Coronation Rehearsals March Back to Waterloo Station

[@stevenlee_1]

Thanks for waking up in the middle of the night to bring this type of content for us! They looked and sounded great.

[@angelaspina8466]

Waking up anyone who might be sleeping!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣LMAO
Love the U.K. , it’s traditions, the Brits, the Commonwealth, and it’s Realms! I am an American!

[@lindapelton9614]

Awesome from Seattle Washington USA

[@a.t.c.3862]

Fantastic, the joy is contagious.
God bless Britain!
God save The King!

[@annpachini2155]

I’ve already set my recorder. I just love listening to the bands

[@lesleymcshanemitchell9651]

Im bursting with Extiement This will be my 3rd Coronation Im 86 years Old

[@loopyloo788]

Oh wow! How wonderful. I hope you enjoy it. 🇬🇧❤️🇬🇧

[@cathynuytten798]

How wonderful for you! Wishing you a great coronation day and a long and happy life!

[@cak8132]

Way to go, Lesley!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Enjoy every minute of the coronation!! I’ll be watching from New York City.

[@porkscratchings5428]

This is my mother’s 4th coronation, she’s 92 and will be watching it all today 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@krisgrij]

Oh how I wish I could sit and hear all your remembrances of those events! Us Yanks across the pond have no clue how to celebrate with grandeur and pomp.

[@kennethstretton5308]

Fantastic once in a life time recording never seen anything like this before , amazing loved to have been there

[@CountessNachtfrost1]

Add on all the time polishing boots, pressing trousers and shining all those buttons etc.

[@charlottecunningham2141]

Thanks for videoing and explaining what’s going on behind the scenes too

[@harolynallison3962]

They are wonderful to listen to and I will be watching from home and cheering on the king and his family God Save The King.

[@marisolbenitez1339]

Love this traditions I will watch this on saturday

[@paulalaurie7935]

Same here in New Zealand ❤ really looking forward to it. Bottle of wine to hand as its Saturday evening here. Born in Liverpool in England and saw the last Coronation live in 1953!

[@GMN360]

What are you doing tonight…oh, just taking a little musical march through the streets of London…bliss and bless them all! Let’s see more of this…it brings such cheer and happiness.

[@sydstubbs5716]

What a great week to be British
GSTK
🇬🇧☘️👍

[@MarkAdams-os8is]

Bloody marvelous! God save the King!

[@alison155]

So smart, each amd everyone of them.

[@shiva2731]

Thank you for the descriptions of regiments and songs. 🇬🇧🎼♥️

[@lesleygilbert1945]

Really enjoyed listening and watching - sharing with family and friends ❤🤍💙

[@jeangemmel7895]

Every one of these men would lay their life down for their King...............the beauty and loyalty of it all is heartwarming and makes you feel so proud of them all.

[@noreenhallett7366]

And women. They are all Soldiers.

[@josephinebennington7247]

More the Country, their Mum, their kids, and the bloke beside them on the battlefield. They won’t be thinking of Charlie 3rd in the heat of the moment.

[@TheDAT9]

You fool, grow up.

[@jer3335]

Thanks for posting this! It's amazing. Watching from up north in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 where a few of the battalions are based 🎉❤

[@judyc9380]

You should be very proud!

[@laurawilliams3303]

Absolutely wonderful. What a sight! ❤

[@mikedennington8856]

Just totally wonderful.

[@ThereseHope]

God bless every soldier and everyone that has worked selflessly, loyally. The rehearsals for the coronation of King Charles III are incredible I know on the day of the coronation it will be spectacular . Be proud of yourself because we are. This little Kiwi absolutely loves what you have created ,seemingly with little effort but we all know how much work has really gone into this spectacular creation

[@barbarakeen6185]

Royal Marines impeccable as always. So looking forward to more of this on Saturday

[@JelMain]

Roll on Sunday. I'm a veteran, but we're expected to behave intelligently. Being told what to do, without reason, by the Archbosh, in flagrant disregard to centuries of Statute Monarchy, has revolted me. Jingoism was discredited a hundred years ago, and the sooner you get this out of your system, the better.
We fight for the Nation, not the figurehead. We're loyal to the Nation, and in my case, God, and that doesn't change. Being put into a feudal oath without any of that by this city financier in a dress (he was BP's Treasury Director before entering the Church, something that should have given an ecologically-minded individual pause for thought before accepting consecration as the Head of the Church of England) is enough to turn my stomach. True, he said it wasn't compulsory, but that misses the point: we're a democracy now, and that oath undoes it.

