0:00:02 > 0:00:05DRUMMING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The approaching Red Arrows, celebrating their 50th year,
0:00:19 > 0:00:22means that we are ready to go.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Welcome to the 2014 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Across the castle drawbridge come 250 of the world's finest pipers
0:01:33 > 0:01:38and drummers, in a glorious array of colours, a kaleidoscope of tartans.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Major Steven Small, Director of Army Bagpipe Music,
0:01:44 > 0:01:49has put together a set of tunes marking the beginning of a journey.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52The first stop on the way, Loch Lomond.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30The march, Within' a Mile o' Edinburgh Toon,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33leads to The Gallowa' Hills.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54The slow air, The Mingulay Boat Song.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38The hornpipe Over the Isles takes us to the Black Watch Polka.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08Circles begin to form to another hornpipe - The Wise Maid.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Four tunes from the pen of Major Steven Small himself.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45First the slow air, Langton Gate.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Jig time, with Pass the Port.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14The Jigger.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34The dancers and fiddlers join and we swing into The Chase.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:06:14 > 0:06:16The ceilidh is over,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19and the Massed Pipes and Drums, with the dancers and fiddlers,
0:06:19 > 0:06:21take their leave with a song of farewell -
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Will Ye No Come Back Again?
0:07:02 > 0:07:06Pipe Major Peter MacGregor - The Highlanders.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:07:08 > 0:07:09And now, from much further south,
0:07:09 > 0:07:13The Band of the Armed Forces of Malta enter with Holyrood,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16a march composed in Edinburgh over 100 years ago
0:07:16 > 0:07:19merely a royal mile away from the Castle.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30During the Second World War,
0:07:30 > 0:07:34the Axis powers tried to bomb and starve the people of Malta
0:07:34 > 0:07:38and the allied forces based on the island into submission.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40They failed and in 1942,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43in recognition of this extraordinary heroism,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Malta was awarded the George Cross.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19The tune - Halel (Big Waves).
0:09:29 > 0:09:33CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Carrying their Maltese Cross of ribbon,
0:09:41 > 0:09:46the dancers lead the band off to the march, The Bluebells of Scotland.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57The Fanfare Trumpeters of Her Majesty's Royal Marines
0:09:57 > 0:10:01pay tribute to Malta's heroism during the Second World War.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Now for one of the most exciting acts seen on the Castle Esplanade
0:10:17 > 0:10:19for some time.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22From South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25marvel at the raw energy of iNgobamakhosi Zulu Dance Troupe
0:10:25 > 0:10:29with a ritual traditionally performed on the eve of battle.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32What they describe as their 'Come Die' Dance.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36DRUMMING AND CHANTING
0:12:07 > 0:12:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:12:09 > 0:12:13CHANTING CONTINUES
0:12:49 > 0:12:53CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:12:59 > 0:13:02The iNgobamakhosi Zulu Dance Troupe.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Now from Shetland, Hjaltibonhoga.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11It means Shetland, my spiritual home,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14with a musician from every inhabited island.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17The tune - Love of the Isles.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Swinging round to The Headlands now.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Watch out for the cross-bowing where they play each other's strings.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Like the tango, it takes two to fiddle.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11And finally Hurlocks Reel.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32The Shetland Fiddlers, Hjaltibonhoga, take a "bow",
0:15:32 > 0:15:34take a bow.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:15:36 > 0:15:41Next stop, Nagaland and a taste of their annual Hornbill Festival.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Nagaland is in the North Eastern corner of India
0:15:58 > 0:16:01and is made up of 16 tribes,
0:16:01 > 0:16:05each with their own language, costume and dance.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09The aim of the Hornbill Festival is to preserve and protect the rich
0:16:09 > 0:16:13cultural variety of Nagaland and display its history and traditions.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19THEY SING IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE
0:18:08 > 0:18:12After a few untraditional yet steep steps, the lead warrior
0:18:12 > 0:18:16presents a ceremonial Naga spear to the Salute-taker.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Good luck getting that through security, sir(!)
