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The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and Coldstream Guards Embark on US Tour As part of their U.S. tour, the Band of the Pipes, Drums and Highland Dancers of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Grenadier Guards and the Coldstream Guards will stage a full military tattoo at two New Jersey venues on Saturday, January 19, 2008.
To view the entire US tour, click here. The 80-strong company of musicians and dancers will bring their thrilling concert of Scottish, Irish and other Celtic music to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJ-PAC) in Newark for an evening concert at 8:00 PM. In addition, a matinee performance will be presented at the McCarter Theater in Princeton at 2:00 PM. Members of the Clan Currie Society will be attending the NJ-PAC concert. Clan Currie president, Robert Currie has been given the honor of "taking the salute" from Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Drum Major Daniel Brown.
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards are Scotland's senior regiment and only regular cavalry regiment. The Regiment was formed in 1971 from the amalgamation of the 3rd Carabiniers (whom were themselves the result of the amalgamation of the 6th Dragoon Guards' the Carabiniers and the 3rd the Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards' in 1922) and The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons). The history of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards is therefore the record of three ancient regiments. Through The Royal Scots Greys, whose predecessors were raised by King Charles II in 1678 the Regiment can claim to be the oldest surviving Cavalry of the Line in The British Army.
The Pipes and Drums The Pipes and Drums of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards have their origin in the small pipe band that came to The Royal Scots Greys in 1946 as a result of demobilization of certain Scottish Territorial Armored Corps units. This was The Scots Greys` first official pipes and drums. Although prior to this time there had been smaller and quite unofficial pipe bands in The Regiment, including one in India in the 1920`s which performed mounted. The late King George VI took a great interest in The Pipes and Drums of The Royal Scots Greys and personally designed much of their uniform. It was King George VI who granted The Pipes and Drums the privilege of wearing the Royal Stuart tartan.
The Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards The regiment was formed in 1650 by George Monck, a General in Oliver Cromwell’s “New Model Army” and can therefore claim to be one of the oldest regiments in the world. In 1661, shortly after the restoration of the monarchy, they were re-commissioned by King Charles II as household Troops and from the town of Coldstream, which lies just inside Scotland near Berwick-Upon-Tweed where it was first formed. From the earliest days the Regiment had drummers and a “Band of Music” from 1742. The Band of the Coldstream Guards has now been in existence for over 200 years of continuous military service, which make it one of the oldest Military Bands in the world.
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