Great video! Well done to all to all who took part! Hope the weather is better next time! The marches played were, 1) 0:25-The Guards Chapel 2) 2:51-Birdcage Walk 3) 6:01-The March of the King's Men 4) 8:19-Bond of Friendship An additional point of interest: Note how most of the Woodwind section of the Massed Bands aren't playing their instruments. Flutes and Clarinets to be exact, this is due to (as the name suggests) the instruments in this section being made out of wood. Thus the name Woodwind. But, the Musicians have a little trick up their sleeves (Pun intended 😂). In case of inclement weather the Clarinetists will either tuck their Clarinets up their sleeves or under their arms. The flutist also have the same trick. The only instruments that is classified as a Woodwind and is usually still played in inclement weather is the Saxophone.

@bugler75

11 ай бұрын

Hi Delvin, I thought I was answering directly to you but I wasn’t. See the comment above😊 Ian

@Eurobouy

11 ай бұрын

Bassoon is woodwind and they were playing

@delvinrodriguez3341

11 ай бұрын

​@@EurobouyWell, yes I forgot to mention the Bassoon is still played. But, can one stick a Bassoon up their sleeve??? Or under ones arm??? Rather difficult to hide a Bassoon 😂.

@delvinrodriguez3341

11 ай бұрын

​@@bugler75​Hello Sir!! Hope you're doing well! As always happy to provide the info and marches! Also thanks for that bit of info about the Guards saluting the Battle Honours on the DMs Baldric. Best Regards, Delvin

@ritapitt8273

11 ай бұрын

​@@delvinrodriguez3341😅😅😅

Even raining they continue to be superb!!! Congratulations to these proud band!!!❤❤❤❤

The best of the best, second to none! No matter the weather, this is your profession and you certainly honour that, well done lads!!

The best in the world! Great hear the Northern Irish accent at the start from the DM.

@Princeton5

11 ай бұрын

It’s amazing to know we are included in the Foot Guards

@valerielewis853

11 ай бұрын

Senior Drum Major Gareth Chambers is from Northern Ireland my favourite D M❤

@j-larne

11 ай бұрын

@@valerielewis853 I wasn't sure of who the guy is but hearing an accent similar to mine is awesome.

@Princeton5

11 ай бұрын

@@valerielewis853 I knew it sounded familiar

@bugler75

11 ай бұрын

Isn’t it just! D/Maj Chambers was also Senior Drum Major at the Trooping of the Colour.

Great respect that you are marching off in this weather Habe grosse Achtung vor euch, Danke für das Video .Stay always safe ❤

Thankyou for this great video and music. Regards from London, Ontario, CANADA

Fantastic work, and dedication! I hope all those instruments made it through... fingers crossed for those drums and woodwinds :) Cheers, and thanks for getting wet to bring this to us!

Very sorry for all involved that the weather was so bad but great that it went ahead. I am there tonight and really looking forward to it.

very nice 😶👍 there's something indescribably wonderful about seeing this in the rain

Hi Delvin, thanks as ever👍🏼 You’re a well experienced man in the world of marching bands. You will also see the Guardsmen in Working Dress (Camouflage) saluting the Drum Majors as they pass. They are saluting the various Regiments’ Battle Honours embroidered onto the Baldrick (sash). I hope you’re well Sir! Ian

@hazel1605

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, that’s interesting, I never knew that. I assume the baldrik is the DM’s ‘sash’ ?

@bugler75

11 ай бұрын

@@hazel1605 Hi Hazel, You are correct 😊

@hazel1605

11 ай бұрын

Thank you ☺️

@ikeyhog

11 ай бұрын

......contd 'the 8.58 video in particular' imo 🤔

@hughbeeson8854

8 ай бұрын

God bless our armed forces, they can always be relied upon to portray splendidly what remains of our disciplines and proud traditions. Thank you.

There's nothing in the entire world like the British marching band.

Just watched again,really like the first tune, great video, pity about the weather. The pipers look grand too 😊

Excellent. Thank you

SPECTACULAR as always raining 🌧🌧 or not ❤❤💂💂🎷🎺🥁🎶

Thanks for going out in this weather to film this. Respect ! Ian

@supernutkin5122

11 ай бұрын

Yes, very well appreciated by all of us.

@militaryevents107

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!! It was absolutely horrid but worth it for the footage!

@BIA_ADRIAN_GAMES

2 ай бұрын

@@militaryevents107 what’s the name of the drum major to the left of chambers

@daviddumbraveanu589

Ай бұрын

​@@BIA_ADRIAN_GAMES The drum major to the left of Gareth Chambers MVO is Drum Major Stuart Laing

Mind you everybody looks great in there uniforms and the mrachie ang the music 🎵 just fabulous

Excellent comme toujours. Bravo et grand merci à l'armée britannique

A bit of rain on the finest fighting soldiers in the world ! These are REAL fighting and combat ready soldiers, not Disney characters that so many tourists (especially Americans) think they are.

Bellissima e gioiosa Banda Militare inglese....il oro passaggio per le vie di Londra crea una grande energia di Festa e allegria

At 10:35 and 12:56 you can see holes in the guards memorial which were caused by shrapnel from bombs dropped by the Germans in the blitz

Great. Video. Well. Done. ,

Perfect 👏😍

Boy that rain will play he'll on those drum heads.

Fantastic.

Crazy to go ahead - much discomfort to all and many of the woodwind instruments (most are personal items of these professional musicians) don't manage moisture and water ingress very well.

Well theres the little fella right in the middle 🎉😊

Brilliant ❤

Wonderful! ❤️

Rain doesn't stop these warrieors.

