0:00:33 > 0:00:35The Fanfare for First Life
0:00:35 > 0:00:39welcomes you to the 2013 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
0:00:39 > 0:00:43in the incomparable setting of Edinburgh Castle.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:55 > 0:00:57MAN SHOUTS ORDERS
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Nothing can beat this sight and sound.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Across the drawbridge come the Massed Pipes and Drums
0:01:14 > 0:01:17with that well-known favourite, The Atholl Highlanders.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Under the direction of Major Steven Small,
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Director of Army Bagpipe Music,
0:01:37 > 0:01:39the Massed Pipes and Drums programme
0:01:39 > 0:01:41features new tunes and old,
0:01:41 > 0:01:45celebrating many aspects of natural Scotland,
0:01:45 > 0:01:47its life and its landscape.
0:02:04 > 0:02:05The march, the Duke of Rothesay.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27A new slow air, The Glorious 12th.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02And Scotland's free itinerant pipers are recalled
0:03:02 > 0:03:04with The Jolly Beggarman.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10And the newer syncopation of The Creation.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33It's a march, but it's called The Cameron Quickstep.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Slowing the pace on the Banks and Braes of Bonnie Doon.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31The Drum Salute.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Stepping Up, a new strathspey by Major Steven Small.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Then we're Auchtermuchty bound, with Wear the Fox Hat.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40And a fresh arrangement of an old favourite, The Irish Washerwoman.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Then to a bright future with TFIO.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Before we end where it all began with Evolution.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:07:53 > 0:07:55The Massed Pipes and Drums.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06In his final Tattoo after 23 years as Dance Director,
0:08:06 > 0:08:11Billy Forsyth's Tattoo Highland Dancers evoke the dawn of a new day.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13MUSIC: "Morning Mood" by Edvard Grieg
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Rhythm of Life, from Sweet Charity, given new voice
0:09:25 > 0:09:28by the Erskine Stewart's Melville Schools Junior Choir.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31# When I started down the street last Sunday
0:09:31 > 0:09:33# Feeling kinda low and mighty mean
0:09:33 > 0:09:35# Suddenly a voice said, go forth, neighbour
0:09:35 > 0:09:38# Spread the picture on a wider screen
0:09:38 > 0:09:40# And the voice said, neighbour, there's a million reasons
0:09:40 > 0:09:43# Why you should be glad in all four seasons
0:09:43 > 0:09:45# Hit the road, neighbour, leave your worries and strife
0:09:45 > 0:09:47# Spread the religion of the rhythm of life
0:09:50 > 0:09:52# You were made for a new sensation
0:09:52 > 0:09:54# And a growing congregation
0:09:54 > 0:09:56# And a glowing operation
0:09:56 > 0:09:59# Here below Let's go!
0:09:59 > 0:10:01# You feel the rhythm of life
0:10:01 > 0:10:04# You feel the powerful beat
0:10:04 > 0:10:06# You feel the tingle in your fingers
0:10:06 > 0:10:08# You feel the rhythm of life
0:10:08 > 0:10:09# The rhythm of life. #
0:10:45 > 0:10:47# You feel the powerful beat
0:10:47 > 0:10:50# You feel the tingle in your fingers
0:10:50 > 0:10:52# You feel the tingle in your feet
0:10:52 > 0:10:54# You feel the rhythm of life
0:10:54 > 0:10:56# You feel the powerful beat
0:10:56 > 0:10:58# You feel the tingle in your fingers
0:10:58 > 0:11:01# You feel the tingle in your feet
0:11:01 > 0:11:03# The rhythm of life, the powerful beat
0:11:03 > 0:11:05# The tingle in your fingers, tingle in your feet
0:11:05 > 0:11:07# The rhythm, rhythm
0:11:07 > 0:11:08# Rhythm
0:11:08 > 0:11:11# Rhythm of life
0:11:11 > 0:11:14# The rhythm of life! # CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Forsyth's First Regiment of Foot. Thank you, Billy.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23From the vibrant rhythms of life,
0:11:23 > 0:11:28the pace now eases with the Republic of Korea's Sound of Spring.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32The dancers are the spring blossom swaying in the gentle breeze.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27The call of the shell trumpet,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30or nagak, is the overture for the traditional band.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46The Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defence Traditional Band
0:12:46 > 0:12:48was established in 1989,
0:12:48 > 0:12:51and are joined here by civilian dance groups
0:12:51 > 0:12:53for this colourful display.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16The Ministry of National Defence Band and Dancers,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Republic of Korea.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21APPLAUSE
0:16:26 > 0:16:31For 40 years, the Imps Motorcycle Display Team from London's East End,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34all aged between five and 16, by the way,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36have impressed at displays all around the world.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Crossovers.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Some with bangs... and even more with bangs.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53Reverse crossovers.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Synchronised reverse riding with fireworks.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07Showing off now!
