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STEREO TROOPING THE COLOUR PFS 4037 THE BAND OF THE conductor CAPT. RODNEY BASHFORD

The ceremony of Trooping the Colour is almost as old as the itself. in a camp. A ceremony similar to the modern one then took place. The colour was a rallying point in battle and it was therefore necessary that the The modern ceremony, as of old, is not merely a useless piece of pageantry. troo s should be able to recognize their own colour immediately. Guards are paraded, inspected, shown the colour, and then marched off to their In tk18th century in every garrison camp in the kingdom the duty guards paraded various duties at , St. James's Palace, and the Tower of far "troop beating" in the morning. The "troop" was beat by the drummers along Landon. On the occasion of the Queen's birthday these guards are supplemented the important streets of the town. While this was going on, the guards, having to form a substantial parade but the original purpose of the ceremony still holds - been inspected by their regimental adiutants, were marched to the grand porade to let every man on parade see the colour and recogni.ze it immediately as a where they were formed up by the Town Maior in a garrison or the Brigade Major symbol of his duties and loyalties, and if necessary to die protecting it.

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Her Majesty The Queen approaches Horse Guards Parade from Buckingham The Guards are manoeuvred into position for the March Past. Palace, the Royal Procession headed by the mounted band of the Household Music for the March Past in slow time, over which can be heard the commands Cavalry and supported by a Sovereign's Escort. for each Guard to "Eyes Right" and "Eyes Front." QUICK MARCH 'STEP LIGHTLY" (Anderson) APPROACH MARCH 'THE DUKE OF YORK" (Eley) GRENADIER GUARDS "SCIPIO" (Hande1,arr. Harternann) 'GARB OF AULD GAUL" (Reid,arr. Rhodes) The Queen takes position at the saluting point under Horse Guards Arch as the "LET ERlN REMEMBER" (arr. Jaeqer) clack strikes eleven. The Guards are formed U p in line on the far side of the 'MEN OF HARLECH' (Trad. arr. Statharn) parade ground and behind them are the glittering ranks of the . 'FIGARO " (Mozart, arr. Pope) ROYAL SALUTE "THE NATIONAL ANTHEM" (Bull) Music for the March Past in Quick Time:

GRENADIER GUARDS "THE BRITISH GRENADIERSn(Trad. arr. Yappey) SCOTS GUARDS "HEILAN' LADDIE" (Trad. arr. Kappey) Her Majesty inspects the parade and the massed bands of the Brigade of Foot IRISH GUARDS "ST. PATRICK'S DAY" (Trad. arr. Kappey) Guards play : WELSH GUARDS "RISING OF THE LARK" (Trad. arr. Kappey) "GREENSLEEVES" (arr. Pope) . CO LDSTR EAM GUARDS 'MILANOLLO" (Harnrn, arr. Mackenzie,Rogan) "SKYE BOAT SONG" (arr. Pope, Boulton) "CORONATION MARCH" (Meyerbeer) The massed bands move to the left of the parade and the mounted band of the Household Cavalry moves into position far the March Past of the Household Cavalry. TROOP. The massed bands march and counter morch across the parade in slow THE CORPS OF DRUMS PLAYS 'LILLIBURLERO" (Trad.) and quick time. "LES HUGUENOTS" (Meyerbeer, arr. Godfrey) Walk Past of the Household Cavalry. 'VISCOUNT KELSON" (Zehle) REGIMENTAL MARCH OF THE REGIMENTAL MARCH OF THE ROYAL HORSE GUARDS (THE BLUES) (arr. Hewlit)

The Drummers' Call. The Escort for the Colour is marched into position to receive Trot Past of the Household Cavalry. custody of the Colour to be trooped. "THE KEEL ROW" (Trad.) "THE BRITISH GRENADIERS" (Trad. arr. Yappey) "MONEY MUSK" (Trad.) As it is received a salute of the first six bars of the national Anthem is played. The parade having re-formed, a final Royal Salute is given and Her Mciesty The Queen, at the head of her Household Brigade, returns to Buckingham The Colour is trooped along the line of the Guards. Palace. "THE GRENADIERS MARCH" (Trad. arr. Harris) QUICK MARCH " ROYAL BIRTHDAY" (A. Young)

The of the Grenadier Guards, the premier ilfantry regiment in Her Maiesty't In 1685 a warrant was signed by Charles II authorising the maintenance of twelve hautbors forces, was founded by King Charles II in 1656 as The Royal Regiment of Guards. in the companies of the King's Regiment of Foot Guards in and in the accounts for Later, OS further of guards were established in the late 17th and early 18th 1686 there are references to "liveryes for the hautboyes" and for sir drummers, thei: centuries, it come to be known as The First Regiment of Foot Guards. Their present name uniforms being trimmed with silk and silver lace. By the middle of the 18th canru:v when a was granted tn them by royal decree following the "in commemoration of full-scale band was no longer a curiosit on the parade ground, the Band of the Grenadier 'heir having defeated the Grenadiers of the French Imperial Guard upon this memorable Guards was described as 'excellent" iyDr. Burney, the noted historian rf music ond osion." father of Fanny Burnay the diarist. le citation is a reminder that the tradition of the Grenadier Guards as of other Guards In the latter half of tke 19th century the Grenadier Guards had as their ba ..Inaster tl. Tents, by no means rests U on the fine uniforms and precision drill with which they famous Dan Godfrey. It was at the beginning of the present century that ?he ba~dbega, . S assoeiated in the public min:. They are, in fact, crock troops and in the three centuries the first of its tours which have reached out to Europe and to Americo and to many prr' ;-nre their foundation have always been regarded as the most loyal, the most valiant and of the Commonwealth. The visit of the band to the United States in 1904 represented ,..art proiessional of soldiers. Not the least of their distinctions, however, is a fine first occasion on which British troops had set foot on American soil since the Wa, "

-U picn of martial music. Indeed the history of such music in Britain seems to have had Independence. Today the band clings to its pride of place in representing the country a? begrnning with the Grenadier Guards. great occasions. R.B.,

' ua, .-rank Lee. Recora qi.-esr. Arthur Bannir

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