2016 The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo


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FANFARE SOUNDS

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This year, the Tattoo celebrates Tunes Of Glory

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and, naturally enough, a glorious fanfare, the Alarm To Arms,

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bids us welcome to the 2016 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

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FIREWORK EXPLODES

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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-SHOUTS:

-Pipes and Drums, right and centre! Quick march!

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The Massed Pipes and Drums.

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As they return to their spiritual home barracks of the

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Castle Esplanade, there can only be one march - The Black Bear.

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In his last Tattoo as the Army's Director of Bagpipe Music and

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Highland Drumming, Major Steven Small continues the Glory theme,

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as The Campbells Are Coming eases into Amazing Grace.

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The Rowan Tree.

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The Reel Cabar Feidh, The Stag's Antlers.

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Dumbarton's Drums, the regimental march of The Royal Scots.

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And The Mason's Apron brings the set to a close.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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The Massed Pipes and Drums and the Highland Dancers join together for

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Gille Chaluim, the oldest and most famous traditional Scottish dance.

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Fleet of foot and fast of finger,

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the Highland Dancers and the Massed Pipes and Drums.

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APPLAUSE

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The unique sound of the sarangi and the swirling snow

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bring Nepal to Edinburgh, courtesy of the Nepal Army Band.

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On their very first visit to the Tattoo, the band and dancers

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commemorate the joint British and Nepalese conquest of

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Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa

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in 1953, the year of Her Majesty the Queen's Coronation.

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The Nepal Army Band forms the outline of the double pennant

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of the flag of Nepal.

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Incidentally, the world's only known quadrilateral national flag.

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The Nepal Army Band.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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The young daredevils of The Imps Motorcycle Display Team

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cross the drawbridge with a glorious yet galactic theme.

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THEME FROM "STAR WARS" PLAYS

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For 40 years, the Imps from London's East End, all aged between

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5 and 16, have impressed with displays near and far, far away.

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They originated from the Hackney Adventure Holiday Project,

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a charity founded by Roy Pratt MBE.

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One thing led to another and a unique motorcycle display team

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was born, and what a team,

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still led by Roy Pratt.

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Cross-overs.

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EXPLOSION

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Now backwards.

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Now accompanied by pyrotechnics.

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Time for the mini pyramids.

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Just learning?

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And just passed!

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It takes many hours of practice

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to make this motorcycle display look easy,

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so please don't try this at home.

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I certainly won't be doing anything of the kind.

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I don't even have a bike.

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The great pyramid.

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Five bikes and 15 Imps.

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Plus a little squirt in the sidecar.

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Lift-off with the greatest of ease.

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Even at the speed of light, bikes and bugles do mix.

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The Imps Motorcycle Display Team accompanied by the band and bugles

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of The Rifles.

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And the Force was certainly with them!

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the largest naval battle of

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the Great War, the Battle of Jutland.

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The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Scotland play their tribute,

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the suite Remembering Jutland.

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APPLAUSE

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Absolute precision as always

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from the Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Scotland.

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The strings of Hjaltibonhoga,

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Shetland, my spiritual home,

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are proud to present Shetland's international language,

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traditional fiddle music.

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The tune is Hillswick.

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Arthur Anderson's Reel.

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And Da Spirit O'Whisky is followed by Out n In Da Harbour.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Hjaltibonhoga from Shetland.

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The Tattoo Highland Dancers are an international team of champions

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and it shows.

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The Tattoo's Dance Director, Aileen Robertson, continues to

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present outstanding displays

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with a high standard of technique and performance,

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thrilling the audiences wherever her team performs.

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The magnificent Tattoo Highland Dancers.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Under the baton of Director of Music Major Dwayne Milburn,

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The United States Army Europe Band and Chorus

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bring a taste of American royalty to the Tattoo.

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To get us going, from Benny Goodman, the King of Swing,

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it's Sing, Sing, Sing.

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BAND WHOOPS

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APPLAUSE

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It's time for the King of rock and roll, Elvis Presley,

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with All Shook Up.

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Taking the lead is Sergeant James Motts.

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# Ah, well-a bless-a my soul, what's wrong with me

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# I'm itchin' like a man on a fuzzy tree

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# My friends say I'm actin' wild as a bug

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-# I'm in love

-Huh

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# I'm all shook up, uh-huh-huh

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-# Uh-huh

-Yeah

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-# Yeah, yeah

-Yeah, yeah

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# Oh, please don't ask me what's on my mind

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# I'm a little bit stuck but I'm feelin' fine

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# When I'm near that girl that I love best

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# My heart beats so it scares me to death

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# Touched my hand, what a chill I got

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# Her lips are like a volcano that's hot

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# I'm proud to say she's my buttercup

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-# I'm in love

-Huh

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# I'm all shook up, uh-huh-huh

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-# Uh-huh

-Yeah

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-# Yeah, yeah

-I'm all shook up. #

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Finally, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin.

