Running Order & Music List

*As of 18 January

18:45 - Preshow
Estes Park Village Band - seated | static
19:25 - VIP Arrival
Masssed Band to be ready
​19:30 - Opening - Massed Bands
Fanfare: TBD
US National Anthem
Armed Forces Medley
19:35 - Combined 3rd MAW Band and Pipes & Drums
Skye Boat Song
19:45 - Pipes & Drums Set 1 and Dancers
Crowd Favourites TBD
​19:55 - Fort Riley Band
TBD
20:05 - United States Army Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps
Marching & musical display with narration
20:15 - Women In Service | Midway 80th Anniversary Tribute
Midway March
Because We Believe
March Off TBD
20:25 - Pipes & Drums Set 2
Something A Little Bit Different
20:35 - Highland Dance Choreography Set 
Just For Seamus | Avici Wake Me Up
20:45 - 3rd MAW Band
TBD
21:00 - Finale
Fanfare: TBD
Beethoven 9 (Old Guard Processional)
​Killaloe (P&D march on)
Atholl Highlanders (Remaining cast march on)
Evening Hymn: Eternal Father
Taps
Highland Cathedral | Amazing Grace
21:15 - ​March Off
Will Ye No Come Back Again (Old Guard move to rear of formation, Dancers/Standard Bearers/Enlisted Conductor Exit)
We're No' Awa' Tae' Bide Awa' (Remainder step off)
Highland Laddie
Scotland The Brave
The Black Bear (Remainder to condense and exit -- 3rd MAW first, Old Guard, then P&D)

Script

*As of 3 September
18:45 - PRESHOW
  • ESTES PARK VILLAGE BAND WILL PERFORM A PRE-SHOW OF SEATED/STATIC MUSIC.

“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR SHOW WILL BEGIN AT 7:30. WHILE WE AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF OUR VIP DIGNITARIES FOR TONIGHT, PLEASE ENJOY SOME OPENING ACT ENTERTAINMENT FROM THE ESTES PARK VILLAGE BAND. THEY ARE A COMMUNITY BAND MADE UP OF MUSICIANS FROM THE ESTES PARK AREA AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.”

19:20 – 3RD MAW BAND STANDBY AT GATE C

19:25 – VIP ARRIVAL, FANFARE PREPARATION, CANNON PREPARATION
  • VIP CARRIAGE ENTERS FROM GATE A, PAUSES AT CENTRE STANDS FOR PASSENGERS TO ALIGHT, AND THEN EXITS VIA GATE B
  • CANNON TEAM ENTER FROM GATE C AND TAKE FORMATION.

"LADIES & GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE ESTES PARK INTERNATIONAL TATTOO. THE 2021 SHOW IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! IN RESPECT FOR OUR PERFORMERS AND YOUR FELLOW PATRONS, WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SWITCH YOUR CELL PHONES TO SILENT. VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY IS FULLY WELCOMED HOWEVER, AND PLEASE BE SURE TO ENGAGE WITH THE SHOW ONLINE VIA OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AT @EPITATTOO AND #EPITATTOO2021. WE NOW ASK YOU TO JOIN US IN STANDING FOR THE ARRIVAL OF OUR VIP PATRONS & GUESTS"


(FRIDAY)

“PLEASE WELCOME TONIGHT’S VIP AND SPECIAL GUEST DIGNITARIES. WE HAVE…

HONORED YOUTH FOR THE GAMES WEEKEND – KAYCEE VANHORN ACCOMPANIED BY HER FATHER JUSTIN VANHORN

AND OUR HONORED GUEST – ELIZABETH O’CONNOR, MRS. SCOTLAND WORLD!

(SATURDAY)
“PLEASE WELCOME TONIGHT’S SPECIAL GUEST DIGNITARIES. WE HAVE…

HONORED YOUTH FOR THE GAMES WEEKEND – IAN VANHORN, ACCOMPANIED BY PARENTS KIMBERLEY AND CODY VANHORN.

