Organisers of the 2013 Grange park Massed Pipes and Drums Extravaganza can promise a spectacular line up this year in a programme which includes Massed Pipes and Drums, Highland Dancers and a guest apperance from a well known singing sensation.
The show takes you on a journey through Scotland, but has other surprises in store to jazz it up a little.
The opening Drum Salute from the Drum Corps of the City of Rochester Pipe Band signals the apperance of the 90 strong Massed Pipes and Drums, who will fill the arena with the stirring sound of the pipes. The contingent is drawn from across the South East and comprises The City of Rochester Pipe Band, Romney Marsh ATC Pipes and Drums, The London and South East Region Air Cadet Pipes and Drums, members of the East Kent Piping Society and the Stow Caledonian Pipe Band, all playing traditional Scottish tunes.
Experienced Highland Dancer Fiona Ray brings five of her dancers from her school in Offham, Kent to this event. The display, devised by Jenny Barrow, a Rochester based dancer, is set to the music of The City of Rochester Pipe Band, a wonderful display if movement and energy.
No event like this would be complete without a singing act, and so subject to availability, former Britain's Got Talent finalist Hollie Steel joins the cast with the idea of singing a Scottish Medley accompanied by two City of Rochester Pipe Band pipers. We still await official confirmation however.
Soon after this, the finale of the show begins as the Massed Pipes and Drums return in spectacular fashion, playing the haunting tunes "Highland Cathedral" and Amazing Grace" before we hear Robert Burns great song of parting, Auld Lang Syne. The contingent will then leave the field to the strains of "Scotland the Brave" and "The Rowan Tree", bringing our journey around Scotland to a close.
I hope you will come and join us for this unique happening on Saturday 6th July.
Chris Nelson
Producer/Director