[@katespear1233]

Great video. Thank you for explaining things.

[@susandreger-epps3676]

So beautifully recorded, Military Bands Everywhere. Bless your heart! I'm watching this from a hospital in Canada, and so grateful you were ready, willing, and able to get this on video for us!!

[@MilitaryBandsEverywhere]

Thank you very Susan, I am glad you enjoyed and felt that you could experience these special rehearsals! I hope everything gets better soon in hospital.

[@donnamealy4877]

Impressive! I can barely March and play (ok, I’m a violinist 😊), but to it in the dark as well??!! 👍

[@adoculos4521]

Yes, that is impressive, it can't be denied.

[@judyc9380]

Wow, wish I was there.

[@alison155]

Brilliant. No tv and in France so i will on here watch as much as I can❤.

[@carolinerebornknight]

Absolutely fantastic 🇬🇧

[@ianb9103]

Thankyou for filming. What a great early alarm call. On Saturday tv will only show snippets. Watching all the rehearsals without thousand of wellwishers 👍

[@mikerozic7225]

As a marching band parent I certainly get how hard everyone work's! Well Done !

[@erniearruda8861]

I would not have a problem waking up to this at four in the morning and not calling by-law for noise complaint 🤗. God save our King 👑🇨🇦

[@susieowens3]

PERFECTION lovely to listen to an to watch❤❤💂‍♂️💂‍♂️🎶🎶

[@bettykos]

❤❤Greetings from Auz.👏👏👏

[@samueldougoud3289]

13:08 "A cracking wake up" - how true ! 😁

[@katewelsh2415]

Fantastic fills me with emotion and pride just wonderful

[@DragonDen-ko2fl]

Nice footage!!!!

[@goofyatheart9305]

Thanks so much for posting this video! It’s amazing. Wish I could be there in person but I’ll be watching from Florida, USA

[@patriciaeasterday2125]

Thank you for this video 🇬🇧

[@margaretwilson3505]

Amazing bands & impeccable marching cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

[@GeordiePat1]

I cant imagine anyone not watchiing the Coronation. We Brits know how to do the Pomp, Circumstance and Ceremony! We also know know to defend these Islands.
Long live the King, and Queen. God Save them stay safe and stay 🎉❤

[@jilly3511]

Thank you for sharing this with us 👑

[@florencemurray9720]

This is my second coronation. Splendid bands and troops as always. Proud of everyone after long days. Perfection..

[@britbazza3568]

Well it's time for the UK to shine again. There's no one else on the planet that can put on a show like this will be other than the Brits. Makes me a proud Brit. God save the king

[@jeanwalker8276]

So proud to be British,no one does pomp and ceremony like we do. Thank you to all our military ,you are the best.God save King Charles and our Royal family.I will be glued to my TV on Saturday .prayers to all involved, hope all goes well for everyone.🇬🇧🎵🎵💂💂🤴👏👏👏❤❤❤🙏🙏

[@phoebebrown2883]

I love the band of the Royal Marines they are spot on.

[@juliam.mallen9019]

WOW so many incredible bands! Outstanding I feel honored blessed and thankful to see i this amazing video..God Bless you all! Such a delight to behold!👌👏💕

[@josimpson7999]

I’m getting goosebumps already.

[@porkscratchings5428]

I thought I was going mad as I thought - is that marching music in the early of the day before sunrise before I finished my night shift lol. So it was this! Amazing! Looking forward to today as we have pole position to see most of this from our apartment 👍 God Save Our King! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@hazel1605]

So good, lovely to see 😊

[@pmajudge]

AAAAH !! SPECTACULAR INDEED!! WOW !! POW TOTALLY AMAZING !!!! FROM U.K. (2023).

[@charliesmith_]

❤ 🇬🇧 Military Bandsmen and Bandswomen are 100% FABBBBB! *Beautiful* ❤ Thank You! X

[@mitford603]

the army have been practising in aldershot all week (and last week), i see they all headed to waterloo yesterday afternoon on the train for this

[@missb9473]

More of this. Huge like 👏

[@harolynallison3962]

You bet the biggest like we can give

[@Kuiper3282]

Perfect military tradition as only the British can master!