HONORED YOUTH FOR THE GAMES WEEKEND – KAYCEE VANHORN ACCOMPANIED BY HER FATHER JUSTIN VANHORN

AND OUR HONORED GUEST – LIEUTENANT GENERAL ALAIN PELLETIER (PELL-CHAY), ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, THE DEPUTY COMMANDER OF NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND.


(BOTH NIGHTS)

“IN THE EARLY 1970'S ESTES PARK WAS LIKE MOST MOUNTAIN TOWNS RELYING ON SUMMER TOURISM THAT ENDED WITH LABOR DAY WEEKEND.  45 YEARS AGO, THE FESTIVAL'S AND TATTOO FOUNDER, AND A RESIDENT OF ESTES PARK, DR JAMES DURWARD, HAD THE VISION FOR FAMILIES OF SCOTTISH HERITAGE COMING TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THEIR LINEAGE.  FROM A SMALL HANDFUL OF PARTICIPANTS THIS VENUE HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE CLANS, DOGS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, ATHLETES, PIPERS AND THE TRIBUTE GIVEN TO THE MILITARY AS A PATRIOTIC FESTIVAL. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE APPLAUD AS WE RECOGNIZE DR JAMES DURWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCOTTISH HERITAGE IN COLORADO!

THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED AND ENJOY THE SHOW!"

19:30 – SHOW BEGINS
  • ANNOUNCER SPEAKS FIRST:

“THE MILITARY TATTOO CONCEPT EVOLVED FROM A TRADITION IN 17TH CENTURY EUROPE OF SIGNALING SOLDIERS TO RETURN TO BARRACKS. DRUMMERS WERE SENT INTO TOWN TO BEAT A CADENCE AND TELL THE INNKEEPERS ‘DOE DEN TAP TOE’ WHICH MEANT TURN OFF THE TAPS! TRUMPETERS LATER JOINED IN ON THE DRUMMERS TASK OF SOUNDING CALLS TO SIGNAL A RETURN TO BARRACKS. THE TRADITION IN LATER YEARS WAS REMEMBERED THROUGH A BEATING RETREAT CEREMONY THAT IS NOW COMMON WITH MANY MILITARY FORCES AROUND THE WORLD. THE PHRASE DOE DEN TAP TOE BECAME SHORTENED AND ANGLICIZED TO TATTOO. AND WITH THAT SHORT EXPLANATION, WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT TRADITION NOW. ON WITH THE SHOW… DOE DEN… TATTOO!
  • 3RD MAW BAND ENTERS TO A DRUM TAP DURING THE ABOVE ANNOUNCEMENT.
  • WE NEED PODIUM PLACED FOR CONDUCTOR DURING BAND ENTRANCE.
  • 3RD MAW BAND PLAYS THIS IS MY COUNTRY
  • CANNONS = BANG!
“FROM MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ASSISTANT DRUM MAJOR SERGEANT SABRINA MUSICK AND ENLISTED CONDUCTOR STAFF SERGEANT ANNA PONSOR-DECHANT, PLEASE WELCOME... THE THIRD MARINE AIRCRAFT WING BAND!”

WE NOW ASK OUR AUDIENCE, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO SO, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLAYING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEMS.
  • HONOR GUARD ENTERS (3RD MAW PLAYS GRAND OLD FLAG)
  • 3RD MAW BAND PLAYS ANTHEMS (CANADA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA).
  • HONOR GUARD EXITS (3RD MAW PLAYS TRIO TO NATIONAL EMBLEM).
  • ANNOUNCER:

“YOU MAY BE SEATED. WE’D NOW LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR VETERANS, ACTIVE DUTY, AND RESERVE MILITARY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AS ENLISTED CONDUCTOR, STAFF SERGEANT ANNA PONSOR DECHANT, LEADS THE BAND THROUGH AN ARMED FORCES MEDLEY. WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR RESPECTIVE SERVICE SONG, PLEASE STAND AND LET US THANK YOU. YOUR SERVICE IS HONORED HERE TONIGHT!”
19:35 – COMBINED BANDS: 79TH FAREWELL TO GIBRALTAR
  • PIPE SOLOIST (IF NOT IN FORMATION) TO BE READY AT GATE A.
  • ARENA CREW PLEASE HAVE MICROPHONES READY FOR VOCALISTS.
  • 3RD MAW BEGINS INTRO TO TUNE. PIPES & DRUMS WILL BE READY AT GATE C.
  • PIPES & DRUMS STRIKE IN 4 BEATS BEFORE 1ST STRAIN AND STEP OFF ON THE TOP OF THE STRAIN.
  • P&D WILL ADVANCE FORWARD AND TAKE POSITION ON THE INTERVALS OF 3RD MAW BAND’S FILES
  • P&D WILL HALT AT THE END OF THE IMMEDIATE PART OF MUSIC BEING PLAYED AFTER ALIGNED AND MARKING TIME.
  • CEASE PLAYING/CUT OFF SIGNAL WILL BE GIVEN BY THE 3RD MAW CONDUCTOR.

19:40 – COMBINED BANDS: WILL YE GO LASSIE GO
  • PIPE SOLOIST TO ENTER AND TAKE POSITION IN FRONT OF THE BANDS DURING THE APPLAUSE FOLLOWING 79TH.
  • ANNOUNCER:

"NOW LET US TRANSPORT YOU FROM THE PEAKS SURROUNDING ESTES PARK TO THE BRAES OF BALQUIDDER IN THE GATEWAY TO THE HIGHLANDS. WE’LL ALL GO TOGETHER AS PIPE MAJOR BRIAN DONALDSON FORMERLY OF THE 2ND BATALLION SCOTS GUARDS, DRUM MAJOR KEVIN OFFORD FROM THE SONS OF SCOTLAND PIPE BAND, AND TENOR DRUMMER ERICA LUE FROM THE DUNRIGGE COMPOSITE PIPE BAND  ACCOMPANY THE BAND AND PIPES & DRUMS THROUGH … WILL YE GO LASSIE GO. IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS, PLEASE SING ALONG.”

  • PIPE SOLO BEGINS, FOLLOWED BY BAND, VOCALISTS, AND PIPES.
​19:45 – PIPES & DRUMS SET 1
  • PODIUM REMOVAL TEAM TO BE READY
  • DANCERS TO BE READY AT GATES A&B
  • DRUM MAJOR KC: “MASSED BANDS – BY THE CENTER – QUICK MARCH!
  • 1ST ROLLS:
    •    PODIUM REMOVED QUICKLY.
    •     VOCALISTS DISPERSE AS NECESSARY.
    •     ALL BAND AND P&D START MARKING TIME ON 1ST BEAT
  • 2ND ROLLS:
    • 3RD MAW MUSICIANS TURN ABOUT WHILE MARKING TIME TO FACE REAR OF ARENA AND GATE C.
  •     START OF TUNE:
    •     3RD MAW STEPS OFF AND EXITS THROUGH GATE C
    •     P&D ADVANCE
    •     P&D PERFORM TWO COUNTERMARCHES AND THEN FORM A THISTLE FORMATION DURING THE TUNE CABER FEIDH.
  •    DANCERS ENTER SLOW MARCHING DURING PADDY’S GREEN SHAMROCK SHORES
  •    P&D PLUS DANCERS FINISH THIS SET.
  •    ANNOUNCER UPON COMPLETION OF THE SET:

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… THE PIPES, DRUMS, AND DANCERS OF THE ESTES PARK INTERNATIONAL TATTOO! THE TUNES PLAYED WERE CABER FEIDH (FAY), PADDY’S GREEN SHAMROCK SHORES, ORANGE AND BLUE, DEVIL IN THE KITCHEN, SLEEPY MAGGIE, AND THE ALE IS DEAR. THEY WILL NOW PLAY TWO QUICK MARCHES – THE OLD RUSTIC BRIDGE, AND THE GARDENS OF SKYE.”
 
