Changing The Guard: London 20/03/22

Changing the Guard on a very busy but sunny Sunday. Featuring the Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, F Company Scots Guards, the Irish Wolfhound Turlough Mor, the mascot of the Irish Guards, Band of the Scots Guards and the 1st Battalion Irish Guards.

[@ritapitt8273]

Love it 💘 😀 and great to see the Irish Wolfhound " shamus ", thank you 😊

[@MrBaton74]

Glad you enjoyed.

[@justinneill5003]

I think it’s spelt “Seamus.” And yes it as magnificent as ever 👍

[@kampfoppa9961]

Me 2 mate

[@phoebus007]

Perfect weather certainly drew the crowds. Good to see the Irish pipes and drums close to St Patrick's Day.

[@maureencope2752]

Makes you proud to be British x

[@peckelhaze6934]

Sure does!

[@tomderbyshire5795]

Note they play both ' Minstrel Boy' and 'The Sash' All are together in the Irish Guards not to be separated ' Quis separabit' living up to their motto.

[@militarymusicappreciations6585]

Looks like the Irish Guards Drums & Pipes on Parade for Changing The Guard recently. Rare to see this and nice that it's around St. Patrick's Day. A nice selection of Irish piping tunes played in both directions from St. James Palace. Added bonus is the Band of the Scots Guards bringing the New Guard and the Irish Wolf Hound Mascot as well. Some fine marches played here. Hope we get to see them together again and at Windsor.

[@doraldeddy1836]

Thanks Mr Baton. Great vid. Question for those in the know out there: what material are the pipers kilts made out of? Love the pipes . Thanks from Cornwall👍👍👍

[@MrBaton74]

You're welcome, and thank you.

[@snipper1ie]

It should be wool, mine is.

[@sabre2182]

The Piper's uniforms are "inherited" from the Royal Irish Rangers....the Green Doublets with the Caubeen and the Safron wool Kilts...it's great to see that tradition carried on, after the "Amalgamations"

[@doraldeddy1836]

@@sabre2182 thank you very much for info. I say again, the uniforms are a wonderful show of tradition, and add to the pageantry of the occasion. All this on top of the pipes and drums. We don’t have too much to shout about as a nation (for a whole host of reasons!) but the military traditions that surround the Royal family are way above any other country in the world! Long may it continue👍👍👍👍

[@Box500spooks]

Great to hear 'The Sash' by the Pipes and Drums.

[@mauricefk]

And the dawning of the day ....and we will be together at the dawning of the day.

[@JohnMinehan-lx9ts]

[Millen plays the bagpipes as British troops march toward the Germans] "PTE. Clough: There it is, he's at it again! Have you ever heard such a racket in all your life? PTE Flanagan: Yeah, it takes an Irishman to play the pipes." The Longest Day (1962) PTE Flannigan was played by Sean Connery, who had an Irish father and Scots mother, so he should know.

[@annetteboyle7518]

Love this so proud to be British and our tradations

[@rossitherhodie5659]

Great stuff, tell me, Is that Boris with the shaggy hair being led around. Joke Thanks

[@tomderbyshire5795]

Go the Micks ! Great stuff !

[@peterwiddicombe9715]

The stirring sight and sound of a venerable Regiment. The very best Queen's Birthday Parade that I have attended over the years, was that of the Irish Guards, trooping their Colour in 1996. Turnout and bearing were superb and I doubt that a single foot was not tapping in time with the music around Horseguards Parade. And of course, the beloved Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was watching her Regiment, from the Duke of Wellington's office. Thank you so much for sharing your recordings with us.

[@MrBaton74]

You are welcome.

[@rudreyjara2439]

Strong six!

[@etarrate3207]

I LOVE ENGLAND !

[@inspiringtone2975]

Bagpipes are Scottish.

[@frostyfrosty7039]

"Bagpipes are Scottish" 🤣🤣🤣 Even the word Scotland comes from the Irish clan the Scoti who invaded and took over

[@jacobkeppler1984]

The pipes and drums of the Irish guards 💂🇬🇧☘️

[@davidjohnmorgan5389]

Six wide for a change.👍

[@bac-up6758]

this is great. by the way is it possible to provides the names for some, or all, of these tunes? I do recognize "enniskillen." thanks!

