Highlights of the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade filmed along Princes Street and the top of Waverley Bridge featuring the cast of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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00:00:58 – Try Cycling in Edinburgh Campaign
00:01:19 – Cast of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo & Massed Pipes and Drums
00:02:06 – HM Kings Guard Norway
00:02:51 – Singapore Police Pipes and Drums
00:03:21 – Royal Marines Marching Band Music
00:03:51 – Golden Eagles Marching Band Brass Music
00:04:39 – Indian Army Military Band
00:05:01 – Festival Groups
00:05:27 – Community Pipe Band Music, Ale Valley Pipe Band, Eyemouth Pipe Band and Pentland Caledonia Pipes and Drums
00:05:51 – The Comedy Bus
00:06:13 – Edinburgh Chinese Community
00:06:29 – Tranent and District and Haddington Pipe Band Music
00:06:59 – The Edinburgh Samba School, Samba music and drumming 00:07:54 – Royal Burgh of Linlithgow Reed Band
00:08:08 – Hiawatha
00:08:22 – The Edinburgh Dungeon, Scotland’s scariest attraction
00:08:31 – The Piper’s Trail/ Army of Scotland
00:09:09 – Face local cancer charity
00:09:31 – The Alluminium Show
00:09:44 – Leith Community Concert Band
00:10:05 – Feed the Ducks Production
00:10:53 – The Central Band, Fifes and Drums of the Boys Brigade Edinburgh
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Videographer – A Taylor
Video shot on Hi8
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Music featured in parade cleared by event organisers
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Background music by Incomptech.com — Kevin MacLeod: Kevin MacLeod’s Website: http://incompetech.com/
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Songs: “Back on Track” Licensed under creative commons 3.0
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The Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade is a free public event where many of the performers from the Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Tattoo parade on floats and dress up in costumes which also includes community groups and marching bands. The Cavalcade parade this year featured many local community groups and began with the huge roaring noise of harley davidson motorbikes.
This year’s event is sponsored by the City of Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Sun. The Edinburgh Festival Cavalcade 2008 started with the entire cast of thr 2008 Edinburgh Military Tattoo who were then followed by over three thousand performers from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The parade has traditionally always taken place on Princes Street, Edinburgh’s most famous and second longest street, next to Leith Walk.
This year’s event featured drumming, brass music, band music, karate, samba sounds, some of the Fringe’ top comedians and some familar tunes can be heard such as Colonel Bogey march and the Jurassic Park theme music.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the biggest arts festival in the world. It was established in 1946 as a contrast to the Edinburgh International Festival. The Festival takes place for four weeks during the month of August in Edinburgh. Comedy and Theatre are popular features of the event although music and dance is prominent too.
The difference between the International Festival and the Fringe is that there is no selection committee to approve the entries. This often means more experimental works. The Royal Mile is famous for it’s street performers who can be highly entertaining. Edinburgh is widely known for it’s annual festivals, it’s even had the name, the Festival City in place for many years.
Some of the festivals ongoing in Edinburgh include the; Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe which includes the annual Cavalcade signalling the start of the Festival and the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June.
There is also the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh Mela and the Edinburgh International Internet and Magic Festival which took place a few years ago. It’s clear that we are certainly Festival mad! This doesn’t even include the Royal Highland Show or Leith Festival. These festivals above are only the warmer month festivals that take place.
There is also the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Celidh Culture, the Edinburgh International Harp Festival, International Science Festival, OneEighty, Edinburgh Easter Festival, Beltane Fire Festival, Dark City Festival, Children’s International Theatre Festival, Edinburgh World Justice Festival, Meadows Festival, Scottish Storytelling Festival and finally Edinburgh’s Capital Christmas and Hogmanay celebrations.
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