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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344740" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Edinburgh Military Tattoo</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">An August evening, and people make their way to<br>Edinburgh Castle for the world famous Military Tattoo.<br>Once everyone has arrived and taken their seats, <br>From the battlements, sounds a steady drum beat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soon, a large corps of drummers appears, <br>To the audience’s applause and rousing cheers.<br>Each of the soldiers, dressed in their smart uniforms, <br>Has been up, rehearsing, since the first break of dawn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The drummer’s skills are most highly rated: <br>They perform all kinds of rhythms, including syncopated.<br>The sound of the big bass drum, through my body, resonates; <br>Its booming beat similar to that of my own pulsing heart rate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The drummers are replaced by another military band; <br>No drums this time, but they have bagpipes in hand.<br>The whole event is a real feast for ears and eyes.<br>Some of the tunes played, I instantly recognise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">During the show, the arena is constantly filled, <br>With military personnel demonstrating their skills.<br>Soldiers stand to attention in a long regimented, straight line, <br>Then, as one, move their feet, as they stand there marking time.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The spectacle of the Massed Band of The Royal Air Force, <br>Makes the blood in my veins race and excitedly course.<br>You can’t help but be moved by the sights and the sounds, <br>Of one of the world’s most famous military displays around.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The audience of some seven thousand people strong, <br>Sit enraptured, taping their feet and clapping along.<br>The Esplanade, where the action all takes place, sits<br>In front of the impressive stone castle which is floodlit.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This stunning pageant has a truly international flavour.<br>Talents from around the world, the audience can savour.<br>To a Scottish fiddle, traditional dancers swirl.<br>Regimental flags are ceremoniously unfurled.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And, just as all this action has made the audience rather hyper, <br>They are calmed down again by the lament of the lone piper.<br>To the ramparts, where the piper is stood, all eyes are drawn, <br>As the pipes play a haunting melody, traditionally, used to mourn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Near the end, my neighbours link their arms with mine, <br>As, together, we sing a rousing chorus of ‘Auld Lang Syne.’<br>The audience make their way home, and soon, a hush falls.<br>I stroll back to my hotel, feeling glad to have been a part of it all.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Angela+Wybrow">Angela Wybrow</a><div class=q>
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Edinburgh Castle for the world famous Military Tattoo.
Once everyone has arrived and taken their seats, 
From the battlements, sounds a steady drum beat.

Soon, a large corps of drummers appears, 
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