Massed Bands of The Sea Cadets: Trafalgar Day 2022.

[@ianriley12]

Just stumbled on this accidentally. Full marks to a band that marched a long way and played enthusiastically throughout followed by contingents similarly motivated. Very inclusive. A credit to the Sea Cadets and Hearts of Oak on parade everywhere.

[@PtangPtangBiscuitBarrelSmith]

Brilliant. There's the best of our youth right there.

[@Leloman55]

Watching from Gibraltar, great to see the young keeping up our traditions ! Well done all.

[@marie-claudehenrichon3743]

I was in a sea cadet band in Canada in the early eighties and I’m delighted to see this today!! The tradition continues through out the commonwealth!! Well done kids !!

[@zendog7212]

TS Guardian.

[@Ceremonial1000]

Well, we are the original SCC 😉

[@colinnewmarch1106]

Heart's of oak always gets me , absolutely brilliant ,best of British youth ,well done

[@kimslau]

Watching from Dallas TX. I'm so proud of these young people. Look forward to seeing them in the Royal Marines Massed Band in the future. Always a joy to see the Sea Cadets Band . Well done guys!!

[@derekthomley6809]

How wonderful to see young people in the service of their country,well done to you all,

[@dianawhite943]

Beautiful! Let‘s have Trafalgar Day as a Bank Holiday! Would madden the French.

[@tomhollandroberts1737]

@@jamescrowley8637 I agree with you. By the way it's "Britannia RULE the Waves"

[@THEBIGMANGY]

Proud to have been a sea cadet from 1981 to 1986 some of the best times of my life.

[@donsland1610]

What a wonderful show. Everyone should be immensely proud of themselves. Bravo Zulu to all.

[@leebritt5634]

And we will read headlines about some scrote attacking a defenceless elderly person or knifing a kid. Had no idea that this was taking place ! THESE ARE THE YOUTH OF TODAY, PROUD OF THEM, MAGNIFICENT.

[@doraldeddy1836]

Well done to one and all. Congratulations for a darn good show.👍👍👍👍👍. Thanks Mr Baton for posting.

[@keiththomas4200]

These young people are so professional , with a few adults included in the band. I can foresee future HM Royal Marines musicians , as their drumming is typical of the Royal Marines, and really great to see the buglers as part of this Cadet Band. From a former Canadian Army Cadet, and commissioned officer in the Cadet Services of Canada. Excellent - Well done!

[@montyzumazoom1337]

Bloody good job! That’s a long way to March and play, well done all. Very smart too. Best wishes from an ex Sea Cadet and Bugler (HMS Sussex)👍👏👏👏👏

[@anthonyandersen2958]

Marching Through Georgia. Brings back memories 1960s Traf Parade Tooting and Balham Unit playing Tenor Horn marching under Admiralty Arch. Great to see nothing changes thank you for posting this video. Making memories for all these young folk, hope you enjoyed your day with PT display. England Expects Every man Will Do His Duty signal from Nelson on HMS Victory to the Fleet. All of you did yours in spades. Hoofing 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@muriellebuckley9065]

Absolutely fantastic. Congratulations to all of you for a wonderful display and the cadet marching band. Lovely to watch Well Done

[@mervwhitney7229]

Congratulations and well done to all taking part and those who made it possible.

[@maciejeeves1066]

Loved being in the massed band it was such an amazing experience!

[@MrSnipper805]

That was wonderful to watch, as an ex matelot who really enjoyed the ceremonial parts I have to say they all marched really well and looked very smart and very proud

[@ridetillushine4008]

Being in the mass band was the best experience of my life

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

My unit of the cadets whilst at school in England was too small to have a band. It boasted just two buglers. However, I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the cadets, something which set me up for my senior school OTC in South Africa. My youngest is now in the CCF (RM unit) at his senior school in England, where he is a drummer. He enjoys it greatly, too.

[@allantavener7378]

The best experience so far, Join the regular navy or the RM Band school for many many more

[@michaelcoleman2741]

There is hope yet for our British youth . These young people are sending a message of how to make Britain proud again -- well done to all concerned.

[@peterfeeney721]

Superbly done, Sea Cadets!

[@TrainzmanUK]

I played in a band at that age and was a wonderful time of my life and opened up my eyes to the world, thanks for sharing this.

[@andrewdilworth9180]

Brilliant got some good memories back ,,being in the Accrington Lancashire sea cadets in the 1970s ts numbian good times

[@homeland417]

Well done to all marching through your nations capital and providing such a wonderful display 👏

[@peterwiddicombe4602]

Thank you so much for both recording this and posting it for us to enjoy. Without your enthusiasm and hard work, so many military spectacles in the capital would remain unseen by the rest of the country. Your dedication is greatly appreciated.

