Last night was the preview show for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Excellent performance all around, even with the press scurrying around the esplanade, trying to stay out of the way of the goose-stepping Russians.
Yes, Russians. With a dancing guy in a bear suit.
We were treated to a multicultural extravaganza. First came the requisite pipe band, followed by Taiwanese majorettes, a fife and drum band from Massachusetts in full Revolutionary War-era getup, the aforementioned dancing Russian band, the world's only military steel drum band - from Trinidad and Tobago - and amazing limbo dancers, highland dancers, the mounted dragoon band, and a cover group on "Amarillo". The final songs of the evening included an audience sing-along to "Auld Lang Syne", hand holding and all, and "God Save the Queen", which was particularly interesting with a certain oversized flag in the middle of the parade grounds...
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