The Band of the Irish Guards and Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland in Concert!!!

**creagdhubh** · 11th February 10, 05:24 PM

Greetings lads and lassies, My wife and I have the awesome opportunity to see the Band of the Irish Guards and the Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, live in concert this Saturday, February 13 at a local theatre called The Fabulous Fox Theatre in Saint Louis, Missouri (USA). I have seen the Royal Highland Regiment, the Black Watch (before amalgamation of the Regiments in 2006) massed pipes and drums, along with their Regimental dancers at The Fox, and they were just magnificent! We are certainly looking extremely forward to this concert, as my wife has never heard or seen massed pipes and drums of such caliber.

Naturally, I will be wearing Highland attire and I shall post our photos of the evening, as there is a scheduled pre-concert social hour with members of the band, as well as an impromptu after party with what it looks like, several pipers and tenor drummers. My good friend, Matt Pantaleoni, who is a professional piper and a former P/M, in the area and competes in Scotland every summer, knows a few of the pipers! Exciting indeed! I shall reflect on how the experience unfolds and will get our photos up!

Those of you who live near Saint Louis or in the local area and haven't purchased tickets, it still isn't too late! Click on the link I've provided for The Fox Theatre for more information. I've also provided the website for the Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland for additional information about them, as well as my friend Matt Pantaleoni's website, who is also a piping instructor.

The Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland atop Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.

My long time friend and professional piper, Matt Pantaleoni, competeing at the Dornoch Highland Games.

http://www.fabulousfox.com/

http://www.pipingstl.com/Home

http://www.army.mod.uk/music/corps-band/499.aspx

Cheers all!

**rocscotjoe** · 11th February 10, 05:52 PM

I saw them when they played in Rochester. Great show.

**creagdhubh** · 11th February 10, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by rocscotjoe

I saw them when they played in Rochester. Great show.

Wonderful!!!

**longhuntr74** · 11th February 10, 06:27 PM

Damn...They came to Rochester??? Where was I?

**rocscotjoe** · 11th February 10, 07:04 PM

They played at Nazareth in late January. My wife and I went, great show, I especially enjoyed the pipes. Irish Guards were good, but I am not a huge brass band fan.

Had a wee dram with friends at the Pittsford Pub post concert, it was a great evening...

**Ozark Ridge Rider** · 11th February 10, 08:03 PM

They are in KC area on the 19th and 20. Already got tickets. Website is:

http://www.jccc.edu/press_releases/2...-regiment.html

**macwilkin** · 11th February 10, 08:42 PM

I had no idea Matt has his own web site; many thanks for that!

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend either the St Louis or the KC performances this year, although Asser1 & I were able to make the Welsh Guards and Black Watch @ the Fox in 2006, and even caught up with some of the lads after the show at the Scottish Arms.

int:

T.

**seanachie** · 11th February 10, 09:57 PM

If anyone will be attending at the Orange County (Ca.) Performing Arts Center give a shout, my wife and I will be attending. I will be wearing my Saffron kilt of course..

**OC Richard** · 12th February 10, 05:52 AM

Yes my wife and I will be there at the OCPAC in Costa Mesa on Saturday March 6.

They're also at the McCallum Theatre, Palm Desert, on Monday March 1.

I usually end up going to these things on my own, but strangely my wife said she wanted to go. However she said something like "you're not going to wear something silly are you?". It's because the last time she came with me to one of these, we went to a BBQ place in a mostly Black neighborhood afterwards and my kilt got a few glances.

I am undeterred and will indeed wear Highland Dress, probably the whole shootin' match with tartan hose etc.

I think I've attended every one of these tours, since my father took me to see the Black Watch and Royal Marines in 1976. I buy a programme each time and I have a pile of them, which I've gone back and looked through many times.

In the late 70's and thoughout the 80's the Pipe Band I play in would buy an entire block of forty or so seats and all come in Highland Dress. I'm the only one who continues this tradition: the newer band members don't know or care anything about it. The old members have all left the band or passed away.