0:18:20 > 0:18:22APPLAUSE
0:18:27 > 0:18:30The Nagaland Folkloric Group.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Continuing the international theme, the reigning
0:18:38 > 0:18:43World Champion Highland Dancer from New Zealand is Morgan Bamford.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45The music is The Gael.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Beautifully choreographed by Aileen Robertson,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50in her first year as Tattoo Dance Director,
0:19:50 > 0:19:54this is a truly international group with dancers from South Africa,
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Scotland.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21The outstanding Tattoo Highland Dancers.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Overseas once more, and from the Lion City,
0:22:27 > 0:22:31The Singapore Armed Forces Central Band, Music & Drama Company
0:22:31 > 0:22:35and Military Police Command Silent Precision Drill Squad.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36Not the catchiest title,
0:22:36 > 0:22:38but be prepared for an outstanding display
0:22:38 > 0:22:43and the highest mace throw ever the seen on the Castle Esplanade.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47And it's not that one.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:25:22 > 0:25:26# Oh, the summertime is coming
0:25:26 > 0:25:31# And the trees are sweetly blooming
0:25:31 > 0:25:35# And the wild mountain thyme
0:25:35 > 0:25:39# All around the blooming heather
0:25:39 > 0:25:46# Will you go, lassie, go? #
0:25:47 > 0:25:50CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:25:51 > 0:25:53MUSIC RESUMES
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Yeah, that was it.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:28 > 0:26:31From Singapore, an explosive performance.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39Now from New Zealand,
0:26:39 > 0:26:43the wonderful sounds of Te Matatini fill the Edinburgh night
0:26:43 > 0:26:47with a celebration of the cultural dance of the Maori people.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50The performance begins with the haka powhiri,
0:26:50 > 0:26:53a ritual encounter of welcome.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59THEY SHOUT AND CHANT
0:26:59 > 0:27:03BAGPIPES PLAY "Scotland The Brave"
0:27:03 > 0:27:07The tone changes when two sailors approach.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34This performance represents a meeting of cultures -
0:27:34 > 0:27:35that of the indigenous Maori
0:27:35 > 0:27:38and the cultures of the European settlers,
0:27:38 > 0:27:42represented here by the New Zealand Highland Dancers.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45MAORIS CHANT
0:27:47 > 0:27:50APPLAUSE
0:28:52 > 0:28:55CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:28:56 > 0:29:00MAORI WOMAN CHANTS
0:29:01 > 0:29:07After the initial suspicion, all are able to dance to the same beat.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10THEY CHANT, MUSIC STARTS
0:29:10 > 0:29:12THEY SING IN MAORI
0:30:04 > 0:30:07THEY CHANT
0:30:26 > 0:30:29CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:30:29 > 0:30:33Te Matatini and the New Zealand Highland Dancers.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35STEEL ORCHESTRA PLAYS
0:30:36 > 0:30:39The strains of the Banana Boat Song
0:30:39 > 0:30:42mean a very welcome return to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
0:30:42 > 0:30:46for the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52AUDIENCE CLAPS IN TIME
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Brown Girl In The Ring.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52Matilda.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16The dancers are all traditional characters from Spring Carnival.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Mary Ann.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34On stilts - Mocko Jumbie -
0:32:34 > 0:32:36and The Rivers Of Babylon.
0:33:33 > 0:33:38T and T - the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra!