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom... #

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Sergeant Andrea Griffith does the honours on Think.

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# Freedom, freedom

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-# You better think

-Think

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# Think about what you're trying to do to me

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-# Yeah, think

-Think, think

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# Let your mind go, let yourself be free

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# Let's go back, let's go back, let's go way on back when

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# I didn't even know you, couldn't have been too much more than ten

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# Just a child

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# I ain't no psychiatrist, ain't no doctor with degrees

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# But it don't take too much high IQs to see what you're doing to me

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-# You better think

-Think

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# Think about what you're trying to do to me, now, now, now, think

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# Think, think

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# Let your mind go, let yourself be free

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-# You need me

-Need me

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-# And I need you

-Need you

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# Without each other there ain't nothing we can do

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-# Oh, freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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-# Freedom

-Freedom

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# Freedom

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# Freedom

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# Freedom

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# Freedom

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# Freedom. #

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The United States Army Europe Band and Chorus.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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New Zealand's Lochiel Marching Drill Team was formed in the late 1950s

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and is the oldest established team in the country.

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Meticulously coached by Colleen Pobar since 1966,

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yes, 50 years,

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the team is a household name in New Zealand and continues to

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delight audiences around the world.

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Accuracy with an air of effortless ease

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from Lochiel Marching Drill Team.

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APPLAUSE

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On their third visit to the Edinburgh Tattoo,

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the Band and Drill Team of the Jordanian Armed Forces

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now perform their salute to the centenary of the

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Great Arab Revolt, that would wrest Arab lands from the control

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of the Turkish Ottoman Empire.

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APPLAUSE

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Silent drill, not a word of command.

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APPLAUSE

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And watch out for the Jordanian wave.

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LAUGHTER

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APPLAUSE

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AUDIENCE GASPS

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FAST DRUMBEAT

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MIDDLE-EASTERN STYLE TUNE PLAYS

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BAGPIPES PLAY

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APPLAUSE

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The Band and Drill Team of the Jordanian Armed Forces.

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A distinctive sight and sounds from The Land of the Long White Cloud,

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as the New Zealand Army Band cross the drawbridge

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on its fifth visit to the Edinburgh Tattoo.

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Armed with his tewhatewa,

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Drum Major Staff Sergeant Tristan "Mitch" Mitchell guides

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the band through entertaining displays of music and movement,

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with humour and intricate drill manoeuvres

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not normally associated with marching musicians.

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BAND PLAYS JAZZY TUNE

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BAND PLAYS SNIPPET OF JAMES BOND THEME

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And now, their tribute to the New Zealanders who fell

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in the Great War.

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Passchendaele.

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MAN SHOUTS OPENING LINES OF THE HAKA

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OTHERS RESPOND

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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BAND PLAYS Sabre Dance from Gayane by Aram Khachaturian

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BAND PLAYS CHARIOTS OF FIRE THEME

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LAUGHTER

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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BAND PLAYS JAMES BOND THEME

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LAUGHTER

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WHOOPING

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AUDIENCE GASPS

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You know, not once in 25 performances

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have they ever got their ball back.

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A nice souvenir for someone.

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The song is from the musical Hairspray - You Can't Stop the Beat.

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-# Can't stop today

-No!

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# As it comes speeding down the tracks

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# Ooh-ooh, child, yeah!

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-# Yesterday is history

-Be gone!

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# And it's never coming back!

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# But tomorrow is a brand-new day

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-# And we don't know white from black

-Yeah!

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# Cos the world keeps spinning round and round

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# And my heart's keeping time to the speed of sound

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# I was lost till I heard those drums and I found my way

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# Cos you can't stop the beat

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# Ever since we first saw the light

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# A man and woman like to shake it on a Saturday night

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# So I'm going to shake and shimmy with all my might today!

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# Cos you can't stop the...

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# Motion of the ocean or the rain from above

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# They can try to stop this paradise we're dreaming of

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# But you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love today

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# Cos you can't stop the beat

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# You can't stop the beat

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# You can't stop the beat

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# You can't stop the beat

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# You can't stop the be-e-e-at. #

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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The New Zealand Army Band.

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His Majesty The King's Guard

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is the Norwegian Forces' finest display unit,

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consisting of a band, a bugles and drum section and a drill team.

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All these impeccable young soldiers are coming to the end of their

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one year's national service.

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This is quite an extraordinary display of discipline

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and precision, and all mastered within a year.