0:17:11 > 0:17:14It takes many hours of practice to make this motorcycle display
0:17:14 > 0:17:16look this easy.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19And, please, do not try this at home.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
0:17:30 > 0:17:34No, it's Superboy - Tom Galbraith, aged eight.
0:17:34 > 0:17:39And riding side-saddle, Aliyyah Kiberu, aged seven
0:17:39 > 0:17:41and Mikey Glover, six.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Dominic Manley, 15, atop an eight-foot ladder.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Now, that's not easy!
0:18:07 > 0:18:10These youngest riders have mastered throttle control
0:18:10 > 0:18:12to develop their confidence on the bikes.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26A mini pyramid, complete with L plates.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34A 90cc pyramid flies the Saltire flag for Scotland.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Watch out for Joe Dennis the Menace's water pistol.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Flying the Union flag, Ellie Summers,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50whose father was an Imp before her,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53tops the 17-rider, five-bike pyramid.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10On the centre bike, Dominic Manley holds the whole thing together.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Roy Pratt, MBE, the team's director
0:19:23 > 0:19:25and a retired senior member
0:19:25 > 0:19:28of the Royal Military Police display team, The Redcaps,
0:19:28 > 0:19:32is ideally suited to channel the energies of these youngsters.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34There are just two rules -
0:19:34 > 0:19:38any trouble with the police or any dodging school, and you're out.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Behave, and you will see the world.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56For his hat-trick, Dominic Manley explodes off the ramp,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59whilst Aliyyah Kiberu takes the salute
0:19:59 > 0:20:02on behalf of the Imps Motorcycle Display Team.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15Across the drawbridge
0:20:15 > 0:20:18come the Compania de Danza Folklorica Tenochtitlan,
0:20:18 > 0:20:22bringing the colours and sounds of the Aztec to Edinburgh.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33In The Festival Of The Dead, family and friends who have died
0:20:33 > 0:20:37are immortalised, in a national holiday of music and dance.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24La Bruja - The Witch - sung with passion by Salvadore Sorcia.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28# Ay que bonito es volar
0:21:28 > 0:21:32# Y a las dos de la manana
0:21:32 > 0:21:36# Y a las dos de la manana
0:21:36 > 0:21:40# Y ay que bonito es volar, ay mama
0:21:40 > 0:21:44# Volar y dejar se caer
0:21:44 > 0:21:48# En los brasos de tu hermana
0:21:48 > 0:21:52# Ay que bonito es volar
0:21:52 > 0:21:56# Y a las dos de la manana
0:21:56 > 0:21:59# Me agarra la bruja
0:21:59 > 0:22:02# Me lleva al cuartel
0:22:02 > 0:22:03# Me vuelve maceta
0:22:03 > 0:22:05# Me da de comer
0:22:05 > 0:22:06# Me agarra la bruja
0:22:06 > 0:22:08# Me lleva al cerrito
0:22:08 > 0:22:11# Me sienta en sus piernas
0:22:11 > 0:22:13# Me da de besitos
0:22:13 > 0:22:14# Ay digame?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16# Ay digame? Ay digame usted?