[@annzaffiro4015]

Proud to be BRITISH and proud of our King and royal family, only we do pomp that can’t be rivalled

[@noelcook8973]

Absolutely awesome. To see the different bands of all the various Regiments plus the Royal Marines, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. Makes one proud to be British.

[@jillwalker598]

Makes me feel so very proud to be British. This is going to be a day to be remembered with great pride🇬🇧

[@beverleypowell127]

I am from Bermuda 🇧🇲 I like it very good.

[@leemackie8434]

Well done 👏👏💕💗🇦🇺💗💕 can’t wait

[@sandymcghee3328]

Awesome bands God Save The King 🤴

[@hughbeeson8854]

Just a big thank you for the effort that must have gone into the making of this video. For me and I am sure many others never get tired of watching our splendid troops marching to those wonderful military bands. Never fails to lift my spirits. Bravo.

[@MilitaryBandsEverywhere]

Thank you very much Hugh, it’s much appreciated! I share with you the passion for Military music and how important it is to document these sorts of things for prosperity, tradition and also awareness and entertainment for others! I was incredibly fortunate to be in a position to record these events and early morning rehearsals for both the coronations and the State Funeral of Her Majesty the Queen due to me being allowed of the rehearsals to take footage. It was a humbling experience indeed!

[@janetmcnichol-fowler4904]

Fabulous.

[@peckelhaze6934]

I just love being British.

[@juliam.mallen9019]

They sound and look amazing!

[@stewartsnape2936]

3:55 Magnificent display of uniforms.,tradition, class soldiers and music, Royal salute a big favorite of mine, i first heard it played by the life guards and blues and royals at a Bedfordshire tattoo as their marching formation had them peel off into two rotating circles. A big hello to Big Ben

[@LindaMonks]

Best way to see ceremonial London is to watch the rehearsals in the nights leading up to the event. My admiration goes out to all the services involved but I have to say GSM Vern Stokes has my total respect and awe in achieving this. To watch him pace sticking the route night after night to get it right is a sight to be seen. This lone figure in the night on whose shoulders it all rests. The atmosphere is something the tv will never convey. Her Majesty’s funeral was extroidinary with regard to atmosphere in London.

[@ruthwalton3703]

Love this. Was there until just after 4 am Wish Id stayed to watch this.

[@lesleymcshanemitchell9651]

Full Moon Clear Night Hope the Gods are good to Us Saturday Or we will be singing in the Rain

[@thomashunter5707]

Looking forward to watching the coronation on tv

[@tatianaaparecidagalvao4114]

This is wonderful!🎉❤

[@danielw5850]

That must've been something, at 4am, for the patients in St. Thomas' Hospital!

[@judyc9380]

You know we say on st pat,s day, everybody is Irish. I,ve got to say, this week-end, I want to be English. Cheers.

[@mikebowden4244]

British.

[@adoculos4521]

Shame on you. Btw, you sound like a particularly thick American.

[@judyc9380]

@@mikebowden4244 that too.

[@odalindachacon562]

Maravillosa demostración. Esos jóvenes deben estar agotados y tendrán que descansar un poco. Veré la ceremonia por televisión desde mi país 🇨🇴🇨🇴. 👍

[@TheCheeseMan123]

Fabulous video!
I do believe 6:04 is Officer of the Day, not Red Cloak, only thing I noticed 😊

[@trombone113]

You are very correct. I must have played Officer of the Day 1,000 times. 😳

[@trombone113]

Robert Browne Hall wrote that one, Death or Glory and a bunch of others they like to play. He was born in Maine and grew up in Waterville. Every year they actually celebrate Robert Brown Hall day. He spent most of his life about $2 from broke busted. His first march he paid someone $25 to arrange for him and he said never again. From that point on he did all his own arranging. But he did die penniless despite selling quite a few pieces. He loved music more than a lavish lifestyle and his marches prove his talent.

[@MilitaryBandsEverywhere]

Thanks for that, it was a very long day so I do apologise for the slip up in my tiredness. I’ve amended the description now! 👍

[@mariebarr1745]

👏👍

[@JohnMacMillan100]

Not "The Red Cloak", but R..B.Hall's "Officer of tthe Day"

[@michelemccloskey3657]

Death or Glory fabulous

[@kamteikbeng3197]

This is once in a lifetime event never to be missed
Even the rehearsal is excellent all the units are in their expected best performance
I hope I live to see William The Second an English King rather than the Norman
Kam Teik Beng

[@jongulliver984]

Think you’ll find he will be William the fifth, William V.

