Good morning Mike, from rainy, gloomy, coastal Maine , USA. Thanks so much for your post. It's a great way to enjoy my morning coffee. I really enjoyed their selection of marches today. It's nice to hear some marches I had not heard before. I especially enjoyed the march they were playing as they entered the castle grounds.
Hello again Brian, and thanks for your comment. I agree that the selection of marches was very good to listen to. I haven't seen the Band of the Welsh Guards as often as some of the other bands, so I really didn't know what would be in store. It was the first time I got the march you mention, "The Contemptibles", in any of my videos. I think it is more usually associated with the Band of the Irish Guards (hopefully an expert will correct me if I'm wrong!), and that is a band that, through circumstances, I've seen/filmed even less often.
@@MikeM14-40 you are very fortunate over in Great Britain to have so many great Regimental Bands, and residing in a town where they Parade every day. Our US Army band, Pershing's Own and the US Marine Corps Band, The President's Own, are rarely seen on parade here. And even rarer do we get to see tge Fife and Drum Corps of the ceremonial Old Guard. They dress in late 1700s period uniform, tricorn hats, gaiters and powdered whigs, which by tradition is the reverse color of the Contininental Army under George Washington. A question if you don't mind. Does the Band of The Royal Marines, Parade and do the Marines also stand Guard Duty? I think they have very sharp dress uniforms, and watching their drummers, who remind me of antique toy soldiers.
@@briannicholas2757 Hi Brian, yes, we are very lucky to have so many great military bands (Army, Marines, and Royal Air Force), but the number has sadly reduced drastically over the past few years, and there are further reductions even as I write. In Windsor there are normally 3 guard-changes with parades a week - Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. At Buckingham Palace in London, there are normally guard-changes on the alternate days - Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. However, at Buckingham Palace it is a lot more difficult to get really close to the band to see and hear them properly. I only live about 20 miles from Windsor, which used to be a 45-minute drive, but late last year I had to stop driving because my eyesight wasn't good enough to meet the standard required for driving. Now I have to get there by train, which takes about 2 hours, plus a 30-minute walk to the station. The journey involves 4 different trains, and if any one of them is late or cancelled it can mean I don't get there in time to see the guard-change parade in full. Furthermore, if it rains, the parade, or at least the band providing musical support, can be cancelled at a moment's notice. This means I have to be very selective in what journeys I set out on! I've seen "The President's Own" in many concert videos on TH-cam - I think these videos are very good, and a great reference source for various pieces of music, including various marches. The Band of the Royal Marines does play in many parades, even occasionally in Windsor. I don't know whether or not the Marines stand Guard Duty - hopefully someone else reading this can give an answer. There are actually several different Royal Marines bands - I believe the total number is about 4 or 5 but again maybe someone else can provide a definitive answer. The Royal Marines bands are almost universally thought to be among the best. With their different layout of instruments, with percussion forming the front row, the euphoniums on the outside, etc, they have a somewhat different sound from, say, the Guards bands.
Hi Mike. Thanks again. I believe I saw my elderly couple and the young man I mentioned to you before. He had on the same outfit 🙂saw several of your fellow TH-camrs too
Hi Charlotte, and thanks. Yes, although I didn't have time to look around very much while I was there (due to delays and cancellations on the train journey getting there meaning I was 40 minutes later arriving than I'd planned), I saw at least some of your "favourites", and several "filmers" as well.
Good evening Mr.Mike, thank you for your umpteenth lovely video! But... does nobody go on holiday? It's summertime, a bit of relax. Happy summer holydays!!
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Good morning Mike, from rainy, gloomy, coastal Maine , USA. Thanks so much for your post. It's a great way to enjoy my morning coffee.
I really enjoyed their selection of marches today. It's nice to hear some marches I had not heard before. I especially enjoyed the march they were playing as they entered the castle grounds.
Hello again Brian, and thanks for your comment. I agree that the selection of marches was very good to listen to. I haven't seen the Band of the Welsh Guards as often as some of the other bands, so I really didn't know what would be in store. It was the first time I got the march you mention, "The Contemptibles", in any of my videos. I think it is more usually associated with the Band of the Irish Guards (hopefully an expert will correct me if I'm wrong!), and that is a band that, through circumstances, I've seen/filmed even less often.
@@MikeM14-40 you are very fortunate over in Great Britain to have so many great Regimental Bands, and residing in a town where they Parade every day.
Our US Army band, Pershing's Own and the US Marine Corps Band, The President's Own, are rarely seen on parade here. And even rarer do we get to see tge Fife and Drum Corps of the ceremonial Old Guard. They dress in late 1700s period uniform, tricorn hats, gaiters and powdered whigs, which by tradition is the reverse color of the Contininental Army under George Washington.
A question if you don't mind.
Does the Band of The Royal Marines, Parade and do the Marines also stand Guard Duty?
I think they have very sharp dress uniforms, and watching their drummers, who remind me of antique toy soldiers.
@@briannicholas2757 Hi Brian, yes, we are very lucky to have so many great military bands (Army, Marines, and Royal Air Force), but the number has sadly reduced drastically over the past few years, and there are further reductions even as I write. In Windsor there are normally 3 guard-changes with parades a week - Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. At Buckingham Palace in London, there are normally guard-changes on the alternate days - Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. However, at Buckingham Palace it is a lot more difficult to get really close to the band to see and hear them properly.
I only live about 20 miles from Windsor, which used to be a 45-minute drive, but late last year I had to stop driving because my eyesight wasn't good enough to meet the standard required for driving. Now I have to get there by train, which takes about 2 hours, plus a 30-minute walk to the station. The journey involves 4 different trains, and if any one of them is late or cancelled it can mean I don't get there in time to see the guard-change parade in full. Furthermore, if it rains, the parade, or at least the band providing musical support, can be cancelled at a moment's notice. This means I have to be very selective in what journeys I set out on!
I've seen "The President's Own" in many concert videos on TH-cam - I think these videos are very good, and a great reference source for various pieces of music, including various marches.
The Band of the Royal Marines does play in many parades, even occasionally in Windsor. I don't know whether or not the Marines stand Guard Duty - hopefully someone else reading this can give an answer. There are actually several different Royal Marines bands - I believe the total number is about 4 or 5 but again maybe someone else can provide a definitive answer. The Royal Marines bands are almost universally thought to be among the best. With their different layout of instruments, with percussion forming the front row, the euphoniums on the outside, etc, they have a somewhat different sound from, say, the Guards bands.
Hi Mike. Thanks again. I believe I saw my elderly couple and the young man I mentioned to you before. He had on the same outfit 🙂saw several of your fellow TH-camrs too
Hi Charlotte, and thanks. Yes, although I didn't have time to look around very much while I was there (due to delays and cancellations on the train journey getting there meaning I was 40 minutes later arriving than I'd planned), I saw at least some of your "favourites", and several "filmers" as well.
Good evening Mr.Mike, thank you for your umpteenth lovely video! But... does nobody go on holiday? It's summertime, a bit of relax. Happy summer holydays!!
Good morning Alba! Thank you for the comment. For me, every trip to Windsor is a holiday!