Hi AFV, and many thanks for the comment! Punchinello is certainly a brass band classic. The Coldstream Guards band certainly seem to have good connections to the brass band world as well as to the Salvation Army band world (eg the march "The Red Shield"). This was the first time I'd ever gone anywhere near Trooping the Colour, and it proved to be a very long and busy day. I got there very early - probably too early - and had made a plan for myself as to what to see and where, helped very much by other people's videos from earlier rehearsals. The low point of the day was my journey on foot back to the station to get out of London. Many of the roads were closed or had diversions even for pedestrians, because of the number of protests, demonstrations, counter-demonstrations, and football crowds all in the area at the same time. I had a surprise meeting with "Mr B" in front of Wellington Barracks at the end - he had been inside Horse Guards Parade to see and film the ceremony from the inside.
Good morning, Mike (morning in America EST)glad you get to be there. Whoever gave the order to change arms has a nice melodious voice. Nice new tunes and thank you for your efforts 😀enjoy yourself
Hi Charlotte, and good morning! I'm glad you enjoyed the tunes and one or two of the voices in the video. I enjoyed being there and planning for it. What wasn't so enjoyable was trying to get back afterwards to the station to get out of London. This is normally only about a 20-minutes, simple walk but this time it took much more than an hour because of all the different demonstrations, counter-demonstrations, protests, and football crowds in London all happening at the same time, with a very heavy police presence and many diversions even for pedestrians to keep different factions apart.
Smashing video, both visually and audio. I admire all the participants, they work so hard to achieve these sights and sounds and should be applauded. And thank you Mike for recording and sharing👍
@@AnnofWales21 Hello Ann, and I'm glad you enjoyed my video. I presume, and hope, that everything went well for your trip there last weekend (if I'm correct) to see it all "from the inside". I thought that for the Major General's Review it would be less crowded generally, but the reality was rather different. There were so many other events and activities in the area, including within St James's Park, that it got difficult to move around, and things were chaotic trying to get back to Waterloo station to get out of London afterwards because so many roads and even pedestrian routes were closed and/or diverted. Still, overall I was glad I went.
@@MikeM14-40hi Mike, yes I had a marvellous time last week, thoroughly enjoyed the whole event from start to finish (but wasn’t so keen on the cold wind that rattled around!) The extra crowds, and additional security required, from the other events certainly added unexpected snags for us but heyho! I’m pleased to say that my better (🤔) half enjoyed it far more than he expected and is now quite enthusiastic to attend the Military Musical Spectacular in July 🥳 Well done to you for getting to both last week and this weeks Trooping. Are you going to make it a hat trick and go next week too? I haven’t seen many videos from last week yet, I had some sort of issue whereby I was unable to post comments/replies so came to the conclusion the Wi-Fi where we were staying was iffy😬 (hope this one gets through🤞)
@@AnnofWales21 Hi Ann, yes your comment has got through fine! I'm really glad you enjoyed your day there on 1 June, as I saw from some of your earlier comments elsewhere beforehand how much you were looking forward to it with great anticipation, and of course you had a much longer journey to get there than I have. I'm also pleased that your other half enjoyed it and now looks forward to other events with enthusiasm. I know how windy it was on the day you were there, and should imagine that being seated in an elevated position for 2 or so hours it got pretty cold as well - at least I was walking/running around for most of the time so I got hot rather than cold! Just to clarify - I only went on 1 June, not on 8 June as well, although I did 2 videos of that one day. I was pretty shattered from the travelling experience and had a lot of work to do to put together the videos, and have spent most of the last week catching up with a lot of my other normal work that got put aside. I'll make my mind up nearer the time as to whether I try going on 15 June for the final event, depending on the weather, the wider situation with travel and London, etc.
Sounds like Hazelmere to me - the Corps of Drums piece at 16:25. Interesting that the Mounted Band of the Household Cavalry plays Mollendrorf's Parade on the way to the parade ground, given that it's the second neutral slow march in the troop this year and that the MBHC also gives Arnhem a spin, which is performed again by the Guards' Massed Bands on the march back to BHP. I like both of them, especially Arnhem, so it's not a complaint, just an observation.
Hello e.chambers, and thanks for the comments and suggestion. I thought that the missing piece sounded like Hazelmere, but when I played it back-to-back against another rendition on TH-cam purporting to be Hazelmere it sounded different. I'll keep trying, and if I get sufficient confidence I'll update my Description. I had a bit of a heads-up about some of the pieces that were going to be played from watching someone else's video of an earlier rehearsal last week. I could see that Arnhem would appear twice, and I particularly wanted to record it so I had to try and guess exactly where each band would be when they started it, and be in the right place, as I'm not very adept at walking and filming at the same time.