[@kamteikbeng3197]

@@jongulliver984
Thanks for the correction
I got all mixed up
Didn’t realize there were three Williams after William the Conqueror
That’s what I like about Quora real time learning

[@donreed]

05/04/23: Good luck with the Coronation happening during Mercury Rx!

[@lesleymcshanemitchell9651]

Get see the twice How lucky am I Roll on the Kings Coronation

[@iceomistar4302]

I am by no means a royalist but I do enjoy watching a parade

[@emptyangel]

The march is officer of the day not red cloak at around 06:00

[@MilitaryBandsEverywhere]

My mistake there, it was a very long day indeed so sorry about the slip up! I’ve amended the description! 👍

[@rosepsaila6414]

I,m watching from the GEORGE CROSS ISLAND

[@geoffowens7311]

I was stationed at Halfar for 2 years ex navy

[@5714sqd]

As nice as this is, and it is nice, these soldiers need their rest like all of us. 4 am parading makes for a very long tiring day.

[@michelemccloskey3657]

Haven’t heard or played new colonial for years nice change

[@montyzumazoom1337]

As the late comedian Ken Dodd told us. If you want to know the time at night, hang a base drum out of your bedroom window and start hitting it..... very soon you will hear a neighbour shout "Who the the hell is banging a bloody drum at 3 o'clock in the morning?!!"

[@someflipswhoguy]

It's Officer of the Day not Red Cloak at 6:01

[@jamiehoey1201]

Sandhurst bands actually playing Officer of the day, not red cloak. Great to see my pal Deano on bass again doin what he does best.

[@martinrowson8275]

By far and away the best band on show the British Army Band Catterick, a proper brass band sound without the woodwind fantastic, about time the other bands took a leaf out of their books and dropped the woodwind who sound like a load of cats falling out.

[@samtebbs2153]

😎👍❤️🇬🇧

[@chrisure4327]

I totally admire all these soldiers, sailors and airmen and have great respect for their service to God and Country. One question. "Isn't there a height restriction for servicemen/women? Some of these soldiers would seem lucky to get over 5feet.

[@sebastianwheeler384]

What March was finishing at 7:30? Also, I don’t think the Sandhurst band were playing Arromanches? I can’t quite remember what it’s called though!

[@sylviabartsch6205]

God Save The King

[@BernardAguiar]

Call me cheesy but as an American, I can’t wait to watch on Saturday. BTW, will Britain please take Harry and Meghan back.

[@barbarakeen6185]

No thank you. Please keep them. Nice to know you’ll be watching though.

[@shecandance9500]

American here! I am so excited to watch the Coronation also! We are getting up at 3 am! We signed up for BBC News to watch their broadcasting of it !! It will be amazing to watch!!

[@adoculos4521]

No way.😱😆

[@charlottecunningham2141]

How are they bothering you exactly?

[@poppyrowland1385]

No. Sorry. 😏

[@christhorp8410]

Poor guys look absolutely worn out and ready for bed. What a way to treat musicians!

[@rossflowers7038]

Did they combine the band members of the Grenadier and Scots Guards?

[@MilitaryBandsEverywhere]

Yes. The Massed Guards Bands are marching in ranks of 3 each in the massed band to fit around the roads of London so to split them up to march from Waterloo they had 3 ranks of Grenadiers, 2 of Scots. 1 Scot’s, 3 Welsh and 1 Irish and then 2 Irish and Coldstream files to create each band of 5.

[@rossflowers7038]

@@MilitaryBandsEverywhere thank you

[@petronelastelawhite-anca7964]

Haaaaaa! Bless them...basically are exercising in to the dark the Parade for the purpose of Coronation ♡♧☆
This was for "The Queen Elizabeth II JUBILEE "; saim they now do for the purpose of Coronation of King CHARLES III

[@nathanmiranda8098]

6:03 the march is "Officer of the Day" by R.B. Hall, not Red Cloak.

[@lawrencegatt4515]

🏁🇦🇺❤

[@wythewilson7393]

What about the Scottish military bands & bagpipes? They are huge part of Uk history & monarch

[@MilitaryBandsEverywhere]

They marched past after the sat band in the video, The Royal Air Force. Unfortunately I had to leave due to other commitments and could not film these marching past.

[@huyiii2435]

Marchs are better at night

[@yuritarted984]

Never thought I'd hear american marches for a British coronation pretty cool