[@MrBaton74]

Thank you for your comments, I'm glad you enjoy the videos. Got a big weekend of martial music coming up this weekend, so stayed tuned for hopefully a bunch of videos.

[@deborahrunnells8222]

Pride & Honor Proud for English hard.wotk too keep youth on the right.paths. Congrats Bands sound great! Happy Trafalgar Days

[@delvinrodriguez3341]

Well done to the Sea Cadets! Lovely Parade! The marches played were, 1) 0:05-Ready, Aye Ready 2) 2:38-Royal Salute 3) 8:08-HM Jollies 4) 11:28-Der Freischütz (Not Sure!) 5) 16:48-Heart of Oak 6) 18:25-Marching Through Georgia 7) 23:31-Heart of Oak (If anyone can help me in identifying number 4 as I'm not 100% sure on it! It'll be much appreciated!)

[@mikehebdentrains]

The march being played as the video starts is the second part of "Marching Through Georgia" which has "Swanee River" as the 'Trio'. (They play it again in its entirety as they move away from Buckingham Palace, as noted above). It might well be known as Ready, Aye Ready too of course - bugle marches often acquire multiple names. Good drills all. Well done!

[@MrBaton74]

Thank you Delvin.

[@celticsurvivor1134]

I was a bugler in the Corps of Drums, at 11:28 we're playing Huntsman's Chorus and then at 12:53 we play Ready Aye Ready

[@hardalarboard8876]

11:28 is Huntsman’s Chorus!

[@richarddunbar2963]

Stunning, well done to all taking part.

[@kevanarnell5852]

Great memories of being in a Sea Cadet Band. Local parades and the Last Post on rememberance day... Jervis SCC / TS Abdiel late sixties and early seventies. Well done all.

[@thebigfella8113]

TS Jervis Bay in Reading?

[@kevanarnell5852]

@@thebigfella8113 Jervis SCC was the former name of the Hartlepool Unit which was changed to TS Abdiel in the early seventies after the towns adopted ship HMS Abdiel a minelayer. The unit has changed its name again, not sure when, to TS Trincomalee after the Napoleonic frigate that is berthed in the marina at the museum of the Royal Navy.

[@ColonelBogie]

Excellent - and well done to all in the massed band and the marching divisions and contingents, that's a long way to march. BZ

[@bullet-catcherhohoho250]

Well done to all - was a Army cadet myself in the late 70s (Aged 13) to early 80s, then a cadet instructor at 18, then joined up full time at 20. I think i learned more in the cadets then i ever did in the actual army, done me well in basic training since i had already learned everything in the cadets, so the only hard bit in training was the lack of sleep.

[@missjaytvuk]

absolutely fabulous and brilliant to see the our youth up and out there. Well done everyone ! shame the regular forces couldnt support such an historic day this.

[@Peter_WoT]

Es zeugt von Respekt und Anerkennung der Sea Cadets, dass die regulären Streitkräfte diese Parade den Sea Cadets alleine überlassen.

[@selwynowen6213]

Seeing them wearing those garters. I remember having to blanco them and having to brasso the metal, when I first joined the army as a junior soldier in 1973

[@dialwright]

Gaiters, not 'garters'.

[@bobpacker904]

The Sea Cadets and other Cadet youth units at the Trafalgar Parade gave me a lift after all the gloomy news in Westminster of last week the Best of British youth Bob Packer .Ex R.N .

[@johnnunn8688]

I was that Sea Cadet, Southampton SCC 1966-69, drummer. Then went off at age 16 in Oct ‘69 to join the RAF.

[@TomThumb-d1r]

That's funny, and so did I. Lol.

[@paulevans3827]

Well done to everyone that was absolutely fantastic thank you very much come on🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@renard801]

A splendid performance by the bands. And congratulations to ALL the young people on parade. You deserve to feel proud.

[@reluctantheist5224]

Some of them are really small / young looking so to hear them all do so great makes me want to say a big well done 👍 to everyone.

[@lostsoul3154]

From Mississippi: "I say, ol' boy -- bloody smashing!"

[@steveking2337]

Absolutely outstanding

[@lindylou7853]

Gosh, the band was good, especially the drummers. I was pleasantly surprised. They walked a long way plying lol the time. The drummers switching to cornets was hard to do whilst marching. They did very well. Never knew we held Trafalgar Day parades!

[@mickallsopp5870]

Fantastic - made me feel very proud of our naval heritage. Well done.

[@paulhumphriesz4557]

Yes remember it very well I also participated in this parade back in the early 70's as a tenor drummer with T.S Iron Duke Maidenhead it was a honour and a privilege to have done this and many other parades including the Silver Jubilee in 1977 in Windsor.

