"Just INCREDIBLE" March to Horse Guards Parade: Military Musical Spectacular 2023

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  • "INCREDIBLE" March to Horse Guards Parade: Military Musical Spectacular 2023

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  • @delvinrodriguez3341
    @delvinrodriguez3341 Před 11 měsíci +86

    Fantastic video!
    The marches played were,
    1) 4:22-The Guards Chapel
    2) 6:50-Birdcage Walk
    3) 10:01-The March of the King's Men
    4) 12:19-Bond of Friendship
    5) 16:38-The King's Guard

    • @AJKCChannel
      @AJKCChannel  Před 11 měsíci +13

      Thanks as always for the info. Much appreciated

    • @delvinrodriguez3341
      @delvinrodriguez3341 Před 11 měsíci +7

      @@AJKCChannel You're most welcome! It's my pleasure!

    • @hazel1605
      @hazel1605 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Thank you once more! 😆😊

    • @anitapike4592
      @anitapike4592 Před 11 měsíci +5

      Well done Delvin 👏👏

    • @BestANT832
      @BestANT832 Před 11 měsíci +5

      Believe me the Birdcage walk is my favorite march if it's being played by the household division or the Royal Marines Massed Bands.

  • @Jossianne19130
    @Jossianne19130 Před 11 měsíci +86

    From USA, my respect for that incredible performance!!! You all should be very proud of them. Thank you for sharing with the world!!!❤

    • @DE-xt7jv
      @DE-xt7jv Před 11 měsíci +7

      And they are fighting fit soldier. No one does it better.

    • @roosjes944
      @roosjes944 Před 11 měsíci

      @@DE-xt7jvin a country to colonialism, they have nothing to do there
      Only landgrab for multinationals
      You are awfull , evil and bad very bad , hell is waiting

    • @kevinheaton9213
      @kevinheaton9213 Před 11 měsíci +9

      thank you freind for your superb comment on our great armed forces band may our nations for ever be close friends regards kevin 😊

    • @wolfhalupka8992
      @wolfhalupka8992 Před 7 měsíci +3

      oh we are- and best thing, they are real soldiers, not just fit for ceremonial duties, but ready to kick ass if required.

    • @luilu9233
      @luilu9233 Před 3 měsíci

      Guod bless them is a donation base give generously I he they're looked after by accountants.

  • @user-zq4zi3dy3c
    @user-zq4zi3dy3c Před měsícem +4

    Incredible music! I love the precision of the marching combined with the music. Especially the Birdcage Walk march.

  • @deniserobertson7942
    @deniserobertson7942 Před 11 měsíci +37

    We are So Very Proud of Them. It is Great to be British. God Bless The King.

    • @roosjes944
      @roosjes944 Před 11 měsíci +1

      You payed the tax for it
      Enjoy also for your “great”” idol

  • @iancockburn9918
    @iancockburn9918 Před měsícem +4

    British military have to be the best in the world. Brilliant.

  • @taffyupnorth
    @taffyupnorth Před 10 měsíci +25

    British Army Bands, best in the World. Was proud to march behind them.

    • @user-gr2uv7vd8e
      @user-gr2uv7vd8e Před měsícem

      Nah mate....Royal Marines Band are the best....by a long ,long, long way.

  • @philwilson
    @philwilson Před 11 měsíci +23

    Yes, incredible! Thankyou for this great video and music. Pro Patria! Regards from London, Ontario, CANADA

  • @jacquelinebarnett3439
    @jacquelinebarnett3439 Před 11 měsíci +56

    Wonderful, I am so very proud to be British 🇬🇧

    • @lewissmith3896
      @lewissmith3896 Před 11 měsíci +7

      Me too Jacqueline.

    • @wendylinton453
      @wendylinton453 Před 11 měsíci +3

      ​@@lewissmith3896Me too👍🇬🇧

    • @jajoh6473
      @jajoh6473 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Wish I could say that!!

