EDINBURGH Military tattoo, as we approach the
castle, we feel the electricity in the air. The walls loom above us, atop a
storm-swept crag. The scene would have been dark and gothic in the penny
dreadful rather than a pure architectural sense but for the surreal green light
washing over these medieval stones. Event Fans who want to join this
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Today the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo accommodates an audience of 8,800 every night on its stands, meaning over 200,000 guests would watch the event in the course of one month.
Today the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo accommodates an audience of 8,800 every night on its stands, meaning over 200,000 guests would watch the event in the course of one month.
Make that
more than 1,200 of them. The pipers and drummers make up most of this
not-so-motley crew, at over 250 performers.
The headline
act, appropriately named the Massed Pipes and Drums, create a veritable wall of
sound. We can’t help but wonder how hundreds of musicians could play in unison
and in perfect pitch, no less.
We are in
awe of the re-enactment of the Viking invasions of the islands centuries
before. Smoke and battle and the trilling tempo maintained throughout by the
Hjaltibonhoga Shetland Fiddlers. It’s like the very best action movie trailer,
albeit performed live before our very eyes.
Then again,
they’ve had practice with these splendid pageants. The very first military
tattoo took place in Edinburgh almost 70 years ago. Performed at the Ross
Bandstand, Princes Street Gardens, in 1949, it was simply called “Something about
a Soldier”.
The guests
hail from many of the nations of the world, and so do some of the performers,
from France to Japan. Right now the castle wall is lit by a kaleidoscope of
rainbow colors; it’s the Indian Naval Band’s turn.
It ends,
naturally, with a bang. Fireworks bursting into flames in the sky over the
castle. A moment of silence from the audience. The only sound the crackle of
the light and smoke show above our heads, allowing us the minutes till the last
fireworks fizzles out to contemplate the evening we’ve shared.
Departing as
we arrived, this stream of humans as slow as before, a turgid sea. Yet we are
chattering as excitedly as before. Oh, the spectacle we have seen! Oh, the pipers
and oh the marching band!
The light
and dancing and fireworks! The beat of the drums, the rhythm of tapping feet
and bodies in flight, the tattoo of the night in our ears and in our hearts.
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