Highlands Productions is a voluntary independent company based in
three areas: Medway, Maidstone and Dartford. We are responsible for
coordinating musical displays for three separate companies.
Our team of staff is led by myself and our newly appointed
Assistant Director of Pipes and Drums, who will be announced shortly. She
brings with her a lifetime of experience both in drill and in music, having
spent time developing her knowledge of piping and military music with 2513
Romney Marsh Air Training Corps and will
take up her new position later this year.
We are actively involved in coordinating the displays for
the Southern Highlanders, where I am the current Voluntary Musical Adviser. At
present, we have just finished the Waterloo 200 Parade and are busy planning routines for the Ystad
International Military Tattoo and the Birmingham International Tattoo. The
latter will take place at the end of November 2015.
Recently, Highlands Productions have been appointed as the
main Pipes and Drums Director for Sapphire Productions, and the hope is that we
will be able to include a military element in the form of Pipes and Drums as
part of their highly successful Westfield Presents events. The same effect has
taken place with former Britain’s Got Talent finalist, Hollie Steel and this
concept may become part of some of her many major events.
We are constantly developing links with major musical
organisations and have in recent times made contact with the Royal Edinburgh
Military Tattoo, Captain (Retd) Stuart Samson of the Basel Tattoo, and the Band
of the Welsh Guards. Although the latter is in the planning stages, we are
hopeful that this will open up greater negotiations with the Household Division
in the future. We look forward to working with you in the future.
Christopher Nelson
Highlands Productions
