Beating Retreat on Horse Guards Parade 2014 | The Bands of HM Royal Marines

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collingwood and i would like to hand over to charles who will now guide you through the first part of the ceremony which is not normally seen by the general public thank you colonel nick and welcome to wellington barracks where the masked bands are getting ready for their performance while the guard of honor from m company 4-2 commando royal marines prepare to receive their regimental color having been moved from their permanent base in plymouth the regimental color has been temporarily accommodated in the office's mess of wellington barracks the colour party consists of the officer for the color and two escorts the officer is usually a junior officer who will carry the color and the two escorts are senior color sergeants they will march either side of the officer who is carrying the color as protection the colour party are now outside the officer's mess ready to receive the colour the colour is brought out of the mess by the drum major of the band who will hand it over to the officer of the colour party this carefully choreographed routine is done each time the colour is taken out for ceremonial occasions at the end of the parade this whole evolution is performed in reverse to return the colour to the officer's mess for safe keeping the queens and the regimental colors are held by royal marines units the queen's color is the symbol of the sovereign and the country whereas the regimental color is the emblem of the soul of the regiment for today's event it will be the regimental color of four two commando royal marines that will be carried on the parade throughout history unit colors were very important especially during the heat of the battle troops would need to know who they should follow and where they should be nowadays this whole ceremony is one of symbolic trust and reverence protected by a guard of 96 ranks the color along with the guard and the mast bands are now ready to make their way from wellington barracks along bird cage walk towards horse guards parade where the final preparations are being made for their arrival displays of this magnitude can only achieve success through careful preparation and i would like to thank our colleagues from both america and the netherlands for working so hard to achieve this as members of the corps prepare to welcome the colour and the mass bands to horse guards parade i will say goodbye and hand you back to charles for the rest of this unique event as ten royal marines march out onto the parade their job is to mark out the area within which the mast bands will be performing the ceremony of beating retreat the actual origin of this ceremony is a little obscure but there's no doubt that it was one of the earliest to be instituted into the armed forces one of the first references made to such a ceremony which was then called watch setting is in the rules of ordinances for the war dated 1554 it appears that the original call was beaten by drums alone and that it was some years before fives were introduced the bugle came at a later date still and the present ceremony of having a band paraded is an innovation introduced during the 20th century which is purely as a spectacle retreat was the name given to the beating of drums carried out under the leadership of the drum major or later the bugle major which took place at the end of the day it was the sound that ordered troops to cease fire and to retire to their camp as well as warning the centuries to stand guard until next morning when ravalli was sounded the various drum beatings known as retreat beatings together with the sounding of sunset are at the core of the major ceremony now known as beating retreat thirty members of the corps of drums now march out from horse guards onto the parade playing drum solos erskine bray and sterling castle to begin proceedings [Music] [Music] uh led by the core bugle major warrant officer one aj piner the buglers now announced the pending arrival of the mast bands with a bugle fanfare timeless distinction [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] now [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] this is followed by announcing the arrival of the guard and band on their bugles with guard call band call and the fall [Music] in [Music] [Music] the guard and royal marines masked bands march onto the parade playing the regimental march past of the royal marine commandos sari murray [Music] so [Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] oh hurt shoulder oh so uh [Applause] oh [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] her majesty the queen and the duke of edinburgh are greeted by the defense secretary philip hammond who will in turn introduce the first sea lord admiral sir george zambellas and the three commandant generals of the british american and dutch marine corps that will be performing on the parade so hey bob hello the guard of honor will now retire to the rear of the parade and take up their position in front of the guards memorial at this point her majesty the queen will have taken her seat in wellington's office which is in horse guards and the office overlooks the parade from where she will watch the whole ceremony unfold the mast bands are formed from all five royal marines bands portsmouth plymouth collingwood the commando training center royal marines and the scotland band they are led by the core drum major warrant officer one wiggy whitwam mbe who has devised all the movements of the bands for the display and this will be his final time in front of the bands as he leaves the royal marines band service after 34 years the fanfare team of 14 royal marine trumpeters now march forward to take up their position for the opening fanfare that will welcome the captain general onto the deus from where he will watch the ceremony and eventually take the salute at the end of the parade as the clock strikes the principal director of music royal marines lieutenant colonel nick grace obe now takes up the baton to begin the opening fanfare esprit de call [Music] hello [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] bye [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] [Applause] so [Music] so the first display begins with the bugle march by former royal marines band master sid rose patera by sea by land the motto of the royal marines [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] the regimental slow march of the royal marines priya prajensky is now played as a troop towards the saluting deus and was first introduced and performed