"Just INCREDIBLE" March to Horse Guards Parade: Military Musical Spectacular 2023

[@delvinrodriguez3341]

Fantastic video! The marches played were, 1) 4:22-The Guards Chapel 2) 6:50-Birdcage Walk 3) 10:01-The March of the King's Men 4) 12:19-Bond of Friendship 5) 16:38-The King's Guard

[@AJKCChannel]

Thanks as always for the info. Much appreciated

[@delvinrodriguez3341]

@@AJKCChannel You're most welcome! It's my pleasure!

[@hazel1605]

Thank you once more! 😆😊

[@anitapike4592]

Well done Delvin 👏👏

[@BestANT832]

Believe me the Birdcage walk is my favorite march if it's being played by the household division or the Royal Marines Massed Bands.

[@Jossianne19130]

From USA, my respect for that incredible performance!!! You all should be very proud of them. Thank you for sharing with the world!!!❤

[@DE-xt7jv]

And they are fighting fit soldier. No one does it better.

[@roosjes944]

@@DE-xt7jvin a country to colonialism, they have nothing to do there Only landgrab for multinationals You are awfull , evil and bad very bad , hell is waiting

[@kevinheaton9213]

thank you freind for your superb comment on our great armed forces band may our nations for ever be close friends regards kevin 😊

[@wolfhalupka8992]

oh we are- and best thing, they are real soldiers, not just fit for ceremonial duties, but ready to kick ass if required.

[@luilu9233]

Guod bless them is a donation base give generously I he they're looked after by accountants.

[@deniserobertson7942]

We are So Very Proud of Them. It is Great to be British. God Bless The King.

[@roosjes944]

You payed the tax for it Enjoy also for your “great”” idol

[@philwilson]

Yes, incredible! Thankyou for this great video and music. Pro Patria! Regards from London, Ontario, CANADA

[@kevinheaton9213]

Makes me feel so proud of our superb armed forces and our great country, for what we stand for regards, kevin 😊❤

[@judyc9380]

Wonderful! YOU SHOULD be so proud of your coun9trymen. Skill, rehearsals till perfect, spit and polish. It must be so thrilling to hear them, see them entering the parade grounds. Wish I was there.!

[@luilu9233]

Love love love feell like skipping and dancing down the srreet like i was in a musical movie oh may they never stop

[@hazel1605]

So glad to be able to see this beautiful parade, thank you 😊

[@josemoreno3334]

Outstanding video, Great sound.😄🎶. Hello from Buckeye, Arizona, USA.

[@susankromer4430]

They are absolutely wonderful. God bless every single one of them! They’re the best!

[@exploreraa983]

WOW! The precision the music played is astounding. Every note is marked well! Such clean, unmuddied sound for a marching band of that size.

[@tomcollins2036]

I agree fully but they are not really a Marching Band. They march superbly and are a band of great musicians but do so with great style, panache and pride without any gimmicks. I couldn't help but use my table as a drum and my arthritic old fingers as drumsticks beating out the time!

[@tacfoley4443]

Marching bands are generally a bunch of civilians sauntering around playing a variety of tunes, often at the same time, whilst wearing 'uniforms' more suited to the Ruritanian balloon corps. Mr Collins has the right answer here.

[@pjmn55]

I watched them march from outside the barracks to Horse Guards Parade and then took my seat for the show. No better evening to be had in London in the summer for the 3 nights it is on.

[@nigelmorgan3449]

My grandparents were both Londoners and they loved the pipes and bands when they migrated to WA they lived in the hills above Perth and this is what they played on the stereo turned up loud I could here it in the orchard

[@luilu9233]

I m born in Australia of welsh parts and my spirit soars and i cry my eyes out to bagpipes never let this sound go out of your my country

[@marthafranklin3317]

Great video. Fantastic job by the band!

[@taffyupnorth]

British Army Bands, best in the World. Was proud to march behind them.

[@user-gr2uv7vd8e]

Nah mate....Royal Marines Band are the best....by a long ,long, long way.

[@jajoh6473]

This is really amazing ! Typical English!! BRAVO !!! Loved it!!

[@AnnofWales21]

Fantastic video, good clear focus and amazing sound quality makes it thoroughly enjoyable. Of course the subject matter has much to with that but without the video we from afar would miss it all so thank you very much for posting it🥰

[@klewis5801AZ]

thank you Roy for your response.... I learned something ... your message is a "keeper" thanks again for your effort. klewis AZ USA always learning

[@roywiddowson9337]

You're welcome.Another way to identify Guards regiments if not wearing bearskins is the button groupings.Grenadiers;single buttons,Coldstream;buttons in twos,Scots;threes,Irish;in fours,Welsh;in fives.

[@klewis5801AZ]

@@roywiddowson9337 I 'lost' the previous explanations of the different colors on the bearskins.. sorry could you please repeat?