    • @mariannelindstrom5418
      @mariannelindstrom5418 Před 11 měsíci +6

      I am SOOOO PROUD for ALL you Brits!!!! MY COUNTRY used to be SOOO proud ALSO, to be..... Americans..May God give us the grace and wisdom to WAKE UP!!! Thank you England!!;!;

    • @robbymitchell805
      @robbymitchell805 Před 11 měsíci +5

      @jacquelinebarnett I'm not surprised, no-one does pomp and ceremony like the Brits. The marching musicians (how do they do that?) the history and the magical horses. As an Aussie I love every minute of it. Just beautiful. ❤🇬🇧🇦🇺

  • @deborahfulbright166
    @deborahfulbright166 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Excellent video

  • @georgemitchell2778
    @georgemitchell2778 Před 11 měsíci +19

    I’m a Scot who is proud to be British

  • @jajoh6473
    @jajoh6473 Před 11 měsíci +8

    This is really amazing ! Typical English!! BRAVO !!! Loved it!!

  • @frankneeri8315
    @frankneeri8315 Před 11 měsíci +13

    You define pageantry. Thank you.

  • @kevinheaton9213
    @kevinheaton9213 Před 11 měsíci +30

    Makes me feel so proud of our superb armed forces and our great country, for what we stand for regards, kevin 😊❤

  • @markescartin1915
    @markescartin1915 Před 11 měsíci +23

    This is an incredibly important exercise to remind ALL Brits That Great Britan is a nation founded on tradition, espirit de corps AND discipline!

    • @ericlackford6718
      @ericlackford6718 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Yes, and not to be divided by politicians for their own greedy purposes or given away to those who would destroy us!

  • @josemoreno3334
    @josemoreno3334 Před 10 měsíci +11

    Outstanding video, Great sound.😄🎶. Hello from Buckeye, Arizona, USA.

  • @hazel1605
    @hazel1605 Před 11 měsíci +27

    So glad to be able to see this beautiful parade, thank you 😊

  • @chriskelly4894
    @chriskelly4894 Před 11 měsíci +15

    To paraphrase a famous song ‘Nobody does it better!’

    • @BestANT832
      @BestANT832 Před 10 měsíci

      *HM Royal Marines Massed bands joined the chat*
      *Russia joins the chat*
      *China joins the chat*
      *Denmark joins the chat*
      Too bad Chris, not anymore

  • @marthafranklin3317
    @marthafranklin3317 Před 11 měsíci +22

    Great video. Fantastic job by the band!

  • @pjmn55
    @pjmn55 Před 11 měsíci +17

    I watched them march from outside the barracks to Horse Guards Parade and then took my seat for the show. No better evening to be had in London in the summer for the 3 nights it is on.

  • @judyc9380
    @judyc9380 Před 11 měsíci +27

    Wonderful! YOU SHOULD be so proud of your coun9trymen. Skill, rehearsals till perfect, spit and polish. It must be so thrilling to hear them, see them entering the parade grounds. Wish I was there.!

  • @exploreraa983
    @exploreraa983 Před 11 měsíci +56

    WOW! The precision the music played is astounding. Every note is marked well! Such clean, unmuddied sound for a marching band of that size.

    • @tomcollins2036
      @tomcollins2036 Před 11 měsíci +3

      I agree fully but they are not really a Marching Band. They march superbly and are a band of great musicians but do so with great style, panache and pride without any gimmicks.
      I couldn't help but use my table as a drum and my arthritic old fingers as drumsticks beating out the time!

    • @tacfoley4443
      @tacfoley4443 Před 6 měsíci

      Marching bands are generally a bunch of civilians sauntering around playing a variety of tunes, often at the same time, whilst wearing 'uniforms' more suited to the Ruritanian balloon corps. Mr Collins has the right answer here.

  • @beateengelhardt8064
    @beateengelhardt8064 Před 10 měsíci +13

    Wonderful 😊 Ausgeglichenheit, Disziplin, Ruhe, Sicherheit und Selbstsicherheit strahlt dieses Bild aus ohne dass es überheblich wirkt. Das + Freundlichkeit habe ich bei meiner Reise nach GB auch bei allen Briten gespürt und erfahren. Davon könnten wir uns alle eine Scheibe abgucken und lernen. Großartig. Ich liebe euch Briten❤😊

  • @nigelmorgan3449
    @nigelmorgan3449 Před 11 měsíci +11

    My grandparents were both Londoners and they loved the pipes and bands when they migrated to WA they lived in the hills above Perth and this is what they played on the stereo turned up loud I could here it in the orchard