0:22:16 > 0:22:20# Cuantas creaturitas se ha chupado usted?
0:22:20 > 0:22:24# Ninguna, ninguna, ninguna, no ve,
0:22:24 > 0:22:29# Que ando en pretensions de chuparme a usted #
0:22:38 > 0:22:42At last we can put a name to this well-known melody, Cielito Lindo.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46# ..Canta y no llores
0:22:46 > 0:22:54# Porque cantando se alegran cielito lindo los corazones
0:22:54 > 0:22:57# Ese lunar que tienes
0:22:57 > 0:23:02# Cielito lindo junto a la boca
0:23:02 > 0:23:05# No se lo des a nadie
0:23:05 > 0:23:09# Cielito lindo que a mi me toca #
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Everybody!
0:23:11 > 0:23:15# Ah, ah, ah, ah,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18# Canta y no llores
0:23:18 > 0:23:26# Porque cantando se alegran cielito lindo los corazones #
0:23:30 > 0:23:33El Jarabe Tapatio - The Mexican Hat.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18Thank you! Thank you!
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Gracias, Salvadore.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21The Monumental Jaguares
0:24:21 > 0:24:24with Mariachi Oro and the Tenochtitlan Dance company.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Tattoo favourites, the New Zealand Army Band enter to the Wero.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43This Maori challenge is delivered by Corporal Via Peterson,
0:24:43 > 0:24:46who wrote it to challenge the band members to give their best
0:24:46 > 0:24:50and to recognise the talent of those who have come before.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Job done, he hands off the tewhatewha
0:24:56 > 0:25:00to the Drum Major, Staff Sergeant Tristan Mitchell.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08The Eve Of The War from War Of The Worlds.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18The tewhatewha was originally a Maori chief's weapon,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20used to direct his troops in battle.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Colonel Bogey.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Gee Officer Krupke, from West Side Story, brings organised confusion.
0:27:37 > 0:27:43HE SHOUTS OUT HAKA OPENING
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Tenei te tangata puhuruhuru
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Nana nei i tiki mai whakawhiti te ra
0:27:56 > 0:27:58A, upane! Ka upane!
0:27:58 > 0:28:01A, upane, ka upane, whiti te ra!
0:28:03 > 0:28:07The Haka, a welcome or a threat - take it as you wish.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16THEY PLAY "GANGNAM STYLE" BY PSY
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Oppan Gangnam Style!
0:28:34 > 0:28:35CHEERING AND LAUGHTER
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Army band, Gangnam Style? Now, this has to be a first.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Niki Nana. (We're One).
0:30:39 > 0:30:43The truly remarkable New Zealand Army Band.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45APPLAUSE
0:30:48 > 0:30:50The Army Band will now take a supporting role
0:30:50 > 0:30:54as New Zealand's other great export to the Edinburgh Tattoo,
0:30:54 > 0:30:57the Lochiel Marching Drill Team, take to the Esplanade.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Precision Drill like this is a competitive sport in New Zealand
0:31:21 > 0:31:26and Lochiel have been champions 33 times.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29All done with mathematics and lots of practice.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09APPLAUSE
0:34:12 > 0:34:16All that concentration, and they still have time to smile!