OK I hauled out the programmes, and I have:

Royal Marines and Black Watch 1976

Grenadier Guards and Scots Guards 1977

Black Watch (pipe band and brass band) 1979

Coldstream Guards and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 1981

Royal Marines and Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1985

Grenadier Guards and Gordon Highlanders 1987

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 1988

Black Watch (pipe band) and Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (brass band) 1989

Coldstream Guards and Queen's Own Highlanders 1991

Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment, Royal Anglian Regiment, and Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1993

The Life Guards, Blues and Royals, and The Black Watch 1995

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 2002? (no date in programme. This was only the pipes and drums, wearing competition dress, not their military uniform, and performing on stage with their drums on stands, with a pop vocalist and comedian presenter. The programme indicates that this was an Australian tour, though I saw it in Orange County.)

Black Watch and Welsh Guards 2006

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and Coldstream Guards 2008

I also picked up on Ebay the programme of the Black Watch's 1963 tour, which was interrupted by the assassination of John F Kennedy. The Black Watch had performed for the President early in the tour, and was requested to play at the funeral.

I also bought these old programmes:

Royal Scots Greys and Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1962-1963

Coldstream Guards and Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1960-1961

**macwilkin** · 12th February 10, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Yes my wife and I will be there at the OCPAC in Costa Mesa on Saturday March 6.

They're also at the McCallum Theatre, Palm Desert, on Monday March 1.

I usually end up going to these things on my own, but strangely my wife said she wanted to go. However she said something like "you're not going to wear something silly are you?". It's because the last time she came with me to one of these, we went to a BBQ place in a mostly Black neighborhood afterwards and my kilt got a few glances.

I am undeterred and will indeed wear Highland Dress, probably the whole shootin' match with tartan hose etc.

I think I've attended every one of these tours, since my father took me to see the Black Watch and Royal Marines in 1976. I buy a programme each time and I have a pile of them, which I've gone back and looked through many times.

In the late 70's and thoughout the 80's the Pipe Band I play in would buy an entire block of forty or so seats and all come in Highland Dress. I'm the only one who continues this tradition: the newer band members don't know or care anything about it. The old members have all left the band or passed away.

OK I hauled out the programmes, and I have:

Royal Marines and Black Watch 1976

Grenadier Guards and Scots Guards 1977

Black Watch (pipe band and brass band) 1979

Coldstream Guards and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 1981

Royal Marines and Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1985

Grenadier Guards and Gordon Highlanders 1987

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 1988

Black Watch (pipe band) and Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (brass band) 1989

Coldstream Guards and Queen's Own Highlanders 1991

Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment, Royal Anglian Regiment, and Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1993

The Life Guards, Blues and Royals, and The Black Watch 1995

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 2002? (no date in programme. This was only the pipes and drums, wearing competition dress, not their military uniform, and performing on stage with their drums on stands, with a pop vocalist and comedian presenter. The programme indicates that this was an Australian tour, though I saw it in Orange County.)

Black Watch and Welsh Guards 2006

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and Coldstream Guards 2008

I also picked up on Ebay the programme of the Black Watch's 1963 tour, which was interrupted by the assassination of John F Kennedy. The Black Watch had performed for the President early in the tour, and was requested to play at the funeral.

I also bought these old programmes:

Royal Scots Greys and Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1962-1963

Coldstream Guards and Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1960-1961

I have a number of those myself, as my grandparents loved going to see the various regimental bands at the Sundome in Sun City, Arizona every year. They would always send me a programme and a cassette from the concert, as the tours never made to the Midwest; it's only recently that they've put Kansas City & St. Louis on their itenerary.

I still have the tape from the 1985 RM/A & SH tour, and it still works! Alas, the 1989 RHR/A & SH tour tape wore out years ago, more's the pity.

My grandfather loved the pipes, mostly due to his experiences in India during the Second World War. The squaddies always paid him the greatest respect when he mentioned being in the "forgotten theatre".

T.