WA musicians selected for Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Eleven West Aussies have been selected to perform in the 75th anniversary event of the world-famous Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
Drin the month of August, bagpipers and drummers from WA will preform alongside 75 elite musicians from around the world to a sold-out live audience of almost nine thousand people a night.
The large-scale military and cultural spectacle takes place at the Edinburgh Castle in Scotland and draws in 100 million people around the world to watch the special video coverage.
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Recognised as a 'lifetime ambition for many bagpipers and drummers', Malcolm MacLean said getting selected to play in this year's Tattoo was 'a bucket-list event'.
'I grew up watching the Edinburgh Tattoo on TV every year with my Scottish grandfather, who emigrated to Kalgoorlie after the First World War,' the bagpiper said.
'To be part of the show is a dream come true. There is a picture of my grandfather hanging in Edinburgh Castle's National War Museum and I will be playing my father's 1956 bagpipes, so it will be an especially meaningful event for.'
West Australian Pipe Major Alisdair McLaren who has been leading the Tattoo for almost a decade has also been selected to play the lone piper solo at the end of the Tattoo.
'Stepping out onto the Castle esplanade is an iconic experience, and something you'll remember for the rest of your life,' he said.
Mr McLaren, who first moved to Scotland in 2007 to compete at the highest level, moved back to Perth in 2020 as the Head Of Pipe Band Music at Presbyterian Ladies' College.
The Tattoo will be performed every night from Friday 1 August to Saturday 23 August and available to stream on 7 Plus and Netflix.
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