  • DRUM MAJOR KC: “PIPES & DRUMS WILL REFORM, BY THE CENTER, QUICK MARCH!”
  • PIPES & DRUMS STRIKE IN AND REMAIN AT THE HALT
  • DANCERS SHALL EXIT BEGINNING ON 2ND PART. P&D REMAIN HALTED.
  • ON 3RD PART, P&D WILL START MARCHING AND REFORM RANKS.
  • ON THE TOP OF GARDENS, P&D WILL STEP OFF TOWARD THE AUDIENCE
  • DRUM MAJORS WILL SALUTE FOR 8 PACES, ENDING SALUTE ON THE 9TH BEAT.
  • P&D WILL COUNTERMARCH AND EXIT THROUGH GATE C, CUTTING OFF ON THE END OF GARDENS PER DRUM MAJOR MACE SIGNAL.
19:55 – DRUMMER’S CHALLENGE
  • DRUMMERS FROM ALL ACTS TO BE READY AT GATE C.
  •  ANNOUNCER:

"AS MENTIONED AT THE START OF THE SHOW, DRUMS WERE INTEGRAL TO THE MILITARY FOR SEVERAL CENTURIES AS A FORM OF BATTLEFIELD COMMUNICATION LONG BEFORE THE RADIO. DOZENS OF SIGNALS FROM SHORT ORDER DRILL TO MEALTIMES AND REVEILLIE COULD BE SOUNDED WITH THE DRUM AND HEARD FROM A GOOD DISTANCE.


IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM DRUMMER BOY, THAT IS BECAUSE YOUNG MEN WERE OFTEN IMPRESSED INTO MILITARY SERVICE AS DRUMMER BOYS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A DRUM MAJOR. IN FACT, THE KING’S ARMY IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY HAD AN OFFICE OF THE DRUM MAJOR GENERAL. THE DRUM, MUCH LIKE THE BAGPIPE, WAS CONSIDERED AN INSTRUMENT OF WAR. NO ONE COULD BEAT A DRUM IN ENGLAND WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM THE DRUM MAJOR GENERAL AND VIOLATIONS FACED VERY STIFF PENALTIES.

THANKFULLY TODAY THE DRUMS IN MILITARY BANDS ARE MORE MUSICAL IN NATURE BUT MILITARY PERCUSSIONISTS STILL TAKE PRIDE IN THE TRADITION OF THEIR INSTRUMENTS. THE STANDARD OF THE MILITARY DRUMMER IS VERY HIGH.

TONIGHT WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE THREE TYPES OF PERCUSSION ON PARADE AND PRESENT TO YOU … A SALUTE TO THE DRUM!”

THE AMERICAN MODERN STYLE OF MARCHING PERCUSSION FEATURES A HIGH TENSION SNARE DRUM THAT IS 12 INCHES DEEP BY 14 INCHES WIDE WITH A SINGLE SNARE MECHANISM. THE SNARE DRUM IS ACCOMPANIED BY THE BASS DRUM AND CYMBALS. PRESENTING THIS STYLE – THE PERCUSSIONISTS OF THE THIRD MARINE AIRCRAFT WING BAND!

(3RD MAW PLAY A 16 BAR CADENCE)

THE HIGHLAND STYLE OF DRUMMING HEARD IN PIPE BANDS USES A SIMILAR SNARE DRUM WITH SOME DIFFERENCES. A SECOND SNARE MECHANISM IS ADDED WITH HIGHER TENSION ON THE HEADS. THE SOUND BECOMES VERY CRISP AND HIGH PITCHED. THE SNARE DRUMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THE BASS DRUM AND TENOR DRUMS, ALL TUNED TO MATCH THE DRONE OF THE BAGPIPE OR SPECIFIC NOTES. PRESENTING THIS STYLE – THE HIGHLAND DRUMMERS!

