The annual festival of military bands opens in Edinburgh
Baku, August 5 (AZERTAC). Military Tattoo is the largest show of its kind in the world and is held in the historic city center, at the foot of the main attractions - Edinburgh Castle. The status of "royal" he received in 2010, when celebrated its 60th anniversary. This year, every show of the festival, which runs for three weeks, from 5 to 27 August, will open a separate fanfare in honor of the new amphitheater, set at the foot of the castle. The project to create a new site for the festival organizers had cost 16 million pounds, in addition, this year, and spectator stands upgraded to accommodate for each view 8.7 thousand people. Following the entry will be released on the esplanade 250 pipers, who as the main symbol of Scotland is always open the show. These include several musicians of Scottish regiments, as well as orchestras Irish Regiment Infantry Division of the Royal Army, Gurkha Regiment and the Royal Air Force. Among the foreign musicians to join them bagpipers from Germany, Australia and, after four years of absence at the festival, the orchestra of the Royal Army of Oman. One of the hits of the season promises to be the speech of Dutch military musicians on bicycles. Orchestra with a complex name Fanfarekorps Koninklijke Landmacht Bereden Wapens will play and line up in a certain order just for bikes, which, according to organizers, calls "unprecedented coordination and musical talent." To celebrate the nautical theme at this show for the first time the orchestra will perform the Brazilian Navy Corps (Brazilian Marine Corps Band). They are part of the show will include a play on bagpipes and martial arts demonstrations, ethnic dance and music of Brazil. The first time in years the Military Tattoo The Royal Navy will present a demonstration of artillery weapons, as well as theatrical show on the capture of a pirate ship. National character - is always the main feature of such festivals, so there will be national and Bavarian clothing and alpenhorn of Bavarian mountain regiment, and the Scottish dancing from the ex-world champion in this dance Billy Forsythe, who in his statement also does not bypass the home, marine , the subject of the current Military Tattoo. Complete half-hour program of speeches each day will be grandiose "grand finale", in which all the participants of the show out - and there are more than a thousand. On Saturday, ending the show will be accompanied by a military salute. Finally, the emotional point of the show puts the "lone piper", who plays with the ramparts of the castle sad song The Parting Glass. Russian teams came to the festival in Edinburgh a few times, but this year the holiday program does not. Military Tattoo - just one of many Festive MDL, which pass the summer in Edinburgh. Most famous fall precisely at August and Friday together with military show in Scottish capital starts also world famous festival informal visual arts Fringe. A week later, on August 12, there will Edinburgh International Festival.
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