Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh Taste of the Tattoo – Canadian Scottish Highland Dancers

Full performance of the Scottish Canadian Highland Dancers performing at the 2008 Edinburgh Military Tattoo Taster event in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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▬ ♫ Music Copyright ♫ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

Musical arragements owned by the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo with music being new derivate musical compositions of many well known tunes where permission was obtained to film and record the event by the Tattoo marketing team.

▬ 🎭 Cast & Crew 🎬 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Videographer – A Taylor

Special thanks to Alan Smith, Edinburgh Tattoo Marketing Manager

Video features Edinburgh Military Tattoo Canadian Highland Dancers performing a Highland Reel

▬ 🎥 Equipment Used 🎥 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Video Shot using Hi8 Camcorder

The Tattoo in 2008 featured it's own Highland Spring Dance troupe which joined forces with 50 dancers from Canada in a dance piece that tells the story of Scottish migration to Canada.

I recorded this video after contacting the Tattoo marketing team seeking permission to film and record their live free event called Taste of the Tattoo which was a hugely popular feature while the main Tattoo event took place at the Edinburgh Castle within the Scottish capital. The video was one of the last I filmed and recorded using a Hi8 camcorder I was gifted by a member of the Edinburgh Cine and Video Society who I had been a member of for many years while living in Edinburgh.

Each Tattoo performance begis with a fanfare followed by The Massed Pipes ad Drums who perform, marching through the gatehouse of Edinburgh Castle and perform a traditional pipe bad set. The bands usually form a special formation marking each year's show and theme and usually the music featured includes a mix of different paced music. In recent years the Massed Highland Dancers have joined the Pipes and Drums performance and many of the bands provide musical support to individual acts particularly accompanying the Highland Dancers but also when appropriate for other acts. For example the Cape Town Highlanders performed alongside the South Africa Navy Band in 2004 and The Black Watch were given a special march on during the 2003 performance.