0:33:38 > 0:33:41CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Founded in 1664
0:33:46 > 0:33:49as the Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot,
0:33:49 > 0:33:54the Royal Marines celebrate their 350th anniversary this year.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Originally soldiers who fought on board ships,
0:33:57 > 0:34:01they have developed into one of the world's toughest commando units.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05Winston Churchill, who had fought in the Boer War,
0:34:05 > 0:34:07borrowed the Afrikaans word "kommando"
0:34:07 > 0:34:12for a new type of military unit, self-reliant and highly mobile.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16True to their motto, "Per Mare, Per Terram" -
0:34:16 > 0:34:18by land and by sea -
0:34:18 > 0:34:20the Royal Marines are an elite force
0:34:20 > 0:34:23trained for worldwide rapid response,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26able to deal with a wide spectrum of threats
0:34:26 > 0:34:30and security challenges on land and on sea.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:34:35 > 0:34:39Of the six bands in the Royal Marines Band Service,
0:34:39 > 0:34:41three are on the Esplanade -
0:34:41 > 0:34:43one from Portsmouth, one from Plymouth
0:34:43 > 0:34:46and one based in Scotland, at Rosyth, just over the Forth.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53This bugle march says it all - Soldier An' Sailor Too.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03They move effortlessly into the military slow march
0:36:03 > 0:36:05with the Skye Boat Song.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42APPLAUSE
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Hard to beat.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09LOUD CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:39:11 > 0:39:13ORDERS ARE SHOUTED
0:39:13 > 0:39:17The Senior Drum Major, Colour Sergeant Bugler Steve Blair,
0:39:17 > 0:39:18gives the command.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22This time the tune is Commando Spirit.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55The Massed Band of the Royal Marines
0:39:55 > 0:39:57are joined by the Band of the Armed Forces of Malta,
0:39:57 > 0:40:00the Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
0:40:00 > 0:40:03and the Singapore Armed Forces Central Band.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Colonel Nick Grace, OBE,
0:40:47 > 0:40:50the 2014 Tattoo Principal Director of Music,
0:40:50 > 0:40:52takes to the podium.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:40:57 > 0:41:01The massed military bands continue with Mark Knopfler's theme
0:41:01 > 0:41:04from Local Hero, Going Home.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11PIPE BANDS JOIN MELODY
0:43:17 > 0:43:21Musician Matthew Gregory of the Royal Marines Band, Plymouth.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:43:25 > 0:43:29The All Night Hooley In Glebe Street brings back the cast over 1,000,
0:43:29 > 0:43:33the Tattoo Highland Dancers and the New Zealand Highland Dancers,
0:43:33 > 0:43:36the dancers from Malta and Singapore...
0:43:37 > 0:43:41..KwaZulu-Natal, and the iNgobamakhosi dancers,
0:43:41 > 0:43:46from the northeast of India, the Nagaland Folkloric Group,
0:43:46 > 0:43:49the Te Matatini Maori dancers...
0:43:50 > 0:43:54..and the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra,
0:43:54 > 0:43:57and last, but by no means least, Mocko Jumbie.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:44:00 > 0:44:04Together, they will celebrate a century of song.
0:44:04 > 0:44:08On vocals, the Erskine Stewart's Melville School Choir.
0:44:08 > 0:44:12# Come on and hear, come on and hear Alexander's ragtime band
0:44:12 > 0:44:15# Come on and hear, come on and hear
0:44:15 > 0:44:18# It's the best band in the land
0:44:18 > 0:44:23# And if you want to hear that Swannee River played in ragtime
0:44:23 > 0:44:26# Come on and hear, come on and hear
0:44:26 > 0:44:28# Alexander's ragtime band... #
0:44:28 > 0:44:31AUDIENCE CLAPS IN TIME
0:44:39 > 0:44:42# In olden days a glimpse of stocking
0:44:42 > 0:44:45# Was looked on as something shocking
0:44:45 > 0:44:47# Now heaven knows
