Scottish Culture

A late update yet again.

It is the start of the international arts festival which we have attended lots of times before.

The opener which we went to on Friday was the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

massed-pipes-3000-jpg15.original_.2e16d0ba.fill-1600x8002016-02-19 19.54.39As an event it is very well known and so we decided to give it a whirl. One needs to try different things. The programme included a mixture of military bands; of course the pipes of the Scottish regiments plus bands of other British regiments-the Royal Marines Portsmouth included. There were other choreographed performers too.

There were Kiwi military bands as well as other Kiwi performers.

The kapa haka group was great. The pipes were great. The Swiss drummers brilliant and the Norwegian Guards Band and Drill Team were fantastic.

However there did appear to be a reasonable amount of average quality filler.

A good evening and worth seeing something really quite different.

Not a cheap night out-$190 each!