Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2006 (DVD)

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Filmed live at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo this DVD features the complete 2006 Tattoo including footage not shown on the TV broadcast.

The 2006 Tattoo features more than 1,000 performers from across the globe, including groups from Chile, China, New Zealand, Nepal, Uganda and Switzerland. All of the traditional elements feature in this 2006 extravaganza, with the march across the drawbridge of Edinburgh Castle by the Massed Pipes & Drums this year boasting the biggest pipe band ever to appear at the event.

The huge, crowd-pleasing light projections upon the Castle walls - introduced for the first time in last year's Tattoo - also make a return, emphasising the 'tribute to the Scottish Soldier' theme in 2006. That theme is also echoed in the UK premiere of a specially composed Fanfare entitled The Gathering, written and directed by Major Graham Jones of The Regimental Band of The Coldstream Guards, which opens proceedings for the 2006 run.

Audiences can also look forward to musical renditions of Scots Wha Hae and Wi A Hundred Pipers, an energetic fusion of contemporary gospel and traditional African rhythm from the 40-strong Watoto Children’s Choir of Kampala and the Top Secret Drum Corps from the Swiss city of Basel, returning after their first, successful performance in 2003.

Other highlights include a performance of Kung Fu by 60-young Chinese students from Jiangxi Xishan International School and the Concert Band of the Army of Chile together with the Evendart Artistic Company and representatives from the Chilean National Ballet, marking the first time performers from South America have been represented in the Tattoo's 57-year history. The traditional fireworks, fly-bys and the moving Lone Piper finale all once again return in 2006.

2006 Edinburgh Military Tattoo DVD
Live from the Castle Esplanade

Produced by Brigadier Melville Jameson CBE DL

Fanfare for the Scottish Soldier
The Gathering (Graham Jones)

Massed Pipes & Drums
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
1st Battalion Scots Guards
1st Battalion Irish Guards
Royal Regiment of Scotland
1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles
2nd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles
University Officers Training Corps
Royal Air Force
Cape Town Highlanders
Queensland Police
Music programme selected from:
Scots Wha Hae (Trad arr S D Samson)
Forward as One (S D Samson)
The Piper's Waltz (Trad arr S D Samson)
The Devil's Staircase (Robert Mathieson)
Rakish Paddy (Trad arr S D Samson)
Paddy's Epic Journey (Scott Macaulay)
Jameson's Reel (S D Samson)
The Piper's March (Trad arr S D Samson)
The Mist Covered Mountains of Home (Trad arr S D Samson)
Lucy Cassidy (George MacIntyre)
Rocking The Baby (Trad arr S D Samson)
Wi' A Hundred Pipers (Trad arr S D Samson)
The Old Rustic Bridge (Trad arr S D Samson)

Watoto Children's Choir

Band of the Royal Gurkha Regiment

Tattoo Highland Spring Dancers and South African Highland Dancers

New Zealand Army Band

Jiangxi Xishan International School Kung Fu Troupe
Young Martial Artists (Wei Rong)

Army Band of Chile

Top Secret Drum Corps
Drumming Selection

The Massed Military Bands
State Ceremonial (Graham Jones)
Fingals Cave (Mendelssohn arr Graham Jones)
Grandioso (Roland F Seitz)
Sing, Sing, Sing (Louis Prima)
Road to the Isles (Trad arr Graham Jones)
The Scottish Soldier Tribute (medley) (Trad arr Graham Jones)
Scottish Soldier (Trad arr Owen)

The Massed Military Bands and Massed Pipes & Drums
Can You Feel the Love (Elton John arr D E Price)
Highland Cathedral (Korb arr Farthing)

Finale
Scots Wha Hae (Trad arr D E Price)
National Anthem (Jacob)
Auld Lang Syne (Trad arr D E Price)
Evening Hymn - The Day Thou Gavest Lord Has Ended (Trevor Sharpe)
Last Post (Trevor Sharpe)
Lone Piper - Highland Cradle Song

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