0:34:31 > 0:34:35The New Zealand Army Band and the Lochiel Marching Team -
0:34:35 > 0:34:36a winning combination.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:34:44 > 0:34:46From the frozen steppes of Asia,
0:34:46 > 0:34:49we welcome, for the first time at the Tattoo,
0:34:49 > 0:34:53The Central Orchestra of the General Staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces
0:34:53 > 0:34:57under their Director of Music, Colonel Tsedensodonom Tumurbat.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00WOMAN SINGS
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Contortionism is a venerated art form in Mongolia
0:35:38 > 0:35:42and, at 17, Serchmaa Bayarsaikhan is at the peak of her career.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04Horse fiddles and throat singing - another Tattoo first.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Easily, the best known Mongol is Genghis Khan.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35THEY HOWL
0:37:11 > 0:37:15Through showing the comparative strength of a bundle of arrows,
0:37:15 > 0:37:16in relation to a single one,
0:37:16 > 0:37:21the great Khan learned the value of unity - a lesson he held for life.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58HE THROAT SINGS
0:38:25 > 0:38:27THE MEN SHOUT
0:39:27 > 0:39:29The Central Orchestra of the General Staff
0:39:29 > 0:39:32for the Mongolian Armed Forces.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34APPLAUSE
0:39:55 > 0:39:59Led onto parade by Drum Major Maurice Brown, Scots Guards,
0:39:59 > 0:40:03The Bands of the Irish Guards, The Rifles and The Royal Logistic Corps
0:40:03 > 0:40:05play a rousing medley of established favourites,
0:40:05 > 0:40:08beginning with the overture from Bizet's Carmen.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30John Philip Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever,
0:40:30 > 0:40:31with the piccolos to the fore.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Marche Militaire.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Antonin Dvorak's ninth Symphony in E minor, From The New World.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05And rejoining the parade are the New Zealand Army Band
0:43:05 > 0:43:08and the Central Orchestra of the Mongolian Armed Forces.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23The 2013 Tattoo's Principal Director of Music,
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Lieutenant Colonel Wayne Hopla, Irish Guards,
0:43:26 > 0:43:28takes command of the massed bands.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42We're back to Bizet with the Farandole from L'Arlesienne,
0:43:42 > 0:43:47as we welcome the Bugles of the Rifles at a swift and bold pace...
0:43:47 > 0:43:49140 per minute, in fact.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42APPLAUSE
0:44:51 > 0:44:53From the acclaimed National Theatre adaptation
0:44:53 > 0:44:56of Michael Morpurgo's Novel, War Horse,
0:44:56 > 0:45:01Joey takes to the centre of this great stage.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31APPLAUSE
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Truly captivating.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46Lance-Sergeant Richard Lorimer, Irish Guards,
0:47:46 > 0:47:49takes the lead on Wild Mountain Thyme.
0:48:46 > 0:48:53# And we'll all go together
0:48:53 > 0:49:00# To pull wild mountain thyme
0:49:00 > 0:49:06# All around the blooming heather
0:49:06 > 0:49:14# Will you go, lassie, go? #
0:49:20 > 0:49:24To the Rhythm of My Heart, the international cast assembles...
0:49:24 > 0:49:27# Oh rhythm of my heart... #
0:49:27 > 0:49:28..from New Zealand...
0:49:28 > 0:49:31# With the words, "I love you," rolling off my tongue... #
0:49:31 > 0:49:34..from London...
0:49:34 > 0:49:36# No, never will I roam For I know my place... #
0:49:36 > 0:49:38..from Mongolia...
0:49:38 > 0:49:41# Where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing... #
0:49:41 > 0:49:43..from Mexico...
0:49:43 > 0:49:44# Sailing... #
0:49:44 > 0:49:46..from Scotland...
0:49:52 > 0:49:53..and from Korea.
0:49:55 > 0:49:59The Guard of Honour are from The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion,
0:49:59 > 0:50:01The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04Taking the lead is Cruachan IV,
0:50:04 > 0:50:07the mascot of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
0:50:07 > 0:50:08- SHOUTS:- Guard of honour!
0:50:08 > 0:50:11The Guard Commander is Captain Timothy Towler.
0:50:11 > 0:50:12HALT!
0:50:12 > 0:50:14APPLAUSE
0:50:23 > 0:50:27Gustav Holst's suite The Planets soars into the night sky
0:50:27 > 0:50:29with the Tattoo fireworks.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56APPLAUSE
0:52:02 > 0:52:05We continue with Holst and the Evening Hymn,
0:52:05 > 0:52:09led by the Erskine Stewart's Melville School's Junior Choir...
0:52:11 > 0:52:15..the lowering of the flags, lights out,
0:52:15 > 0:52:17I Vow to Thee, My Country.