(HIGHLAND DRUMMERS PLAY 16 BARS)

AND THE THIRD STYLE WE HAVE TONIGHT IS THE RUDIMENTARY STYLE OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES! THIS STLYE IS THE ANCESTOR TO THE DRUMS YOU JUST HEARD, AND LEADS US TO OUR NEXT ACT…

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20:05 – US ARMY OLD GUARD FIFES & DRUMS
  • OLD GUARD WILL ENTER THROUGH GATE C AND PLAY A PROGRAM OF THEIR CHOICE.
  • ANNOUNCER:
 
LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN. THE UNITED STATES ARMY MILITARY DISTRICT OF
WASHINGTON, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL ALLAN
M. PEPIN, IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE UNITED STATES ARMY OLD
GUARD FIFE AND DRUM CORPS.

THE THIRD UNITED STATES INFANTRY REGIMENT, THE OLD GUARD,
TRACES ITS LINEAGE BACK TO GEORGE WASHINGTON’S ORIGINAL
CONTINENTAL ARMY, AND TODAY SERVES AS THE ARMY’S
OFFICIAL ESCORT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IN
1960, THE FIFE AND DRUM CORPS WAS ORGANIZED TO
PARTICIPATE IN OFFICIAL CEREMONIES AND TO REVIVE OUR
ARMY’S MUSICAL HERITAGE.

THIS (MORNING’S/AFTERNOON’S/EVENING’S) SHOW PAINTS A
SERIES OF PICTURES FROM THE LIFE OF AN EARLY AMERICAN
SOLDIER-MUSICIAN. FROM THE DAYS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION THROUGH THE 19TH CENTURY, FIFES, DRUMS, AND
BUGLES WERE VITAL TO MILITARY ORDER AND DISCIPLINE. FIELD
MUSICIANS WERE USED TO ISSUE COMMANDS DURING BATTLE,
AND TO REGULATE THE SOLDIER’S DAY.

Center Snare begins playing “Assembly” call to begin Show.
March On Complete

THE SOLDIERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY OLD GUARD FIFE
AND DRUM CORPS WEAR UNIFORMS PATTERNED AFTER THOSE OF
GENERAL WASHINGTON’S CONTINENTAL ARMY. IN ORDER TO BE
EASILY IDENTIFIED, MILITARY MUSICIANS WORE THE REVERSE
COLORS OF THE REGIMENT TO WHICH THEY WERE ASSIGNED. AT
THAT TIME, AMERICAN INFANTRY SOLDIERS WORE BLUE COATS
WITH RED FACINGS. THUS, THE MUSICIANS WORE RED COATS
WITH BLUE FACINGS.

TRADITIONALLY, THE MOST SKILLED DRUMMER WAS GIVEN THE
TITLE OF DRUM MAJOR AND WAS CHOSEN TO LEAD THE
MUSICIANS. TODAY, THE DRUM MAJOR WHO STANDS BEFORE YOU
WEARS THE LIGHT INFANTRY CAP AND ISSUES SILENT COMMANDS
USING THE ESPONTOON, AN ADAPTED 18TH-CENTURY WEAPON.
MUSIC WAS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF MILITARY LIFE ON AND OFF
THE BATTLEFIELD. TRADITIONAL FOLK MELODIES WERE
PERFORMED AROUND THE CAMPFIRE TO BOOST MORALE AND
PROVIDE A MOMENTARY REPRIEVE FROM LIFE AT WAR. WE NOW
FEATURE THE BUGLES, FIFES, AND DRUMS IN A SCENE
ILLUSTRATING BOTH THE SOLDIERS’ RESPITE AND THE EVERPRESENT
DUTY TO ANSWER THE CALL TO ARMS.