Always feel redundant as a Clarinet Player when you cannot play due to the weather ;( I hope that the weather is better tonight , however...

I just love how you Zoom in on the Symbols @ 5.01. Could there be an attachment I wonder??

We do much more than play our instuments in the rain, much , much more! Try us and see just what we can do! You will be suprised!!!

So, drum major Daniel Fairley is not going to appear anymore around this year and next? Or will he just not appear on the beating retreat or maybe.

@Reggie_91

11 ай бұрын

DM Daniel Fairley has only made a fw appearances from last year he even missed a few rehersals for the trooping. I would assume hes a busy man but seems he is stepping down from seniordrum major duties

Canada take note. All in step and no civilian out of shape players put in uniform. Political correct need not apply. Just great common sense.

Does anyone know why there are multiple trombonists dotted throughout the massed bands? Thanks

@Reggie_91

11 ай бұрын

They will likely be the base tromboneists

@supernutkin5122

11 ай бұрын

Yes, why indeed ? ..... maybe because once they split up on the parade ground, all the trombones will be together ?

@MilitaryBandsEverywhere

11 ай бұрын

The Massed Bands condense to ranks of 10 instead of the usual 20 to fit down Birdcage Walk. As most bands have between 5/6 trombones and on massed band engagements each band is only represented 4 across there are various spare trombonists. Due to numbers they are the used to fill in gaps around the massed bands for sickness, injury or other gaps.

@Peter-lm3ic

5 ай бұрын

Have always understood that the trombones 'dotted throughout' are bass trombones.

Why are some of the guards so short,, how do they keep up with such little legs!!

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The Household division the best in the world

Great video...but, as with so many of these type of videos absolutely no information as to what and where this event is.

Whats the occasion?

Don’t they have capes to protect the uniforms in the rain?

@Boogledigs

11 ай бұрын

They do, but I think they would get in the way of several types of musical instrument.

@delvinrodriguez3341

11 ай бұрын

They do have Capes for cases like these, but Capes as the person above me stated can be quite hindering for the Musicians. In fact the Royal Marines Band Service did away with them because Musicians didn't enjoy wearing them and they were hindering for the Musicians. The Guards Bands have worn Capes in the past, but it's not a regular occurrence. As they usually only wear them on the way to a Parade (for example Trooping the Colour), and then before starting they would take them off. Which if you think about it? It would add more time, and be a rather big logistical problem. As they would need Guardsmen to pick up the 225 Capes and place them into a vehicle. Hope this helps!

@davidwillmore1982

11 ай бұрын

@@delvinrodriguez3341 we managed with capes in the RAF when I was in!! Although I remember one case where the boss said no capes and half the band had to have new uniforms as they shrunk!!!

@delvinrodriguez3341

11 ай бұрын

@@davidwillmore1982 First, Thank you for you service Sir! That's very interesting to know, I've only seen the RAF Bands wear Capes twice. Wonder if what happened to the RMBS happened in the RAF as well?

@Peter-lm3ic

11 ай бұрын

Current uniforms I believe are Polyester so they do not shrink.

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Fourth rank from trombones in front rank, second cornet player near camera isn't playing at all, all the way through. He's a Sergeant so maybe he's not a cornet player but filling-in to make up the numbers ? In fact, he's not even pretending to play the instrument ..... How weird ? (Clearly seen at 5.52. for example ..... In fact, "Military Events" knew this and followed him on video for some time)

@Reggie_91

11 ай бұрын

I've seen him play before, not sure what's up could be an instrument or music issue with the rain

@militaryevents107

11 ай бұрын

It was raining a lot more than the camera picks up, perhaps he thought ‘A screw this i’m not playing in this weather’ 😂😂 Wouldn’t blame him if he did haha

@supernutkin5122

11 ай бұрын

@@militaryevents107 Thanks for your reply militaryevents107 but not really good enough if that was the reason. In fact, quite disgraceful if that was his attitude. What if all the musicians did that ?

@militaryevents107

11 ай бұрын

@@supernutkin5122 I doubt that was his reason, i’d probably suspect theres something wrong with his instrument or sheet music?

@supernutkin5122

11 ай бұрын

@@militaryevents107 Thanks. I know you're only making a suggestion. My take on this is that the non-cornet-playing Sergeant should have PRETENDED to play his instrument instead of clearly looking foolish, IMHO.

Massed bands of the foot guards regiments with pipes and drums Irish guards and London Scottish and others

Why are there 2 Welsh drum majors?

Aye, whos the Grenadier Guards drum major?

@Reggie_91

11 ай бұрын

DM Michael Beasley perhaps not 100% on that one

@supernutkin5122

11 ай бұрын

Don't know who he is but possibly the smartest D/M of them all on parade today.

@youtubeaccount5738

11 ай бұрын

@@supernutkin5122 Not as smart as the S.Drum Major.

@delvinrodriguez3341

11 ай бұрын

@Reggie_91 is correct he's DM M. Beasley the new Battalion Drum Major for the 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards, replacing DM K. Rodda.

@youtubeaccount5738

11 ай бұрын

@@delvinrodriguez3341 What happened to Rodda? I liked that guy, impressive Right and left wheel drill. :(

Time to get rid of woodwind and make all bands brass. 😊😉

@clivehughes2179

11 ай бұрын

absolutely not - would spoil the sound unigue to wind bands

@natcrick

11 ай бұрын

Spoil?

@Peter-lm3ic

3 ай бұрын

Rubbish!

dont think so !!

Should have cancelled it due to the weather. I know they would be wearing their second Tunics but, they will still be ruined.

No ...

Wonderful once again and the added info from @bugler75 is really interesting and a little insight