0:44:47 > 0:44:50# Anything goes... #
0:45:06 > 0:45:08# One, two, three o'clock Four o'clock rock
0:45:08 > 0:45:11# Five, six, seven o'clock Eight o'clock rock
0:45:11 > 0:45:14# Nine, ten, eleven o'clock Twelve o'clock rock
0:45:14 > 0:45:17# We're going to rock around the clock tonight
0:45:17 > 0:45:20# Put your glad rags on and join me, hon
0:45:20 > 0:45:23# We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one
0:45:23 > 0:45:26# We're going to rock around the clock tonight
0:45:26 > 0:45:28# We're going to rock, rock, rock till broad daylight
0:45:28 > 0:45:32# We're going to rock, rock, rock around the clock tonight... #
0:45:32 > 0:45:35# Can't buy me love
0:45:35 > 0:45:38# Can't buy me love
0:45:38 > 0:45:39# Can't buy me
0:45:39 > 0:45:42# Money can't buy me
0:45:42 > 0:45:44# Love... #
0:45:45 > 0:45:49# Sha-la-la-lala-lala-la
0:45:49 > 0:45:53# Sha-la-la-lala-lala-la
0:45:53 > 0:45:56# Sha-la-la-lala-lala-la
0:45:56 > 0:46:00# And Marie who waits for me... #
0:46:07 > 0:46:10CHEERING
0:46:26 > 0:46:32# Let me entertain you
0:46:34 > 0:46:37# Come on and let me
0:46:37 > 0:46:40# Entertain you... #
0:46:42 > 0:46:46# Hey, hey baby
0:46:46 > 0:46:48# Oh, ah
0:46:48 > 0:46:53# I wanna know
0:46:53 > 0:46:55# If you'll be my girl... #
0:47:00 > 0:47:05# Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
0:47:07 > 0:47:10# Clap along if you feel like
0:47:10 > 0:47:13# Happiness is the truth
0:47:13 > 0:47:19# Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
0:47:19 > 0:47:25# Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do
0:47:25 > 0:47:27# Cos I'm happy! #
0:47:27 > 0:47:31A happy soloist - Musician Ellie Lomas, Royal Marines.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:47:34 > 0:47:37The lights fade now
0:47:37 > 0:47:39and the Tattoo's Principal Director of Music,
0:47:39 > 0:47:41Colonel Nick Grace OBE,
0:47:41 > 0:47:44leads the ensemble with the tune Invincible,
0:47:44 > 0:47:46as the cast rest their dancing feet
0:47:46 > 0:47:50and feast their eyes on the Tattoo fireworks.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:49:15 > 0:49:18To a reprise of Going Home,
0:49:18 > 0:49:21the Guard of Honour, found by the Royal Navy, the Senior Service.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23Marching on four legs
0:49:23 > 0:49:27is the Mascot of the Royal Regiment of Scotland,
0:49:27 > 0:49:30Lance Corporal Cruachan IV,
0:49:30 > 0:49:36and Pony Major, Corporal Mark Wilkinson, keeping up on two.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41And also on parade are the Chelsea Pensioners
0:49:41 > 0:49:43from the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:49:53 > 0:49:55Royal Navy Guard of Honour,
0:49:55 > 0:49:58general salute,
0:49:58 > 0:50:01present arms!
0:50:01 > 0:50:04The National Anthem.
0:50:04 > 0:50:08# God save our gracious Queen
0:50:08 > 0:50:13# Long live our noble Queen
0:50:13 > 0:50:16# God save the Queen
0:50:17 > 0:50:21# Send her victorious
0:50:21 > 0:50:26# Happy and glorious
0:50:26 > 0:50:30# Long to reign over us
0:50:30 > 0:50:36# God save the Queen. #
0:50:36 > 0:50:40Slope arms!
0:50:40 > 0:50:42APPLAUSE
0:50:43 > 0:50:48And now that international anthem of friendship
0:50:48 > 0:50:52that Robert Burns gave to the world, Auld Lang Syne.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55# Should auld acquaintance be forgot
0:50:55 > 0:51:00# And never brought to mind?
0:51:00 > 0:51:04# Should auld acquaintance be forgot
0:51:04 > 0:51:08# And auld lang syne
0:51:08 > 0:51:13# For auld lang syne, my dear
0:51:13 > 0:51:16# For auld lang syne
0:51:16 > 0:51:21# We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
0:51:21 > 0:51:25# For auld lang syne
0:51:27 > 0:51:31# And there's a hand, my trusty fiere
0:51:31 > 0:51:35# And gie's a hand o' thine
0:51:35 > 0:51:39# We'll tak a right guid-willie waught
0:51:39 > 0:51:43# For auld lang syne
0:51:43 > 0:51:47# For auld lang syne, my dear
0:51:47 > 0:51:51# For auld lang syne
0:51:51 > 0:51:56# We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet
0:51:56 > 0:52:06# For auld lang syne... #
0:52:06 > 0:52:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:52:11 > 0:52:14The lowering of the flags, lights out.