[@davidwright4891]

Great to see the band's still exist .I'm was a buglar in Croydon,s seacadet band in the 1950,s and went into the Royal Navy.

[@stratac30]

Nice to see these young cadets still maintaining a tradition. This would make Nelson & Collingwood (both led their ships of the line at Trafalgar) proud. I wonder if there were any French and Spanish tourist watching this?

[@Ken-sf6qg]

As an ex cadet from T S Constant, this made me very proud to see the quality of turn out.

[@geoffreyhart9058]

This is where my military career stemmed from. I was a percussionist in Hove Sea Cadet Corps band based at Shoreham Harbour, RNR Sussex. From there I auditioned and was accepted into the Band of HM Royal Marines on percussion.

[@richardbrown6565]

Nice to know the kids are still interested in that sort of thing. I was in the ATC in the 50s. The Fighting 141 [Boston] squadron.

[@ScottyBugler2005]

Great hearing Marching Through Georgia. We have it in the BB Bugle Band Handbook. Obviously we don’t have the band parts though as most BB companies with Bugle Bands are traditional style with just Bugles And Drums. Or Bugles, Drums And Bell Lyres. I have managed to arrange the band parts for the Bell Lyres though and it’s nice to be able to play the entire march, which we usually follow up with Swanee River

[@stephenhastie3801]

Fantastic great to see see and hear with some good music. BZ

[@jimpomac]

I loved my time in the Sea Cadets. The reason I joined originally was that the Boy Scout troop I was in stopped wearing the Mountie style hats and switched to Berets, which I thought was just not on. So off I went and joined the Sea Cadets and got myself a sailor suit.

[@ninja-km1ty]

Good to see it back after so many years

[@MrDidz]

As a former Sea Cadet Drum Major with TS Duchess SCC, I congratulate you on a job well done.

[@aaroncanniford9237]

Brilliant so proud 👏 good luck too all the talented boys and girls ❤️🤍💙

[@stewartsnape2936]

Great job, come in, swanee river, royal salute( lifeguards) the blues and royals and lifeguards played this at a Bedfordshire tattoo they showed on a ad free TV station, they marched in a circle then peeled off left and right to forms two more circles of each regiment lovely formation marching

[@jameschespy6892]

it is always good to see the SCC massed bands. Ready Aye Ready

[@colineaston6305]

Nice to see the young ladies as part of the procession. Different from my young days.

[@stevewaterhouse5360]

BZ ⚓All who took part, a magnificent effort by all and making memories as well. From a cadet from the 1960's - 1970's.

[@peterwilliams1602]

Takes me back a bit Green Lane Sea Cadets Liverpool 1960 and on.

[@TW-mc9wk]

Congratulation mass bands. Reminds me of my youth when I marched with the Nautical Training Corps(NTC). Great role models for all youth

[@raytalbot5890]

Reminds me of my dates in the Cadets 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@andrewward3417]

Jus foud this as past sea cadet this made me proud

[@johnridout6205]

Beautiful, 👌👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@williamtraynor-kean7214]

A large Bravo Zulu to the SCC, first class performance, well done.

[@alunturner6919]

Great Sound. Well done Sea Cadets.

[@trevorcoles1162]

Wow, certainly brings back some memories. 😊

[@johnireland1051]

Top job boys and girls, you did very well.

[@davecroad6277]

What a brilliant band that's how you do it British pride.

[@julianmounser3241]

Compliments to all especially the sound engineer's

[@allantavener7378]

Big BZ to all involved, made me hanker for a return to uniform. And i know how hard it is to march AND play an instrument.

[@filmic1]

Very very sharp! (shout out to R.C.S.C.C Victory, Honour Guard - Montreal, late sixties.)

[@melbeasley9762]

From an Army veterans point of view (Ex ATC), I thought they were very good, remembering how young they are too.

[@torch8922]

Guessing that the band instructors are Royal Marjne musicians. Watching and listening to the drummers is a definite hat tip to the RM style of drumming.

[@ardeladimwit]

Way down upon the Suwannee River River that's where my heart remains at home--all the world is sad and dreary every where I roam--.how I long for my old Kentucky home. Not quite British and definitely some time after Trafalgar.

[@jazmo6662]

Well done boys & girls. I remember taking part, as a GNTC Cadet, in the massed London Area Sea Cadets & GNTC Trafalgar Day parade in the early 1970's. There were hundreds of us from all over the London Area. We spent several weekends rehearsing at White City Stadium. Sorry, I can't remember what year it was but the parade was massive! One of the biggest ever. Nice to see the girls fully integrated into the Sea Cadets now.

[@gordonburns8731]

Trafalgar, where Nelson told the French and Spanish to back off by winning the naval battle, followed by the Battle of Waterloo, where we took out Napoleon and his forces.