  • @AnnofWales21
    @AnnofWales21 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Fantastic video, good clear focus and amazing sound quality makes it thoroughly enjoyable. Of course the subject matter has much to with that but without the video we from afar would miss it all so thank you very much for posting it🥰

  • @luilu9233
    @luilu9233 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I m born in Australia of welsh parts and my spirit soars and i cry my eyes out to bagpipes never let this sound go out of your my country

  • @klewis5801AZ
    @klewis5801AZ Před 11 měsíci +11

    thank you Roy for your response.... I learned something ... your message is a "keeper" thanks again for your effort. klewis AZ USA always learning

    • @roywiddowson9337
      @roywiddowson9337 Před 11 měsíci +2

      You're welcome.Another way to identify Guards regiments if not wearing bearskins is the button groupings.Grenadiers;single buttons,Coldstream;buttons in twos,Scots;threes,Irish;in fours,Welsh;in fives.

    • @klewis5801AZ
      @klewis5801AZ Před 11 měsíci

      @@roywiddowson9337 I 'lost' the previous explanations of the different colors on the bearskins.. sorry could you please repeat?

    • @roywiddowson9337
      @roywiddowson9337 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@klewis5801AZ Grenadier Guards;white plume,Coldstream Guards;red plume,Scots Guards;no plume,Irish Guards;blue plume,Welsh Guards;white and green plume.

  • @susankromer4430
    @susankromer4430 Před 11 měsíci +30

    They are absolutely wonderful. God bless every single one of them! They’re the best!

  • @kenUK762
    @kenUK762 Před 11 měsíci +17

    Nicely filmed, m8. Well done. 👍

  • @williamcanfield2889
    @williamcanfield2889 Před 9 měsíci +6

    May there always be an England!

  • @Paulchen7223
    @Paulchen7223 Před 10 měsíci +5

    ICH ZOLLE EUCH STREITKRÄFTEN und EUREN LIEBEN TIERSEELEN MEINEN. ALLERHÖCHSTEN. RESPEKT❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤GOD BLESS ALL SOLDIERS AND ANIMALS, AMEN 😢😢😢👋👋👋👋🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

  • @senianns9522
    @senianns9522 Před 11 měsíci +8

    Wow! All together at the first off! All on cue--simply brilliant! Greetings from Thailand.

  • @rosaliegolding5549
    @rosaliegolding5549 Před 11 měsíci +9

    All the beautiful white stone buildings are made of Portland Stone from the Isle of Portland in the county of Dorset South West Coast of England 5 miles from the seaside Town of Weymouth sandy beaches , donkey rides ,afternoon with Punch and his wife ,and a great Promenade for walks with a Pier and is a Spa town with a Fort 10 min walk from centre of the town . Wonderful day for Marching 👏👍🤷‍♀️

  • @luilu9233
    @luilu9233 Před 3 měsíci +3

    BRilliant musicians and soldiers

  • @Boogledigs
    @Boogledigs Před 10 měsíci +13

    A magnificent performance. They play instruments beautifully, mark time, march, and one even does this wearing a sword on his belt! Incredible.

  • @1912fld
    @1912fld Před 10 měsíci +8

    There is nothing better than a massed band playing march after march. I could listen all day to this massed band. They played two of my favorites: Birdcage Walk and Bond of Friendship. Thanks for the wonderful footage.

  • @luilu9233
    @luilu9233 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Love love love feell like skipping and dancing down the srreet like i was in a musical movie oh may they never stop

  • @shafur3
    @shafur3 Před 11 měsíci +6

    This is Great❣️

  • @pamelawhite3709
    @pamelawhite3709 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Fantastic video makes me so very proud to be British I just love the music well done we are so proud of you ❤❤😊xxx

  • @ShrekLorrain
    @ShrekLorrain Před 11 měsíci +9

    British the best. Just superb and perfect.

  • @gerardyoung8982
    @gerardyoung8982 Před 11 měsíci +47

    The only thing that works still in the UK / the military despite being too small and underfunded and run by accountants not by real men of the military - bloody marvelous show by the bandsmen but a bloody shame that the military doesn’t get what it needs and deserves

    • @v.britton4445
      @v.britton4445 Před 10 měsíci +2

      The ballet is equally fantastic.
      They have a lot in common.
      Perfection and self sacrifice , beauty and spectacle to stir the soul...and music.