@@MikeM14-40 Comparing versions can drive you nuts! It's done that to me more than once. I didn't pay that close attention before I came up with my "verdict"....! Hope you get the tune sorted. Glad to hear Arnhem by the mounted band; their marches are played slower, in keeping with a cavalry walk, so they sound slightly different anyway. The same applies to Mollendorf's Parade.There are so many moving parts to the King's Birthday Parade and its various rehearsals that videoing it must be a conundrum - you really have to know what you want to capture, pick your vantage points and your timing, and then hope you aren't scuppered by the unexpected. Still, always an adventure! I enjoyed the results of this one. Thanks Mike.
Hello Salsahbee, although it's not on my own video, "Rhythm of the Line", which I was told was composed by your grandfather, was certainly played. The "mini massed band" (Irish plus Welsh plus Scots Guards) played it as their second march on the way from Wellington Barracks to Horse Guards Parade, and this video gives a good viewing of it starting at about 3 minutes 15 seconds:- th-cam.com/video/4w_7jjsED7k/w-d-xo.html This one shows the same thing, starting at about 12 minutes 25 seconds:- th-cam.com/video/9gm7IoNa-zI/w-d-xo.html Another march that I believe was composed by your grandfather was "Guards Armoured Division" which is used in the ceremony itself on Horse Guards Parade, which is shown in this video starting at about 1 hour 3 minutes 30 seconds:- th-cam.com/video/ExDfoIP7aRI/w-d-xo.html I hope that helps - there may possibly be others as well.
@@Salsahbee Thanks Salsahbee, I'm glad that I was able to help. The best music often lives on. Hopefully there'll be good coverage in the final rehearsal (Colonel's Review) this coming weekend, and then in the main event itself.
This is a treat! Thank you from 🇨🇦.
Hi Deborah, nice to hear from you and thanks for the comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent video Mike. Great to hear the Coldstream Guards band play ‘Punchimello’
Hi AFV, and many thanks for the comment! Punchinello is certainly a brass band classic. The Coldstream Guards band certainly seem to have good connections to the brass band world as well as to the Salvation Army band world (eg the march "The Red Shield").
This was the first time I'd ever gone anywhere near Trooping the Colour, and it proved to be a very long and busy day. I got there very early - probably too early - and had made a plan for myself as to what to see and where, helped very much by other people's videos from earlier rehearsals.
The low point of the day was my journey on foot back to the station to get out of London. Many of the roads were closed or had diversions even for pedestrians, because of the number of protests, demonstrations, counter-demonstrations, and football crowds all in the area at the same time.
I had a surprise meeting with "Mr B" in front of Wellington Barracks at the end - he had been inside Horse Guards Parade to see and film the ceremony from the inside.
Good morning, Mike (morning in America EST)glad you get to be there. Whoever gave the order to change arms has a nice melodious voice. Nice new tunes and thank you for your efforts 😀enjoy yourself
Hi Charlotte, and good morning! I'm glad you enjoyed the tunes and one or two of the voices in the video. I enjoyed being there and planning for it. What wasn't so enjoyable was trying to get back afterwards to the station to get out of London. This is normally only about a 20-minutes, simple walk but this time it took much more than an hour because of all the different demonstrations, counter-demonstrations, protests, and football crowds in London all happening at the same time, with a very heavy police presence and many diversions even for pedestrians to keep different factions apart.
Smashing video, both visually and audio. I admire all the participants, they work so hard to achieve these sights and sounds and should be applauded. And thank you Mike for recording and sharing👍
@@AnnofWales21 Hello Ann, and I'm glad you enjoyed my video.
I presume, and hope, that everything went well for your trip there last weekend (if I'm correct) to see it all "from the inside".
I thought that for the Major General's Review it would be less crowded generally, but the reality was rather different. There were so many other events and activities in the area, including within St James's Park, that it got difficult to move around, and things were chaotic trying to get back to Waterloo station to get out of London afterwards because so many roads and even pedestrian routes were closed and/or diverted. Still, overall I was glad I went.