as the regimental slow march at the tur centenary beating retreat in 1964. [Music] so a brand new march for the 350th anniversary of the royal marines commando spirit by former core band master michael mcdonald [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] so the mast bands of her majesty's royal marines have now been joined on the parade by the marine band from the united states marine second division and the marine band of the royal netherlands navy who will now continue with their individual performance starting with the march to victory [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so under the direction of their director of music major peter klein shows and featuring their amazing trumpeters they continue with salamanca [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] led by their drum major ed ustrum they complete this section with the march mars de medici [Music] my [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you united states marine band of the marine second division now take over to the tune carolina in the mall [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] so in their unique style of marching one of john phillip souza's best known marches the stars and stripes forever [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] no [Music] okay [Music] so [Music] [Music] now [Music] yes [Music] so [Music] their drum major gunnery sergeant andrew cox hands over to the director of music chief warrant officer 2 jack davis for their musical feature escorpion [Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] man [Music] [Music] [Applause] wow [Music] they complete their routine and return to the rear of the parade playing their signature tune the marines him [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] royal marines corps of drums now move forward to the tune british grenadiers which precedes the playing of the traditional divisional calls of the original royal marine divisions chatham portsmouth and plymouth this is followed by the band and bugle fanfare kikira [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh [Applause] [Music] so [Music] we have now arrived at the centerpiece of the whole ceremony the beating of the retreat by the core of drums the slow-beating stone house is followed by the highly impressive sound and movements of royal oak [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] after that stunning display the band now plays the dramatic piece invincible to accompany impressive drill movements by the core of drums so oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] ah [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] appropriately playing hands across the sea played by all three marine bands the royal marines corps of drums are now joined by the drummers from the dutch and the united states marine bands for a unique tri-marine drum display called globe and anchor this unique drum routine cleverly combines the three differing styles of drumming associated with the three marine cores [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] this new slow march written by michael mcdermott is dedicated to the captain general and is appropriately called the prince philip duke of edinburgh drawing on references from the royal marines and his life in the royal navy [Music] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] um [Music] [Music] so richard waters stirring quick march top marlow brings the tri-marine mast bands together [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] do [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Applause] me [Music] me [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] they continue now with a march written by warrant officer band master johnny morris dedicated to the new royal navy aircraft carrier hms queen elizabeth [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] the principal director of music royal marines lieutenant colonel nick grace who is also the senior military musician in the country returns to the rostrum to conduct the finale of the royal marines 350th anniversary beating retreat [Music] oh as the god of honor complete their dressing the masked bands will play a new version of the naval hymn eternal father followed by the playing of sunset and completed with the tune by land and sea written by martin ellerbe it is aptly called an eternal sunset by land and sea [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] wow um [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Applause] a celebratory [Music] the guard of honor led by the officer commanding of m company major simon dean are now prepared for a celebratory ripple of fire [Music] [Applause] [Music] up officers [Applause] [Music] [Applause] venice the principal director of music now moves forward saluting the color as he passes it and then reports to the captain general asking permission to play the national anthems and to march the garden bands off the parade you're all harnessed that completes ceremonial beach and retreat by the mass bands of her majesty's royal marines the marine band from the royal netherlands navy and the united states marine second division band please may i have your permission to play the national anthems and march the guard and the mass bands off the parade thank you very much first [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] up [Music] [Music] so [Applause] [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] oh division [Music] for the royal navy march past heart of oak the guard of honor and fanfare team moved to the rear of the bands to enable them to prepare for the march past [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] so so [Music] i [Music] [Applause] [Music] so music now moves seamlessly into the regimental march pass to the royal marine commandos sari murray [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] regimental march of the royal netherlands marine corps [Music] [Music] march past of the united states marine corps semper fidelis [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] bye [Music] so the unmistakable and iconic regimental march of her majesty's royal marines a life on the ocean wave [Music] [Applause] so [Music] so [Music] so [Music] under the darkening sky the tri-marine masked bands and the guard of honor reformed to the tune soldiers of the sea and marched down the mall back to wellington barracks [Music] [Music] i do hope you have enjoyed this very special and unique event celebrating 350 years of the royal marines [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] you

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