    • @gavinpatience8897
      @gavinpatience8897 Před 9 měsíci

      @@v.britton4445😅

    • @a-totally-random-person
      @a-totally-random-person Před 4 měsíci

      You should move to America. Here, the military doesn't care about accounting. They want something, they get it, and we pay for it.

    • @grahamfrear9270
      @grahamfrear9270 Před 21 dnem

      Just stop pulling your country down and be thankful you live in such a wonderful country like this 🇬🇧💯

  • @peterberry5442
    @peterberry5442 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Superb

  • @jacobkeppler1984
    @jacobkeppler1984 Před 11 měsíci +11

    The foot guards regiments bands fall in

  • @welshwizard55
    @welshwizard55 Před 10 měsíci +9

    Still gives me goose bumps listening to this marching music as a veteran

  • @keithbuckley3220
    @keithbuckley3220 Před 11 měsíci +24

    After a bit of farting about and the police horse showing its approval / disapproval they got themselves into the mood and showed us why they are such an EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS, who can do it all at any time, any day, and on the move when required. They are totally fixed on producing only the best for anyone who want's to stop and listen. Well done all!

    • @DE-xt7jv
      @DE-xt7jv Před 11 měsíci +3

      Do you mean waiting for all to file out of the barracks and get their instruments ready

    • @kenUK762
      @kenUK762 Před 10 měsíci +3

      ​@@DE-xt7jvThis video shows the march to HorseGuards Parade from Wellington Barracks. They form up on the road outside the barracks as is traditional. It's not part of the official ceremony on Horse Guards Parade , it's just a handy way of getting the bands from A to B whilst providing some music for anyone who happens to be watching on the route to the ceremony.

    • @rachaelstanton5789
      @rachaelstanton5789 Před 10 měsíci +3

      That farting about as you put it was them coming down from the barracks to muster ready for the March! How else do you think they'd manage it ? By teleportation,? until you can do the same excellent job please keep your observations to yourself, and just enjoy this marvellous achievement, I'm an army brat, daughter of a Regimental Sergeant Major , this thrills me to the core, these young people are keeping up an old tradition that has served us well for centuries, long may this great country survive, GOD BLESS ALL WHO SERVE.

    • @kenUK762
      @kenUK762 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@rachaelstanton5789 Well said. 👍

    • @rachaelstanton5789
      @rachaelstanton5789 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@kenUK762 thank you Sir, my father was 8th army RAMC, he served with pride, In the second world war he was in north Africa at Tripoli, Benghazi and El Alamein, then into Italy to Monte Casino, he's gone now many years ago, but he'll always be my hero.

  • @ralphrife9235
    @ralphrife9235 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Terrific!!

  • @luilu9233
    @luilu9233 Před 3 měsíci +1

    My heart has swolld

  • @christinadooley344
    @christinadooley344 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Brilliant 👍🏼👌🏼🇬🇧

  • @danielmendez6085
    @danielmendez6085 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thanks a lot

  • @stephenbatchelor6217
    @stephenbatchelor6217 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Outstanding display.

  • @roseogrady8785
    @roseogrady8785 Před 11 měsíci +3

    That's a WOW.

  • @user-qb3ig1qg1s
    @user-qb3ig1qg1s Před 10 měsíci +2

    Always wonderful to watch.

  • @danielmendez6085
    @danielmendez6085 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thank you so much 💓

  • @sarahbass6116
    @sarahbass6116 Před 11 měsíci +3

    No body does it better.

  • @sergiobortolotti8870
    @sergiobortolotti8870 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Civilizacion y Cultura, Fabuloso! Excelente!

  • @janeanderson8902
    @janeanderson8902 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Wonderful.❤

  • @barryherbaut286
    @barryherbaut286 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Been there, joined up 1958 3rd Battalion Cold Stream Guards. 3rd Battalion disbanded circa 1959/60. Now in my mid 80's. The Army has never left me.

  • @ChristianMetalHorde
    @ChristianMetalHorde Před 11 měsíci +3

    Wonderful, greetings from the Netherlands

  • @marianadimen7332
    @marianadimen7332 Před 11 měsíci +3

    EXCEPTIONAL!!!MINUNATA MUZICA SE FANFARA!!!