Camp Entertainment (Bugle/Fife Combined Features)
Battle Feature (Drum Feature)

WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN WITH A TRADITIONAL MOURNFUL
TUNE, “ROSLIN CASTLE.” AS THE SUN SET ON THE BATTLES OF
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, OUR COUNTRY TURNED TO ITS NEWFOUND
FREEDOM. THE STEADFAST VALUES OF THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION ECHO THROUGH OUR RANKS AND REMAIN A
DRIVING FORCE OF THE ARMY TODAY... AS WE CLOSE OUR SHOW,
THE CORPS HONORS THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE
FOUGHT AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
[WITH THE STATELY AND TRADITIONAL TROOP STEP].

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ON BEHALF OF THE OLD GUARD COMMANDER, COL PATRICK M.
RODDY, AND THE FIFE AND DRUM CORPS COMMANDER, CHIEF
WARRANT OFFICER JONATHAN D. WARD, IT HAS BEEN OUR
PLEASURE PERFORMING FOR YOU TODAY



  • OLD GUARD TO EXIT THROUGH GATE C WHEN COMPLETE.
20:15 – 3RD MAW – 9/11 20TH ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE
  • 3RD MAW WILL ENTER FROM GATE B TO SEMPER FIDELIS AND TAKE UP FORMATION.
  • ANNOUNCER, ONCE BAND IS IN PLACE, HALTED, AND CEASED PLAYING:
 
“ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, AMERICA FACED AN UNSPEAKABLE ACT OF TERROR. ALMOST 3,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE ATTACKS AT THE TWIN TOWERS, PENTAGON AND ABOARD UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93. AT 8:46 A.M. AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 11 TRAVELING FROM BOSTON TO LOS ANGELES HIT THE NORTH TOWER OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY. AT 9:03 A.M. UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 175 TRAVELING FROM BOSTON TO LOS ANGELES HIT THE SOUTH TOWER OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY. AT 9:37 A.M. AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 77 TRAVELING FROM DULLES, VIRGINIA, TO LOS ANGELES HIT THE PENTAGON BUILDING IN WASHINGTON. AT 10:03 A.M. UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93 TRAVELING FROM NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, TO SAN FRANCISCO CRASHED IN A FIELD NEAR SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

THESE ACTS WERE MEANT TO BREAK THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. TO THE OPPOSITE, AMERICANS MOURNED AND THEN ROSE UP TOGETHER, REUNITING US AND IGNITING A REBORN SENSE OF PATRIOTISM. OUR ALLIED NATIONS ALSO ROSE TO THE OCCASION, MOURNING AND BONDING WITH US. CANADA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE TWO NATIONS AMONG MANY THAT JOINED US IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. 20 YEARS LATER, WITH THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 THIS WEEKEND, WE REMEMBER THOSE WE LOST ON 9/11 AND IN COMBAT, WITH A TRIBUTE TO THEIR MEMORY. FROM THE MOVIE SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, THE BAND, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THEIR DRUM MAJOR STAFF SERGEANT ZACKARY HINDS, AND ASSISTANT ENLISTED CONDUCTOR SERGEANT JOSEPH TUTOR, WILL NOW PLAY HYMN TO THE FALLEN.”

  • BAND PLAYS HYMN TO THE FALLEN
  • BOY SCOUTS, SAMS, HONOR GUARD, AND DANCERS WITH FLAG DISPLAY ENTER.
  • ANNOUNCER:

“IN 1893, A PROFESSOR CALLED KATHERINE LEE BATES FROM WELLESLEY COLLEGE IN ENGLAND TOOK A TRAIN JOURNEY TO COLORADO SPRINGS TO TEACH AT A COLLEGE THERE. AT THE TOP OF PIKES PEAK SHE DECIDED TO PEN HER OBSERVATIONS OF AMERICAN SCENERY INTO A POEM. THE WORDS STARTED FLOWING AND TWO YEARS LATER IT WAS PUBLISHED TO CELEBRATE JULY 4TH WHERE IT CAUGHT THE FANCY OF THE PUBLIC. TWO DIFFERENT COMPOSERS HAD OFFERED MELODIES TO MAKE THE POEM A SONG AFTER ITS PUBLICATION. THE CATCHIEST OF THE TWO WAS A HYMN COMPOSED BY SAMUEL WARD MUCH EARLIER IN 1882 BUT SEEMED TO FIT WELL.