[@roywiddowson9337]

@@klewis5801AZ Grenadier Guards;white plume,Coldstream Guards;red plume,Scots Guards;no plume,Irish Guards;blue plume,Welsh Guards;white and green plume.

[@senianns9522]

Wow! All together at the first off! All on cue--simply brilliant! Greetings from Thailand.

[@luilu9233]

BRilliant musicians and soldiers

[@beateengelhardt8064]

Wonderful 😊 Ausgeglichenheit, Disziplin, Ruhe, Sicherheit und Selbstsicherheit strahlt dieses Bild aus ohne dass es überheblich wirkt. Das + Freundlichkeit habe ich bei meiner Reise nach GB auch bei allen Briten gespürt und erfahren. Davon könnten wir uns alle eine Scheibe abgucken und lernen. Großartig. Ich liebe euch Briten❤😊

[@frankneeri8315]

You define pageantry. Thank you.

[@Boogledigs]

A magnificent performance. They play instruments beautifully, mark time, march, and one even does this wearing a sword on his belt! Incredible.

[@markescartin1915]

This is an incredibly important exercise to remind ALL Brits That Great Britan is a nation founded on tradition, espirit de corps AND discipline!

[@ericlackford6718]

Yes, and not to be divided by politicians for their own greedy purposes or given away to those who would destroy us!

[@jacquelinebarnett3439]

Wonderful, I am so very proud to be British 🇬🇧

[@lewissmith3896]

Me too Jacqueline.

[@wendylinton453]

​@@lewissmith3896Me too👍🇬🇧

[@jajoh6473]

Wish I could say that!!

[@mariannelindstrom5418]

I am SOOOO PROUD for ALL you Brits!!!! MY COUNTRY used to be SOOO proud ALSO, to be..... Americans..May God give us the grace and wisdom to WAKE UP!!! Thank you England!!;!;

[@robbymitchell805]

@jacquelinebarnett I'm not surprised, no-one does pomp and ceremony like the Brits. The marching musicians (how do they do that?) the history and the magical horses. As an Aussie I love every minute of it. Just beautiful. ❤🇬🇧🇦🇺

[@1912fld]

There is nothing better than a massed band playing march after march. I could listen all day to this massed band. They played two of my favorites: Birdcage Walk and Bond of Friendship. Thanks for the wonderful footage.

[@ken-u3n]

Nicely filmed, m8. Well done. 👍

[@pamelawhite3709]

Fantastic video makes me so very proud to be British I just love the music well done we are so proud of you ❤❤😊xxx

[@chriskelly4894]

To paraphrase a famous song ‘Nobody does it better!’

[@BestANT832]

*HM Royal Marines Massed bands joined the chat* *Russia joins the chat* *China joins the chat* *Denmark joins the chat* Too bad Chris, not anymore

[@FredSmith-s5t]

Incredible music! I love the precision of the marching combined with the music. Especially the Birdcage Walk march.

[@williamcanfield2889]

May there always be an England!

[@gerardyoung8982]

The only thing that works still in the UK / the military despite being too small and underfunded and run by accountants not by real men of the military - bloody marvelous show by the bandsmen but a bloody shame that the military doesn’t get what it needs and deserves

[@v.britton4445]

The ballet is equally fantastic. They have a lot in common. Perfection and self sacrifice , beauty and spectacle to stir the soul...and music.

[@gavinpatience8897]

@@v.britton4445😅

[@a-totally-random-person]

You should move to America. Here, the military doesn't care about accounting. They want something, they get it, and we pay for it.

[@grahamfrear9270]

Just stop pulling your country down and be thankful you live in such a wonderful country like this 🇬🇧💯

[@shafur3]

This is Great❣️

[@stephenbatchelor6217]

Outstanding display.

[@danielmendez6085]

Thanks a lot

[@danielmendez6085]

Thank you so much 💓

[@christinadooley344]

Brilliant 👍🏼👌🏼🇬🇧

[@Paulchen7223]

ICH ZOLLE EUCH STREITKRÄFTEN und EUREN LIEBEN TIERSEELEN MEINEN. ALLERHÖCHSTEN. RESPEKT❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤GOD BLESS ALL SOLDIERS AND ANIMALS, AMEN 😢😢😢👋👋👋👋🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@georgemitchell2778]

I’m a Scot who is proud to be British

[@thetruthisoutthere2076]

Me as well.

[@columbmurray]

A traitor to your leader in Pakistan.

[@peterberry5442]

Superb

[@rosaliegolding5549]

All the beautiful white stone buildings are made of Portland Stone from the Isle of Portland in the county of Dorset South West Coast of England 5 miles from the seaside Town of Weymouth sandy beaches , donkey rides ,afternoon with Punch and his wife ,and a great Promenade for walks with a Pier and is a Spa town with a Fort 10 min walk from centre of the town . Wonderful day for Marching 👏👍🤷‍♀️

[@janeanderson8902]

Wonderful.❤

[@sergiobortolotti8870]

Civilizacion y Cultura, Fabuloso! Excelente!