  • @CplCaptGenlWhiskers
    @CplCaptGenlWhiskers Před 10 měsíci +1

    i love this view of a bunch of ordinary guys and gals forming up for a parade. Real life.

  • @nikt.7943
    @nikt.7943 Před 10 měsíci +2

    e
    Einfach nur Großartig, Danke. 🙂

  • @ObelixBarbatus
    @ObelixBarbatus Před 10 měsíci +1

    Love this! The music, the discipline. Fantastic!

  • @melroz20102011
    @melroz20102011 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Beautiful horse

  • @user-ku9bp9bl8o
    @user-ku9bp9bl8o Před 11 měsíci +20

    Viv La difference from the rest of the world. A nation to be proud of 🇬🇧

  • @1chish
    @1chish Před 11 měsíci +9

    Superb musicians and excellent drill especially during the Beating Retreat pieces. Well done the Guards.
    But anyone else notice a lady on the opposite pavement in line with the Drum Majors from about 06.50 when the first change of tune took place. She had a burgundy cloak thing on and was stepping out in perfect time. I wonder if she was ex military as she did a check step to get in step and just got caught up in the moment.
    I hope so and hope she has great memories if she did serve.

    • @rachaelstanton5789
      @rachaelstanton5789 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I saw this lady also, she was stepping out with military precision, I think you were right in your supposition that she had served herself !!

  • @jacobkeppler1984
    @jacobkeppler1984 Před 11 měsíci +13

    With pipes and drums Irish guards London Scottish army cadets force

  • @simon-oy6um
    @simon-oy6um Před 11 měsíci +2

    That police horse just showed its apreciation 😂❤

  • @marinakreplik9712
    @marinakreplik9712 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Это просто сказка ! Как красиво идут ! Музыка обалденная !😊😅❤

  • @Kloostertenk
    @Kloostertenk Před 10 měsíci +2

    Mooie parade en met mooie muziek

  • @Dutchman536
    @Dutchman536 Před 10 měsíci +1

    It's magic

  • @mariajosemedina1026
    @mariajosemedina1026 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Desde España enhorabuena por tan magnífico desfile 😊😊😊

  • @neilwillis9113
    @neilwillis9113 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Hell of alittle stroll to work😊❤

  • @blancahumphrey532
    @blancahumphrey532 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Wish I was there.🌺

  • @user-by6yh3yt6c
    @user-by6yh3yt6c Před 8 měsíci +1

    Having served in a combat unit for 12 years,it that discipline ,that our society lacks,everything has to be excellent if a.job needs doing in our armed forces,or its not acceptable.well.done lads,great performance.

  • @paulinedixon3490
    @paulinedixon3490 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Fantastic parade. ❤

  • @dioshif
    @dioshif Před 11 měsíci +3

    Watching lods

  • @klewis5801AZ
    @klewis5801AZ Před 11 měsíci +8

    great video .. good to see the start -- the prearations.... what are the meanings of the different colors in the bearskin caps?

    • @stewartbristow846
      @stewartbristow846 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Different regiments.

    • @roywiddowson9337
      @roywiddowson9337 Před 11 měsíci +4

      White plumes;Grenadier Guards,red plumes;Coldstream Guards,blue plumes;Irish Guards,green and white;Welsh Guards.The Scots Guards don't have plumes but can be identified by buttons in groups of threes.

  • @jacobkeppler1984
    @jacobkeppler1984 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Drum majors in state dress

  • @Rumbletummy117
    @Rumbletummy117 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Is this still the Orb & the Sceptre? I thought that was at 7.30 in the evening.

  • @malcolmpym507
    @malcolmpym507 Před 11 měsíci +2

    PROUD TO BE BRITISH who can match that. spectacle ??????

  • @nigelcuthbertson701
    @nigelcuthbertson701 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Excellent shot of the police horse taking a dump, but why leave it in the final edit? !!

  • @timkellyD2R
    @timkellyD2R Před 9 měsíci

    You must be a stud to play the tuba with this kind of mobility!

  • @johnveenendaal1748
    @johnveenendaal1748 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Nice video. Is it normal dat a drum major hold his baton down on the crown?

  • @rhh3582
    @rhh3582 Před 11 měsíci +3

    loved the music but I was fascinated by the elderly white hair woman dressed in dark red and pink outfit on the sidewalk side of the street who kept in step with the band members until they made the turn at the intersection of the street - fascinating and humorous.