YOU WOULD KNOW THIS SONG TODAY AS … AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. PLEASE SING ALONG AND LET YOUR PATRIOTIC VOICE BE HEARD!”
  • BAND PLAYS AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
  • BAND WILL THEN EXIT THROUGH GATE A PLAYING SEMPER FIDELIS FROM BUGLE STRAIN ONWARD, AS NEEDED UNTIL EXITED.
20:25 – PIPES & DRUMS SET 2
  • PIPES & DRUMS WILL ENTER THROUGH GATE C TO PLAYING THE GREEN TYROL & WHEN THE BATTLE’S OVER.
  • ANNOUNCER:

 “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… PLEASE WELCOME BACK… THE PIPES & DRUMS!”

  • THEY WILL PERFORM A BURST COUNTERMARCH TOWARD THE AUDIENCE, A STANDARD COUNTERMARCH AT THE REAR OF THE ARENA, AND HALT IN RANKS FACING THE AUDIENCE. THEY WILL CEASE PLAYING ON THE DRUM MAJOR’S MACE SIGNAL.
  • P&D WILL THEN ADVANCE TO BROWN HAIRED MAIDEN & HIGHLAND LADDIE AND FORM A CONCERT ARCH.
  • ANNOUNCER, AFTER THIS TUNE SET IS FINISHED:

“THE PIPES & DRUMS TONIGHT CONSIST OF MUSICIANS FROM CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. WE WELCOME THE SONS OF SCOTLAND PIPE BAND FROM OTTAWA ONTARIO, AND THE DUNRIGGE COMPOSITE PIPE BAND CONISTING OF PLAYERS FROM ARIZONA, COLORADO, AND TEXAS. THEY WILL NOW PLAY A SHORT SELECTION OF TUNES, THREE OF WHICH ARE COMPOSED BY PERFORMERS IN THE CAST AND WILL DEBUT HERE TONIGHT. THE FIRST SLOW AIR IS CALLED SCOTS ON THE ROCKS COMPOSED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS TATTOO BY PIPE MAJOR BETHANY BISALLION FROM SONS OF SCOTLAND. THE SECOND SLOW AIR IS AN ADAPTATION OF HORKSTOW GRANGE FROM PERCY GRAINGER’S LINCOLNSHIRE POSY, FOLLOWED BY A STRATHSPEY ENTITLED CARLISLE CONQUEST – BOTH WRITTEN BY TATTOO DRUM MAJOR KEVIN CONQUEST. THESE TUNES WILL THEN BE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE TRADITIONAL REEL HIGH ROAD TO LINTON. “

  • P&D PLAY THE ABOVE SELECTION
  • P&D WILL MARCH OFF TO 6/8 MARCHES BONNIE DUNDEE AND THE GLENDAUREL HIGHLANDERS.
20:35 – HIGHLAND DANCE COREOGRAPHY SET – HELLBOUND TRAIN
  • ENTRANCE AND CONTENT AT DISCRETION OF DANCERS.
  • MUSIC WILL BE PRE-RECORDED.
  • ANNOUNCER SCRIPT TBD.


20:45 – 3RD MAW BAND SET
  • BAND WILL PLAY THEIR 15 MINUTE DISPLAY AS PREPARED
  • ENTRANCE AND CONTENT AT DISCRETION OF 3RD MAW.
  • FINAL POSITION OF 3RD MAW TO BE CENTRAL IN ARENA AND FINALIZED DURING REHEARSALS.
  • BAND WILL EXIT THROUGH GATE C FOR QUICK REGROUP BEFORE FINALE
21:00 – FINALE
  • ANNOUNCER:

