Black Watch 2016 North American tour

[OC Richard]

Heads-up: I just got in the mail yesterday a new flier from the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts and now it says "The Band of the Royal Marines and the Pipes, Drums, and Highland Dancers of The Scots Guards."

Interesting, especially in that the listing still has the same photo of The Black Watch, and has theblackwatch.co.uk at the bottom.

Here's the listing, it's on the CCPA site too

http://www.cerritoscenter.com/ticket...nSeasonId=4968

[RD Evans]

OC Richard,

After reading what you wrote, I checked the website of concert hall of where I plan to attend the concert. Their website too had changed to reflect what you wrote, but still had the webpage of The Black Watch listed.

I looked up the facebook of The Black Watch and messaged them asking if the Pipes & Drums of The Black Watch were going on a North American tour in 2016.

This is their response:

From the Pipe Major directly:"It is with regret that the Black Watch Pipes and Drums will not be touring on the North America CAMI tour during early 2016. The Pipe and Drums of The Black Watch would like to wish the 1st BN The Scots Guards Pipes and Drums and The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines a very successful tour."Kind regards The Black Watch


So there you have, we will have the pleasure of listening the the 1st BN The Scots Guards. Either way I would think it will be a grand concert.

[OC Richard]

Yes it's all good!

But I do have a special affection for The Black Watch.

I'm assuming that the Black Watch's military duties have made it impossible for their Pipes & Drums to go on a lengthy tour like that.

Just to get in the mood, here's the Pipes & Drums of The Scots Guards in Full Dress, just as they will probably appear for that tour

[RD Evans]

Great picture, thanks for sharing!

I hope that in the future The Black Watch will be able to make the tour again!

In an off topic moment, OC Richard, is there an online recording/youtube video of the concert you mentioned in another thread that you piped for? Thanks!

[OC Richard]

is there an online recording/youtube video of the concert you mentioned in another thread that you piped for? Thanks!

I haven't seen anything from this year, but somebody kindly posted on FaceBook a video from last year's concert, which I've just now put on my FaceBook page.

See if this link works for you:

https://www.facebook.com/richard.cook.92167

(If you do go to my page, you may wonder about the vintage photo at the top. That was taken around 1943 and shows l-r my father CC Cook in his Boy Scout uniform, my uncle McKinley H Cook Jr KIA Germany 1945, and my grandfather McKinley H Cook Sr WIA France 1918 silver star purple heart.)

[cck]

Your post got me searching and I found that they will be performing in San Antonio, Texas on Feb.17 and in Austin on Feb.18. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.