  • @klewis5801AZ
    @klewis5801AZ Před 11 měsíci

    thank you -- info now a "keeper" for future reference. I take it your were in service? be safe

  • @mikebarnes7734
    @mikebarnes7734 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Sic transit gloria mundi

  • @markanthony3479
    @markanthony3479 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Absolutely wonderful 🇬🇧 such a shame our country is being destroyed by the traitor politicians! 😢🤬

  • @user-si5xu2hd2r
    @user-si5xu2hd2r Před 5 měsíci +1

    People take the piss out of brits for adhering to tradition but nobody boes it better than us snd its because we train train and train some moe and adhere to tradition and this is whst you achieve so very proud and fortunate to be a brit

  • @Robinmuk
    @Robinmuk Před 5 dny

    You need a proper fluffy 'mole' or mic shield on your microphone against the wind, or it'll cut all the bass out. Great video, really enjoyed it, need the SOUND :-)

  • @jimmyhillschin9987
    @jimmyhillschin9987 Před 11 měsíci +3

    This sounds a lot more musical than I'm used to hearing from British military bands: not better, but freer in terms of how they're approaching the music. It's refreshing certainly. I wonder if this has something to do with Charles III and his interest in music which QEII didn't have so much.

    • @rachaelstanton5789
      @rachaelstanton5789 Před 10 měsíci +2

      I don't know which military bands you've been listening to but military marches are always tuneful , unless it is a solemn occasion as at a Royal funeral or commemoration of our forces losses, they are all spectacular and they make this nation proud, I'm 77, was born a military brat as the saying goes daughter of a regimental sergeant major 8th army RAMC and so very proud to be so , God Bless all who serve 🙏

    • @jimmyhillschin9987
      @jimmyhillschin9987 Před 9 měsíci

      You've missed my point.@@rachaelstanton5789

  • @welshpete12
    @welshpete12 Před 10 měsíci

    Notice the medal ribbands ? These are real soldiers who have fought real wars .

  • @masterbrick6282
    @masterbrick6282 Před 10 měsíci

    What is the name of that march at 5:28

  • @terenceballands3321
    @terenceballands3321 Před 11 měsíci

    😁👌❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @mipamat5804
    @mipamat5804 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Anybody notice, in the opening six seconds, the two Directors Of Music (DoM's) for the Welsh and Grenadier Guards stepping off on their way to the parade, where they would conduct the bands during the Band static presentations.

  • @yvettedelaharpe9170
    @yvettedelaharpe9170 Před 11 měsíci

    How Many soldiers were mar ching in this fantastic band.?

  • @jamespoppinga8154
    @jamespoppinga8154 Před 11 měsíci +1

    They need a mummers out front.

  • @bernardprice8551
    @bernardprice8551 Před 10 měsíci +2

    They are nearly as good as the Royal Marines Band..😂

  • @HansJurgen-uj6fr
    @HansJurgen-uj6fr Před 10 měsíci

    😊😅😅😅😊

  • @gbr2565
    @gbr2565 Před měsícem

    9:57

  • @NeilGroepes
    @NeilGroepes Před 9 měsíci

    Why did the Drum Major salute at the beginning of the march?

    • @e.chambers2973
      @e.chambers2973 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Most likely, Gareth Chambers, senior drum major and member of the Irish Guards, was acknowledging one of Britain's and his regiment's towering military figures, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, for whom there is a memorial, visible from Birdcage Walk and located next to the entry to the Guards' Chapel, Wellington Barracks. Alexander was an outstanding British field commander and a top allied general of WWII who also served with distinction in WWI. He was Colonel of the Irish Guards (1946-49) and was commissioned into the regiment in 1911 from Sandhurst. Next to Alexander's statue, there is also a Belgian architect-designed Flanders Fields Memorial Garden, a gift from Flanders that incorporates soil from many military cemeteries and battlefields. Dedicated to the participants in the Great War, the memorial was opened in 2014 by Queen Elizabeth II and King Philippe of the Belgians. Possibly the salute also acknowledged this memorial.

    • @NeilGroepes
      @NeilGroepes Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@e.chambers2973 Thank you for that.

  • @paulj.ingram2839
    @paulj.ingram2839 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I’ll bet there’s 76 trombones.