Highlights from the floodlit esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. Fanfare
'La Reine Marie Stuart'
The Massed Pipes and Drums 1st Battalion Scots Guards 1st Battalion The Royal
Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders
Pipes and Drums Royal Air Force (Scotland)
Canadian Cadet Pipes and Drums
Tasmania Police Pipe Band
Royal Artillery Alarm Stakes A get-into-action competition with the Light Gun, featuring gun crews from
16 Air Defence Regiment RA, 19 Field Regiment RA and 40 Field Regiment RA, introduced and controlled by a Forward Observation Party from 7 Commando Battery RA.
The Massed Military Bands The Royal Artillery Band The Royal Artillery (Alanbrooke) Band
The Regimental Band of the King's Own Scottish Borderers The Regimental Band of The Gordon Highlanders
The Junior Leaders
Regiment Royal Artillery
A display featuring the Band of the Regiment and its
Gymnastic Display Team.
The Strongest Man in the World
An exhibition of strength by Dave Gauder , who claims to be the strongest man in the world, pulling a tracked rapier missile, part of the fire power of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Three Hundred Years
A display commemorating the 300th anniversary of The King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Finale
Evening Hymn and Last Post Lone Piper.
Commentary for television: Tom Fleming.
Tattoo director of music MAJOR C. R. C GARRITY. RA
Director of army bagpipe music MAJOR J. M. ALLAN ,
Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
Tattoo producer LT COL L. P. G. DOW , late the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Produced for TV by IAN CHRISTIE BBC Scotland
(Event given in association with Invergordon Distillers)