Military Musical Spectacular: Bands Marching to and from Horseguards. 

To be honest No12 should be a March 😂

@@militarybandsuk I know right!!! 😂 😂

Good morning Delvin from sunny Cornwall. Hope your well. Many thanks for your continuing information👍. A quick question: are the musical instruments protected in some way from the rain, eg.waxed or coated in some way? Not raining in this one but what if……? Best wishes. Dorald 👍👍👍

Thank you once again. 👍

@@doraldeddy1836 Hello Dorald! Nice to see you in the comments once more! I'm doing great! Hope all is well! To answer your question, No the instruments aren't coated or specialized for inclement weather. They're off the shelve instruments. This is the reason that the musicians in the Woodwind sections of the Bands usually cover their Clarinets and Flutes from the weather. They usually stick the Clarinets or flutes up their tunic sleeves or simply put them under their arms. Hope this helps!

Glad you enjoyed it.

Hahaha! Yes he doesn't muck around does he, it's like Ok I've bought you home safely, now bugger off, I'm wanting a cold Guinness & to soak my feet Lol. He seems to take his job very seriously, I don't remember him ever smiling or indulging in light hearted banter, he either salutes it or yells at it. Whatever he does, he does it with Style & Panache. Still my favourite DM.

Drum major Gareth Chambers is my favourite Dm ❤

@@valerielewis853 He's great to watch isn't he! Elegant, Stylish & it all flows. I particularly like when he leads the Irish Guards Band & detachment, they all get the "Mick Swagger" going. They all sort of get a roll of the hips & shoulders & the heads seem to give the impression of bobbing along to the beat. There's nothing you can actually point to, but the overall impression is there, as if they're just strutting their stuff, Catwalk Model like.

I'm glad that it was worth coming over to the UK for and that you enjoyed it. 👍

Nonsense. The greatest military band on earth is the United States Marine Band (The President's Own).

The Princess Royal got the best from both her Parents, her Fathers No Nonsense, Forthright & Passion & her Mothers Duty, Service & Warmth. She was & is the Best Equipped to be the Monarch.

@@GMN360 I know she's Princess Anne, however, I give her, her most Senior Title, which is The Princess Royal. That title is unique as it is given for a Lifetime, not automaticity given, but conferred on a Royal Princess by the Monarch & can never be taken away.

@@vickyRoyalHistory I’m so sorry, I posted my reply to the wrong person!! I hope I can change it to where it should be!! I blame the error on old age😎😎

The Princess Royal is Anne with an e! My older sister always got very upset when the e was left off her name, just like Anne of Green Gables. From that history I learnt from a young age and have become pedantic about whether the name is with an e or without!! 😊

@@GMN360 Hahaha! No Worries! Psssst.. Blame it on the Computer, they do sneaky things in the Weekends. Or my normal excuse is, "I've just washed my hands, now I can't do a thing with my fingers!" 😁

Thank you.

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

I love the Marches & Military Music, but as this is a show done for families & is to raise money for the Regiments Welfare Charities, I suppose they're trying to cover as many tastes as possible. My pet hate is Vocalists, I want to see & hear the Bands, if I wanted Singers I'd turn on the Radio or go to a Pub with live entertainment. Their talent is awesome, when you consider the individual Bands all have their own arrangements & the Bandsmen all play a minimum of 3 Instruments, how easily they can come together & play so brilliantly.

you're welcome.

When the Guards are on Parade

You're very welcome, it does seem a bit like an anticlimax when they don't play on the way back to the barracks, but we should be used to it as they bands returning from St James Palace after Guard Change don't play. One time they may surprise us and turn right off the parade ground and head off down the Mall like the Royal Marines do. One can hope.😄

@@MrBaton74 Yes, Good point. It just seems strange. St James changing the Guard is kind of like a day at the Office though. Maybe they just needed a break, they have been very busy this Summer, but it is a special event. Maybe I'm just being Greedy, I love the Music so much. They did play on the March back to Barracks after the Coronation Rehearsals, the Coronation, the Trooping the Colour & the Regimental Memorial Days etc, I suppose I just took it for granted they would for this.

Hello! The men leading the Massed Bands are the Drum Majors. They are wearing the State Dress which is made out of real gold. They only wear these coats when a member of the Royal Family is present or when given permission. These State Coats date back to the late 17th century in their original design. The main change has been the Monarchs Cypher, which changes every time there's a new monarch. The Drum Major in the Centre is the Senior Drum Major of the Household Division (WO2) G. Chambers MVO. The the rest are, Assistant Senior Drum Major (WO2) S. Fitzgerald, Drum Major S. Laing, Drum Major C. Rees, and Drum Major M. Beasley. The Drum Majors themselves aren't part of the Bands as they come from the Regimental Corps of Drums from each regiments 1st Battalion, So they have to enlist as soldiers first then join the Battalion Corps of Drums and become Drummers. The musicians in the Bands join the Royal Military School of Music and then go through Military training. Hope this helps! Feel free to ask if something doesn't quite make sense!

@@delvinrodriguez3341 Thankyou Delvin for the explanation of formal dress and military service. The band members sometime serve a long time before playing in the bands. They are not carrying rank and medals for just playing great music. Regards from London, Ontario, CANADA

@@philwilson Hello, happy to provide the information! Yes, Musicians have served in combat. But it's not very common. As I've stated they enlist as Musicians first then go through Military training. But, I'm sure there's been Musicians who've joined the Royal Corps of Army Music after enlisting. Musicians serve as Combat medics, stretcherbearers, and currently as chemical, biological, and nuclear decontamination units. Many Musicians have served in the Falklands and Afghanistan and many more deployments.

@@delvinrodriguez3341 Yes Delvin, thankyou for the further explanation. I knew that, but I was only trying to confirm what you were saying. There was a great documentary about service in the Guards bands. A lance sergeant enlisted to play in the band, he had 10 years regular service, before he became a band member.

@@philwilson No worries Sir! Many thanks! Apologies for the misunderstanding!

They indicate the different regiments. White plume is Grenadiers, Red plume is Coldstream, No plume is Scots, Blue plume is Irish and White and Green plume is the Welsh.

@@MrBaton74The Grenadiers have a red plume on left side a senior regiment being right of the line. The Coldstream have red also but on right side as second senior being left of the line. The Sots no plume as they would be centre of the line. The Irish Guards formed after Boar War & Welsh Guards during WW1.

The regiments of Foot Guards wear bearskins not buddies. Bearskins are a different shape to busbies.

That was meant to read busbies.

I believe he salutes the Flanders Fields Memorial, he can also be seen saluting the Guards Memorial at 36:55 on the return.

@@MrBaton74 I think you're right - never noticed before. TX

@@MrBaton74 I've had a look on Google Earth - that tallies. Just never noticed it before.

May relate to The Guards Chapel. WW2 there was heavy loss of life when a bomb hit during a service.