“FOR A SHOW OF APPLAUSE, LET US KNOW… HAVE YOU BEEN ENJOYING THE SHOW?” (AUDIENCE RESPONDS) WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE? (AUDIENCE RESPONDS) WE CAN’T HEAR YOU! (MORE RESPONSE) LISTEN, WE WON’T CARRY ON UNLESS YOU GIVE US YOUR ALL. DO YOU WANT MORE? (BIG APPLAUSE) OK! THAT’S WONDERFUL. WE NOW LEAVE IT TO OUR MARINES TO BEGIN THE FINALE!
  • 3RD MAW RE-ENTERS DURING ANNOUNCEMENT ABOVE.
  • 3RD MAW TO PLAY FANFARE (BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM)
  • COMBINED BAND: KILLALOE:
    • P&D WILL MARCH ON AS BOTH 3RD MAW AND P&D PLAY KILLALOE. P&D WILL HALT IN FORMATION WITH 3RD MAW ALONG THEIR FLANKS.
    • COMBINED BAND: ATHOLL HIGHLANDERS
    •  US ARMY OLD GUARD TO ENTER FROM GATE A AND TAKE FORMATION (TO BE FINALIZED)
    •     BOY SCOUTS, SAMS, HONOR GUARD, PIKES PEAK HIGHLANDERS, AND HIGHLAND DANCERS ENTER FROM GATE B AND TAKE FORMATION (TO BE FINALIZED).

  •     ANNOUNCER:

“LADIES & GENTLEMEN, WE PROUDLY PRESENT THE CAST OF THE 2021 ESTES PARK INTERNATIONAL TATTOO! TONIGHT’S FINALE HYMN, ETERNAL FATHER, IS PERFORMED IN TRIBUTE TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES THROUGHOUT THE PAST TRAGIC YEAR. TAPS WILL THEN BE PERFORMED BY CORPORAL JOSHUA NEWBY OF THE 3RD MARINE AIRCRAFT WING BAND. THE COMBINED BANDS WILL THEN PLAY TWO WELL KNOWN FAVORITES – HIGHLAND CATHEDRAL AND AMAZING GRACE WITH PIPE MAJOR BRIAN DONALDSON AS THE LONE PIPER.”
  • EF/TAPS/HC/AG

  • DRUM MAJOR WILL REQUEST PERMISSION FROM GUESTS OF HONOR TO MARCH THE BANDS OFF PARADE.

  • ANNOUNCER, AS DRUM MAJOR RETURNS TO POSITION ON PARADE:

“WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE 2021 ALL-NEW ESTES PARK INTERNATIONAL TATTOO! THE 2022 TATTOO WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH AND 10TH. BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT – ADVANCE TICKET SALES WITH EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM TODAY FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY WITH DISCOUNT CODE PERSALE5.

PLEASE BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE TATTOO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SEND US YOUR THOUGHTS AND PHOTOS FROM TONIGHT’S PERFORMANCE! ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR WEEKEND HERE AT SCOTFEST. WE’RE NO AWA TAE BIDE AWA AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BACK HERE WITH US WITH AN EVEN LARGER INTERNATIONAL CAST! SAFE JOURNEY HOME AND… HASTE YE BACK!

  •     DRUM MAJOR KC: “ESTES PARK INTERNATIONAL TATTOO – BY THE CENTER, QUICK MARCH!”
  •     Combined Bands: Will Ye No Come Back Again, No Awa, Highland Laddie, Scotland the Brave, Black Bear.
    • Upon the rolls, US Army Old Guard will countermarch through the bands and take position at the rear of the bands.
    • All non-playing acts will step off on the tune and exit through gates A&B.
    • Combined bands step off on No Awa.
    • Countermarches upstage and downstage as a combined band as necessary to fit the music.
    • When heading toward Gate C nearest to Black Bear, P&D will mark time while 3rd MAW and Old Guard condense and exit through Gate C.
    • P&D then condense and exit through Gate C behind Old Guard.
    • All will cut-off together after P&D are through Gate C.
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