Tattoo in Edinburgh

They're playing the Black Bear, transitioning to Scotland the Brave towards the end of the video. But you probably knew all that if you spend a lot of time around here.

That's from the end. If you want to see what the first rehersal of the massed bands looked like, here it is.

3 comments:

douglas said...

Nice. You know, I had never thought to see where the term "Tattoo" came from.

"The term comes from the early 17th century Dutch phrase doe den tap toe ("turn off the tap"), a signal sounded by drummers or trumpeters to instruct innkeepers near military garrisons to stop serving beer and for soldiers to return to their barracks."

Well, of course that's where it comes from.

OldAFSarge said...

Great stuff!

My oldest daughter will be in attendance at the Tattoo this year as a guest of the Royal Navy. (Well, her four-star boss is the real guest but hey, she'll be there too!)

E Hines said...

The term comes from the early 17th century Dutch phrase doe den tap toe ("turn off the tap")....

Fun with English. Or Dutch. Or maybe both. Google translates that, today, as "make the mistake." Maybe still not far wrong.

Eric Hines