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MUSIC STOPS

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APPLAUSE

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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MUSIC: Scotland The Brave played on glockenspiel

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LAUGHTER

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THEY SHOUT IN UNISON

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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CHOIR SINGS

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BAND PLAYS Triumphal March from Aida by Giuseppe Verdi

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CHOIR RESUMES

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Norway's finest, His Majesty The King's Guard.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Military bands have always played a key role on the battlefield,

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and to commemorate the place of music in conflict,

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the Massed Bands take up their formations.

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Evoking the Napoleonic Wars,

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the castle esplanade will resound to artillery bombardments,

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cavalry charges, rifle volleys and bugle calls.

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And, as one would expect, light infantry skirmishes,

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and the occasional foray by pipers into the melee.

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To battle.

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CANNON FIRE

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APPLAUSE

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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BAND PLAYS The British Grenadiers' March

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It's time for the guard to return.

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And the Royal Marines join the campaign.

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The Massed Bands now assume their more familiar peacetime role,

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where the emphasis turns to music and ceremonial.

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APPLAUSE

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2016 has seen Her Majesty The Queen celebrate her 90th birthday.

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The drum horse Mercury and a mounted escort of four trumpeters

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from The Band of the Household Cavalry lead the commemorations.

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They are joined by the historic Scottish State Coach,

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on a rare visit to the Scottish capital.

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Dating from 1830,

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the coach is usually on display in the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace.

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On its roof you will see a model of the Crown of Scotland, which,

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along with the other Honours of Scotland,

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is on display in Edinburgh Castle.

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# Zadok the Priest

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# And Nathan the Prophet

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# Anointed Solomon king

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# God save the Queen

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# God save the Queen

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# God save the Queen

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# May the Queen live

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# May the Queen live for ever

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# For ever, for ever

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# Amen, amen, alleluia

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# Alleluia, amen

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# Alleluia, amen, amen, alleluia... #

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George Frideric Handel's Zadok the Priest makes way for

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William Walton's Crown Imperial.

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APPLAUSE

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The Massed Bands now prepare to play the 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar,

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rated among the finest marches ever written for the pipes.

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So all we need are the pipes.

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BAGPIPES PLAY

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Major Jason Griffiths from the Corps of Army Music,

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the 2016 Tattoo Principal Director of Music, takes charge.

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Fireworks will fill the sky for the Tattoo's tribute to David Bowie,

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who died early in 2016.

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Life On Mars.

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MUSIC: Instrumental version of Life On Mars by David Bowie

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MUSIC: Instrumental version of Starman by David Bowie

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Guards of Honour!

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General salute - present arms!

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The national anthem.

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# God save our gracious Queen

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# Long live our noble Queen

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# God save the Queen

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# Send her victorious

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# Happy and glorious

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# Long to reign over us

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# God save the Queen. #

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Guards of honour!

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Slope arms!

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Now The Evening Hymn. O Valiant Hearts.

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Sunset.

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The lowering of the flags.

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Lights out.

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# O valiant hearts

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# Who to your glory came

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# Through dust of conflict and through battle flame

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# Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved

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# Your memory hallowed in the land you loved

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# Deep your contentment in that blessed abode

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# Who wait the last clear trumpet call of God... #

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It matters not how strait the gate

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How charged with punishments the scroll

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I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.

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Pipe Major Roddy MacDonald of The Pipers' Trail now plays

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Sleep, Soldier, Sleep.

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Sleep, Soldier, Sleep.

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APPLAUSE

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It's time to bid farewell to this international cast.

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His Majesty The King's Guard of Norway.

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The 1st Battalion, the Scots Guards.

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The Jordanian Army Drill Team.

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Lochiel Marching Team,

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the Highland dancers

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and the Shetland Fiddlers.

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The Massed Bands now take their leave,

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but they're no' awa' tae bide awa'.

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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo,

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in partnership with the Royal Bank of Scotland,

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has had its 18th consecutive sell-out season,

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going from strength to strength.

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The Massed Pipes and Drums,

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led by Drum Major Michael Hay from the Royal Regiment of Scotland,

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march towards the cobbles of Castlehill, to the fine tune

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that has taken generations of pipes and drums back to barracks -

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The Black Bear.

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Tattoo producer Brigadier David Allfrey MBE continues to bring

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fresh ingredients from home and abroad into this unique production,

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now in its 67th year.

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Yet it remains true to its heritage and values,

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maintaining a balance between the new and the familiar.

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THEY PLAY Scotland The Brave

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From the ever-familiar Edinburgh Castle, this is Bill Paterson

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wishing you, wherever in the world you have been watching,

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good fortune, good health, until we meet again.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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