0:52:22 > 0:52:27# I vow to thee, my country
0:52:27 > 0:52:33# All earthly things above
0:52:33 > 0:52:39# Entire and whole and perfect
0:52:39 > 0:52:45# The service of my love
0:52:45 > 0:52:50# The love that asks no question
0:52:50 > 0:52:56# The love that stands the test
0:52:56 > 0:53:01# That lays upon the altar
0:53:01 > 0:53:07# The dearest and the best
0:53:07 > 0:53:13# The love that never falters
0:53:13 > 0:53:18# The love that pays the price
0:53:18 > 0:53:24# The love that makes undaunted
0:53:24 > 0:53:33# The final sacrifice. #
0:53:34 > 0:53:35The Lone Piper,
0:53:35 > 0:53:40Senior Pipe Major Jason Sumner of the Army School of Bagpipe Music,
0:53:40 > 0:53:42plays Reflections of Panmunjom,
0:53:42 > 0:53:47commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:54:35 > 0:54:37- SHOUTS:- General salute!
0:54:37 > 0:54:40Present arms!
0:54:41 > 0:54:44The National Anthem.
0:54:44 > 0:54:49# God save our Gracious Queen
0:54:49 > 0:54:54# Long live our noble Queen
0:54:54 > 0:55:00# God save our Queen
0:55:00 > 0:55:05# Send her victorious
0:55:05 > 0:55:10# Happy and glorious
0:55:10 > 0:55:16# Long to reign over us
0:55:16 > 0:55:22# God save the Queen. #
0:55:27 > 0:55:31The song of friendship that Robert Burns gave to the world -
0:55:31 > 0:55:32Auld Lang Syne.
0:55:32 > 0:55:37# Should auld acquaintance be forgot
0:55:37 > 0:55:41# And never brought to mind?
0:55:41 > 0:55:46# Should auld acquaintance be forgot
0:55:46 > 0:55:50# And auld lang syne?
0:55:50 > 0:55:55# For auld lang syne
0:55:55 > 0:55:59# For auld lang syne
0:55:59 > 0:56:04# We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
0:56:04 > 0:56:08# For auld lang syne
0:56:10 > 0:56:14# And there's a hand my trusty fiere!
0:56:14 > 0:56:18# And gie's a hand o' thine!
0:56:18 > 0:56:22# We'll tak a right gude-willy waught
0:56:22 > 0:56:27# For auld lang syne
0:56:27 > 0:56:31# For auld lang syne
0:56:31 > 0:56:35# For auld lang syne
0:56:35 > 0:56:39# We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
0:56:39 > 0:56:47# For auld lang syne. #
0:56:47 > 0:56:51CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:57:05 > 0:57:07Scotland the Brave.
0:57:07 > 0:57:10Now is the time to bid farewell to this colourful cast
0:57:10 > 0:57:13who have filled the esplanade with their memorable performances.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24Lieutenant colonel Wayne Hopla gives the signal
0:57:24 > 0:57:27and the Massed Military Bands take their leave.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32The Edinburgh Tattoo was first staged
0:57:32 > 0:57:34in the years of post-war austerity,
0:57:34 > 0:57:37when the Armed Services were asked to make a contribution
0:57:37 > 0:57:40to lifting the spirits of the people of Edinburgh.
0:57:40 > 0:57:4364 years on and after this event,
0:57:43 > 0:57:45supported by The Royal Bank of Scotland,
0:57:45 > 0:57:49the Tattoo can proudly claim to have fulfilled its original role.
0:58:04 > 0:58:08And so the Massed Pipes and Drums march towards Castlehill,
0:58:08 > 0:58:12to a tune that has taken generations of Jocks back to the barracks
0:58:12 > 0:58:14at the end of the day...
0:58:14 > 0:58:16The Black Bear.
0:58:23 > 0:58:27And from Edinburgh Castle, this is Bill Paterson wishing you,
0:58:27 > 0:58:28wherever in the world you've been watching,
0:58:28 > 0:58:32good fortune and good health until we meet again.
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