[@georgeh1352]

E X C E L L E N T, lads and lasses you should be proud of yourselves, a good turn-out by all.

[@angussmith4305]

i herd a couple of years ago the count of 'little people' in cadet service was an incredible 47,000 ............... wow, just wow

[@anthonypaton3711]

Fantastic, yes let's have Trafalgar day as a bank holiday

[@morgandog9]

Nice work! all the way to Welly Barracks? , I was a TS Steadfast bandy back in the 90’s, We used to march on the guard from Horse Guards ( who had rifles ), and another band marched on A company.

[@ianprince1698]

memories of being in the sea cadets a long time ago TS Tera nova Croydon

[@davidwright4891]

Hello .I,m also ex Terra Nova Inthe early 1950,s I was in the band this bought back memories of those days on Duppas Hill and church parades.

[@pbrobotspbrobots1710]

future royal marine bandsmen and women marching

[@geoffreyhart9058]

I ended up joining the Royal Marines after Sea Cadets.

[@jamescrowley8637]

A credit to our fine nation

[@greatunwashed1856]

Was a Sea Cadet early 60s, TS Invincible, Aye Ready Aye.

[@acheface]

Stirring stuff.

[@Freebird67]

Was a sea cadet TS Boscawen Weymouth great Time’s and in the band to week done to all

[@natadodo1564]

The festival in the UK are lack of announcement or promotion. I dont even know this occuring.

[@anthonyandersen2958]

Bravo Zulu cracking parade 👏👏👏

[@pollyannapositive9192]

Excellent

[@ardeladimwit]

what in the world does Stephen Foster, Old Kentucky Home has to do with Trafalgar?

[@Bradley-o7w]

An thou yet, perhaps they recall when they'd said what about mine, perchance they still feel it NOW

[@malinlewendon]

That's meee!!! I am one of the royal marine cadets! 3:40

[@reggriffiths5769]

Hats off to these youngsters for their interest in becoming a member of the cadets. Hopefully they can inspire others to follow suit. On the downside - and I write this without criticism of them, but they're not yet ready for big parades, several of them kept getting out of step, others kept looking to one side in order to see what they should be doing, and few of them had got the knack of marching fully erect, shoulders back. No condemnation, but as I say, they need more experience of marching before they're ready for a general parade. They are cadets, some obviously with more experience - which shows. They're not seasoned guardsmen or marines, so we shouldn't expect too much, but I''m pretty sure that every one of them had some sense of pride in being part, and we need to feel a similar sense for them.

[@colby25]

There kids for goodness sake. They do it in their part time.

[@reggriffiths5769]

@@colby25 Apart from your appalling spelling, you really only picked on the downside, and totally missed the compliments I paid, - "Hat's off", "Hopefully can inspire", "No condemnation," "we shouldn't expect too much." Which one of those compliments are having you having problems with, or are you just sounding off for something to do?

[@ieoprorkr5194]

there just kids after all, the most experienced are placed at the front the least are at the back, They're told beforehand what happens and are briefed weeks before the parade they know about what todo etc

[@reggriffiths5769]

@@ieoprorkr5194 Did you read my comment? Did you not see there was no criticism from me? From what you say, you confirm the fact that they weren't ready for parading. You say they were briefed, but clearly not well enough; either that or they weren't listening! I was eight years old when I joined the Life Boys - a preparation organisation for joining the Boys Brigade. We were taught to march, and in three weeks were marching at the annual Remembrance Day Parade. We weren't perfect, but we were ten times better than how these lads performed - but then, we had ex-military officers teaching us, and it was also a time when all of us had parents who served through WW2, with some of having g-parents who also served in WW1, so military marching was in our blood. If there was a hint of criticism in my comment, it was aimed at the staff who trained the lads, not the lads themselves.

[@shaymoore1260]

Nice

[@lynxedits1816]

Are unit does not do national trade 😢

[@terryb8310]

What tune at 9.23? Please ?

[@MrBaton74]

Kenneth Alfords HM Jollies.

[@Cabdrum1]

Today as I watch this it is 19/10/2022 ….. Trafalgar day 2022 is in two days time on the 21/10/2022. ….. maybe the date in the title is just an error ….

[@bernardwilson9519]

The parade was held Sunday 16 October. Had they waited until the actual date of Trafalgar Day, 21 October, it would have been a very small parade, as they are Sea CADETS, and as such will be in school on 21 October.

[@Cabdrum1]

@@bernardwilson9519 👍

[@Helloooooolooo]

The cadets parade on the closet Sunday to Trafalgar day to try and minimise time off school

[@jamescrowley8637]

Tip Top.

[@chrisclarke7828]

Touch too exciting for me.

[@mxr572]

they may be cadets but they parade like regulars..