[@kampfoppa9961]

Love Bagpipes and Drums , worked as German Civi for the BfG in Hameln for 17 Years . THX to all Squadis for your Service in the World .

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

They were playing "The Minstral Boy" at the beginning of the video & @ 4:20 & if I'm not mistaken "Benny Havens Oh" a popular ditty at West Point dating back to the 1830s. @ 9:53 the Met Mounted forgot to bag their ponys. Was hoping the pipers would have broke into "Garry Owen"... oh well, maybe one day I'll hear it on one of these channels. It's a popular match of the U.S. 7th Cavalry, Air Cavalry and an obcure Coast Guard unit or two

[@queiston774]

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@SuperKontoKonto]

dog is the best ;) I feel sorry for who stepped in the poop

[@inspiringtone2975]

May Ireland and Scotland live forever

[@jamesh6024]

And may they both be freed from the crown in the near future.

[@ndreylevit6416]

Слава Украине 2:26 3:48 💘💘💘 ! Путлер капут ! 👍👍👍

[@annagallego7302]

Absolutely wonderful videos thanks

[@TMBD50]

Excellent video with good music, Band of the Scots Guards six wide, and great weather! But I have a question for the discerning viewer: is it normal for the entire Garde to start walking to the right on the first march of the Pipes and Drums? I've never seen this before, but maybe I'm wrong...An answer from the experts among us, please. And thanks again MrBaton for the effort!

[@MrBaton74]

Thank you.

[@brianrowlands9751]

Do you mean 'out of step'? Certainly were on the march from St James's Palace

[@TMBD50]

@@brianrowlands9751 Not out of step, but the right step on the strong beat what is very unusual. First pass always on left.

[@brianrowlands9751]

@@TMBD50 Sorry - not quite sure of your meaning. If you slow the video at around 2 mins 30 you will see that the notes fingered by the pipers (second part 'The Wearing of the Green)' are on the wrong step: right foot F D left A'G right FE left CA right BA left AB right A. In British Army parlance this is 'out of step' feels very unnatural and very difficult to correct in a situation such as this.

[@TMBD50]

@@brianrowlands9751 Thanks for your answer and explanation. This proves that I don't have enough knowledge of the Pipes and Drums musicculture yet, but go watch the recording again with this clarification. Thanks again!

[@marilynvandererf86]

Beautifully played just to see and hear ,,,

[@gibraltarik]

At least three pipers miming and not actually playing... 👀

[@brianrowlands9751]

Agreed - one at least.

[@inspiringtone2975]

Love to see Scottish kilts and bagpipes. Long live Scotland. Hope the dog didn’t get too hot.

[@antonyberry1632]

WHAT

[@Roheryn100]

NOT Scottish !!! Why would the dog get hot ? It's March.

[@jonathanmckillen8487]

The saffron kilt is irish. This is the drums and pipes of the irish guards

[@jalfiejones4105]

What song were the Scots Guards Playing at the start ? (Great video by the way😀)

[@Roheryn100]

Irish Guards, not Scots.

[@lachlanguymer3995]

​@@Roheryn100 He didn't ask for who they are. He asked for what they played.

[@Roheryn100]

@@lachlanguymer3995 Just being accurate. The marchs (not songs) are mentioned elsewhere in the comments.

[@janettedavis6627]

@@lachlanguymer3995 He did say Scots guards and he is just been educated. They are Irish guards mostly from Northern Ireland.

[@davidpryle3935]

The tunes were short and changed rapidly. But the very start was Inniskillen dragoons, then Kelly the boy from Killane, then the minstrel boy.

[@RB-hx7rd]

Glad to be Anglo Saxon,British is best,,

[@cliveengel5744]

What do the need a Guard for?

[@michaelthwaite3282]

Wrong foot on the first STRONG beat? Left foot should be on 1 (2,3,4) - 1 (2,3,4) etc. whereas all are marching with the right foot leading.

[@NancyCampbell-rk9rm]

Don't know what you're watching but I watched it twice after seeing this comment. The only ones I saw that were out of step were the dog and the police horses. Learn your left from your right, please.

[@michaelthwaite3282]

No, you are wrong. at 2.20 etc. (Irish Guard's Pipers) the RIGHT foot is coming down on the first STRONG beat. I've probably marched much further than you. Contrast this with 8.00 - they are on to correct foot. @@NancyCampbell-rk9rm