0:52:14 > 0:52:18Eternal Father, Strong To Save - The Navy Hymn.
0:52:18 > 0:52:25# Eternal Father, strong to save
0:52:25 > 0:52:32# Whose arm hath bound the restless wave
0:52:32 > 0:52:38# Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
0:52:38 > 0:52:44# Its own appointed limits keep
0:52:44 > 0:52:50# O hear us when we cry to thee
0:52:50 > 0:52:57# For those in peril on the sea... #
0:53:22 > 0:53:26BUGLERS PLAY "Sunset"
0:54:03 > 0:54:12# ..For those in peril on the sea... #
0:54:14 > 0:54:16High on the Castle Ramparts,
0:54:16 > 0:54:20on the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War,
0:54:20 > 0:54:23the lone piper plays The Battle's O'er.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27"Sleep in peace, my soldier laddie
0:55:27 > 0:55:30"Sleep in peace now the battle's o'er."
0:55:30 > 0:55:32BAND STRIKES UP
0:55:32 > 0:55:35The unmistakable sound of Scotland The Brave
0:55:35 > 0:55:40means we are approaching the end of yet another memorable Tattoo.
0:55:40 > 0:55:45Farewell to the Royal Navy Guard of Honour, the Chelsea Pensioners...
0:55:48 > 0:55:51..the singers and dancers of Nagaland...
0:55:52 > 0:55:55the Highland dancers,
0:55:55 > 0:55:57the Steel Orchestra,
0:55:57 > 0:56:00the iNgobamakhosi Zulu Dance Troupe,
0:56:00 > 0:56:02Hjaltibonhoga,
0:56:02 > 0:56:05Te Matatini Maori dancers.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10BANDS STRIKE UP
0:56:13 > 0:56:16We're No Awa' Tae Bide Awa',
0:56:16 > 0:56:20led by the 2014 Tattoo Principal Director of Music,
0:56:20 > 0:56:24Colonel Nick Grace, it's time for the massed military bands
0:56:24 > 0:56:27and Erskine Stewart's Melville School Choir
0:56:27 > 0:56:29to leave the Castle Esplanade.
0:56:29 > 0:56:34This year's event, in partnership with the Royal Bank of Scotland,
0:56:34 > 0:56:36is the 16th consecutive sold-out season,
0:56:36 > 0:56:39a record which innovative Tattoo Producer,
0:56:39 > 0:56:42Brigadier David Allfrey, is justifiably proud of.
0:56:42 > 0:56:47His eyes are already focused on next year and beyond.
0:56:50 > 0:56:53The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines
0:56:53 > 0:56:56take their final curtain call with their regimental quick march -
0:56:56 > 0:56:59A Life On The Ocean Wave.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04AUDIENCE CLAPS IN TIME
0:57:12 > 0:57:15350 years and still going strong!
0:57:16 > 0:57:21Drum Major Michael Hay leads the massed pipes and drums
0:57:21 > 0:57:24as they march towards the cobbles of Castlehill
0:57:24 > 0:57:27to the tune that has taken generations of pipes and drums
0:57:27 > 0:57:30back to barracks - The Black Bear.
0:57:35 > 0:57:38And from Edinburgh Castle, this is Bill Paterson wishing you,
0:57:38 > 0:57:41wherever in the world you've been watching,
0:57:41 > 0:57:45good fortune and good health until we meet again.
0:57:49 > 0:57:51BAND PLAYS "Scotland The Brave"
0:58:01 > 0:58:04LOUD CHEERING AND APPLAUSE