@@MikeM14-40hi Mike, yes I had a marvellous time last week, thoroughly enjoyed the whole event from start to finish (but wasn’t so keen on the cold wind that rattled around!) The extra crowds, and additional security required, from the other events certainly added unexpected snags for us but heyho! I’m pleased to say that my better (🤔) half enjoyed it far more than he expected and is now quite enthusiastic to attend the Military Musical Spectacular in July 🥳
Well done to you for getting to both last week and this weeks Trooping. Are you going to make it a hat trick and go next week too? I haven’t seen many videos from last week yet, I had some sort of issue whereby I was unable to post comments/replies so came to the conclusion the Wi-Fi where we were staying was iffy😬 (hope this one gets through🤞)
@@AnnofWales21 Hi Ann, yes your comment has got through fine!
I'm really glad you enjoyed your day there on 1 June, as I saw from some of your earlier comments elsewhere beforehand how much you were looking forward to it with great anticipation, and of course you had a much longer journey to get there than I have. I'm also pleased that your other half enjoyed it and now looks forward to other events with enthusiasm. I know how windy it was on the day you were there, and should imagine that being seated in an elevated position for 2 or so hours it got pretty cold as well - at least I was walking/running around for most of the time so I got hot rather than cold!
Just to clarify - I only went on 1 June, not on 8 June as well, although I did 2 videos of that one day. I was pretty shattered from the travelling experience and had a lot of work to do to put together the videos, and have spent most of the last week catching up with a lot of my other normal work that got put aside. I'll make my mind up nearer the time as to whether I try going on 15 June for the final event, depending on the weather, the wider situation with travel and London, etc.
Why do the guards visor caps have such a sharp 90 degree down peak rather than the more outwards kind?
Sounds like Hazelmere to me - the Corps of Drums piece at 16:25. Interesting that the Mounted Band of the Household Cavalry plays Mollendrorf's Parade on the way to the parade ground, given that it's the second neutral slow march in the troop this year and that the MBHC also gives Arnhem a spin, which is performed again by the Guards' Massed Bands on the march back to BHP. I like both of them, especially Arnhem, so it's not a complaint, just an observation.
Hello e.chambers, and thanks for the comments and suggestion. I thought that the missing piece sounded like Hazelmere, but when I played it back-to-back against another rendition on TH-cam purporting to be Hazelmere it sounded different. I'll keep trying, and if I get sufficient confidence I'll update my Description.
I had a bit of a heads-up about some of the pieces that were going to be played from watching someone else's video of an earlier rehearsal last week. I could see that Arnhem would appear twice, and I particularly wanted to record it so I had to try and guess exactly where each band would be when they started it, and be in the right place, as I'm not very adept at walking and filming at the same time.
@@MikeM14-40 Comparing versions can drive you nuts! It's done that to me more than once. I didn't pay that close attention before I came up with my "verdict"....! Hope you get the tune sorted. Glad to hear Arnhem by the mounted band; their marches are played slower, in keeping with a cavalry walk, so they sound slightly different anyway. The same applies to Mollendorf's Parade.There are so many moving parts to the King's Birthday Parade and its various rehearsals that videoing it must be a conundrum - you really have to know what you want to capture, pick your vantage points and your timing, and then hope you aren't scuppered by the unexpected. Still, always an adventure! I enjoyed the results of this one. Thanks Mike.
Any one know if they played any of my grandfathers marches ( Major G H Willcocks)
Hello Salsahbee, although it's not on my own video, "Rhythm of the Line", which I was told was composed by your grandfather, was certainly played. The "mini massed band" (Irish plus Welsh plus Scots Guards) played it as their second march on the way from Wellington Barracks to Horse Guards Parade, and this video gives a good viewing of it starting at about 3 minutes 15 seconds:-
th-cam.com/video/4w_7jjsED7k/w-d-xo.html
This one shows the same thing, starting at about 12 minutes 25 seconds:-
th-cam.com/video/9gm7IoNa-zI/w-d-xo.html
Another march that I believe was composed by your grandfather was "Guards Armoured Division" which is used in the ceremony itself on Horse Guards Parade, which is shown in this video starting at about 1 hour 3 minutes 30 seconds:-
th-cam.com/video/ExDfoIP7aRI/w-d-xo.html
I hope that helps - there may possibly be others as well.
@@MikeM14-40 thanks very much I find it amazing that 62 years after his death his music lives on🩵 💂🏼🩵
@@Salsahbee Thanks Salsahbee, I'm glad that I was able to help. The best music often lives on. Hopefully there'll be good coverage in the final rehearsal (Colonel's Review) this coming weekend, and then in the main event itself.