[@luilu9233]

My heart has swolld

[@ralphrife9235]

Terrific!!

[@deborahfulbright166]

Excellent video

[@ChristianMetalHorde]

Wonderful, greetings from the Netherlands

[@robertomarinhorondinorondi7672]

English traditions,beautiful!!😊

[@welshwizard55]

Still gives me goose bumps listening to this marching music as a veteran

[@MyrtleChisholm-x7z]

Always wonderful to watch.

[@marianadimen7332]

EXCEPTIONAL!!!MINUNATA MUZICA SE FANFARA!!!

[@neilwillis9113]

Hell of alittle stroll to work😊❤

[@CplCaptGenlWhiskers]

i love this view of a bunch of ordinary guys and gals forming up for a parade. Real life.

[@iancockburn9918]

British military have to be the best in the world. Brilliant.

[@NikolausFedermann-im5nf]

Oh yeah!😂😂😂😂😂

[@nikt.7943]

e Einfach nur Großartig, Danke. 🙂

[@jacobkeppler1984]

The foot guards regiments bands fall in

[@valliemackrell1228]

I am as American as they come, but this makes me feel so proud of my English heritage

[@kevinheaton9213]

Thank you for your superb comment on our country and may both our nations be always close freinds regards kevin😊

[@roseogrady8785]

That's a WOW.

[@mariajosemedina1026]

Desde España enhorabuena por tan magnífico desfile 😊😊😊

[@sarahbass6116]

No body does it better.

[@ObelixBarbatus]

Love this! The music, the discipline. Fantastic!

[@barryherbaut286]

Been there, joined up 1958 3rd Battalion Cold Stream Guards. 3rd Battalion disbanded circa 1959/60. Now in my mid 80's. The Army has never left me.

[@keithbuckley3220]

After a bit of farting about and the police horse showing its approval / disapproval they got themselves into the mood and showed us why they are such an EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS, who can do it all at any time, any day, and on the move when required. They are totally fixed on producing only the best for anyone who want's to stop and listen. Well done all!

[@DE-xt7jv]

Do you mean waiting for all to file out of the barracks and get their instruments ready

[@ken-u3n]

​@@DE-xt7jvThis video shows the march to HorseGuards Parade from Wellington Barracks. They form up on the road outside the barracks as is traditional. It's not part of the official ceremony on Horse Guards Parade , it's just a handy way of getting the bands from A to B whilst providing some music for anyone who happens to be watching on the route to the ceremony.

[@rachaelstanton5789]

That farting about as you put it was them coming down from the barracks to muster ready for the March! How else do you think they'd manage it ? By teleportation,? until you can do the same excellent job please keep your observations to yourself, and just enjoy this marvellous achievement, I'm an army brat, daughter of a Regimental Sergeant Major , this thrills me to the core, these young people are keeping up an old tradition that has served us well for centuries, long may this great country survive, GOD BLESS ALL WHO SERVE.

[@ken-u3n]

@@rachaelstanton5789 Well said. 👍

[@rachaelstanton5789]

@@ken-u3n thank you Sir, my father was 8th army RAMC, he served with pride, In the second world war he was in north Africa at Tripoli, Benghazi and El Alamein, then into Italy to Monte Casino, he's gone now many years ago, but he'll always be my hero.

[@1chish]

Superb musicians and excellent drill especially during the Beating Retreat pieces. Well done the Guards. But anyone else notice a lady on the opposite pavement in line with the Drum Majors from about 06.50 when the first change of tune took place. She had a burgundy cloak thing on and was stepping out in perfect time. I wonder if she was ex military as she did a check step to get in step and just got caught up in the moment. I hope so and hope she has great memories if she did serve.

[@rachaelstanton5789]

I saw this lady also, she was stepping out with military precision, I think you were right in your supposition that she had served herself !!

[@Kloostertenk]

Mooie parade en met mooie muziek

[@jacobkeppler1984]

With pipes and drums Irish guards London Scottish army cadets force

[@PeterWatson-z1m]

Having served in a combat unit for 12 years,it that discipline ,that our society lacks,everything has to be excellent if a.job needs doing in our armed forces,or its not acceptable.well.done lads,great performance.

[@melroz20102011]

Beautiful horse

[@b.montjotin4056]

Vu depuis la France : quelle GRANDE CLASSE !!! BRAVO !!! Nous apprécions pleinement leur tenue, leur rythme et leur musique ! C’est incomparable ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@Dutchman536]

It's magic

[@blancahumphrey532]

Wish I was there.🌺

[@leonmatthewgarciapatchett9672]

Extraordinary

[@ShrekLorrain]

British the best. Just superb and perfect.

