performers

Global military regiments and even African tribes have performed at the Tattoo over the years. The principal regiment from outside the UK to tune in was the Band of the Royal Netherlands Grenadiers in 1952. Thus far, over 30 nations from practically all landmasses have been acted for at the Tattoo. Prevalent going to entertainers incorporate the Swiss Top Secret Drum Corps, who performed at the 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2012 Tattoos and were the first non-military drum corps to partake. The Band andDrill crew of His Majesty The King's Guard of the Norwegian Army has in addition performed at the Tattoo on eight past events inasmuch as 1961, embracing Nils Olav, a penguin at Edinburgh Zoo, as their regimental mascot in 1972. In familiar years, exhibitions have incorporated customary moves and things from diverse nations.

Every year has a 'lead' aid from the British Armed Forces, exchanging between the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, the British Army and the Royal Air Force. The 2005 Tattoo saw one of the most expansive assembling of channels and drums in the occasion's history, with 13 groups on parade, incorporating the funnels and drums of each of the six general infantry regiments of the Scottish Division. This was the final time every one of the six    showed up at the Tattoo before the development of the Royal Regiment of Scotland:

•        Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)

•    Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)

•       King's Own Scottish Borderers

•      Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)

•       The Highlanders (Sea forth, Gordon’s and Cameron’s)

•   Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)

Moreover, there were in addition the channels and drums of the Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Royal Gurkha Rifles, Scottish Officers Training Corps, South African Irish Regiment, the Rats of tobruk and the City of Wellington pipe group. The most expansive steadily assembling of massed pipes and drums was for the 50th commemoration tattoo in 2000 when there were 15 groups on parade, incorporating 7 of the eight Scottish regiments. All through the time of the Tattoo, the entertainers are obliged at the city's Redford Cavalry Barracks, with the parade square utilized for practices.

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