Monday, August 20, 2018

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Our favorite day was when we went to the Tattoo.  The weather was good and the performance was memorable.

While we were in Edinburgh, both the Tattoo and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival were on!  There are 9,000 people at each performance of the Tattoo.  We were there on Saturday when there are two performances at 7:30 and 10:30.  We took the earlier performance so 18,000 people were at the Tattoo that night.  The streets were closed to cars because the people needed the space to walk.  The crowds were massive!

This year the Tattoo had over 1200 performers and musicians in the cast from nations around the world.  The Tattoo donates over £1 million to supporting service and arts organizations each year.

The Pipes and Drums of The Royal Highland Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

The Tattoo Dance Company again!  They were all teens and wonderful!

The Royal Cavalry of the Sultanate of Oman

All the performers came out for the finale!

The lone piper, Corporal Stuart Hunter of the Royal Air Force played Flowers of the Forest
The picture was zoomed in so it's a little hazy.
If you want to see the entire performance, I found it on You Tube!  It's 1:40 long
If you want to see the Finale - go to 1:19
If you want to see the march out ending - go to 1:35

2018 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

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