[@simon-oy6um]

That police horse just showed its apreciation 😂❤

[@marinakreplik9712]

Это просто сказка ! Как красиво идут ! Музыка обалденная !😊😅❤

[@malcolmpym507]

PROUD TO BE BRITISH who can match that. spectacle ??????

[@klewis5801AZ]

great video .. good to see the start -- the prearations.... what are the meanings of the different colors in the bearskin caps?

[@stewartbristow846]

Different regiments.

[@roywiddowson9337]

White plumes;Grenadier Guards,red plumes;Coldstream Guards,blue plumes;Irish Guards,green and white;Welsh Guards.The Scots Guards don't have plumes but can be identified by buttons in groups of threes.

[@paulinedixon3490]

Fantastic parade. ❤

[@timkellyD2R]

You must be a stud to play the tuba with this kind of mobility!

[@jacobkeppler1984]

Drum majors in state dress

[@dioshif]

Watching lods

[@Rumbletummy117]

Is this still the Orb & the Sceptre? I thought that was at 7.30 in the evening.

[@fmcb269]

Excellent shot of the police horse taking a dump, but why leave it in the final edit? !!

[@johnveenendaal1748]

Nice video. Is it normal dat a drum major hold his baton down on the crown?

[@markanthony3479]

Absolutely wonderful 🇬🇧 such a shame our country is being destroyed by the traitor politicians! 😢🤬

[@user-ku9bp9bl8o]

Viv La difference from the rest of the world. A nation to be proud of 🇬🇧

[@Jossianne19130]

SO TRUE!!!!! Congratulations from USA!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@deniserobertson7942]

Thankyou. We are Very Proud.

[@jimmyhillschin9987]

This sounds a lot more musical than I'm used to hearing from British military bands: not better, but freer in terms of how they're approaching the music. It's refreshing certainly. I wonder if this has something to do with Charles III and his interest in music which QEII didn't have so much.

[@rachaelstanton5789]

I don't know which military bands you've been listening to but military marches are always tuneful , unless it is a solemn occasion as at a Royal funeral or commemoration of our forces losses, they are all spectacular and they make this nation proud, I'm 77, was born a military brat as the saying goes daughter of a regimental sergeant major 8th army RAMC and so very proud to be so , God Bless all who serve 🙏

[@jimmyhillschin9987]

You've missed my point.@@rachaelstanton5789

[@rhh3582]

loved the music but I was fascinated by the elderly white hair woman dressed in dark red and pink outfit on the sidewalk side of the street who kept in step with the band members until they made the turn at the intersection of the street - fascinating and humorous.

[@SueMcdermott-p5f]

People take the piss out of brits for adhering to tradition but nobody boes it better than us snd its because we train train and train some moe and adhere to tradition and this is whst you achieve so very proud and fortunate to be a brit

[@welshpete12]

Notice the medal ribbands ? These are real soldiers who have fought real wars .

[@mikebarnes7734]

Sic transit gloria mundi

[@klewis5801AZ]

thank you -- info now a "keeper" for future reference. I take it your were in service? be safe

[@mipamat5804]

Anybody notice, in the opening six seconds, the two Directors Of Music (DoM's) for the Welsh and Grenadier Guards stepping off on their way to the parade, where they would conduct the bands during the Band static presentations.

[@Robinmuk]

You need a proper fluffy 'mole' or mic shield on your microphone against the wind, or it'll cut all the bass out. Great video, really enjoyed it, need the SOUND :-)

[@jamespoppinga8154]

They need a mummers out front.

[@bernardprice8551]

They are nearly as good as the Royal Marines Band..😂

[@NeilGroepes]

Why did the Drum Major salute at the beginning of the march?

[@e.chambers2973]

Most likely, Gareth Chambers, senior drum major and member of the Irish Guards, was acknowledging one of Britain's and his regiment's towering military figures, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, for whom there is a memorial, visible from Birdcage Walk and located next to the entry to the Guards' Chapel, Wellington Barracks. Alexander was an outstanding British field commander and a top allied general of WWII who also served with distinction in WWI. He was Colonel of the Irish Guards (1946-49) and was commissioned into the regiment in 1911 from Sandhurst. Next to Alexander's statue, there is also a Belgian architect-designed Flanders Fields Memorial Garden, a gift from Flanders that incorporates soil from many military cemeteries and battlefields. Dedicated to the participants in the Great War, the memorial was opened in 2014 by Queen Elizabeth II and King Philippe of the Belgians. Possibly the salute also acknowledged this memorial.

[@NeilGroepes]

@@e.chambers2973 Thank you for that.

[@yvettedelaharpe9170]

How Many soldiers were mar ching in this fantastic band.?

[@masterbrick6282]

What is the name of that march at 5:28

[@TheDrummie1]

The Guards Chapel.