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The Greatest Show on Earth Alasdair Hutton

The Greatest Show on Earth By Alasdair Hutton

The Greatest Show on Earth by Alasdair Hutton


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The Greatest Show on Earth: Behind the Microphone at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo by Alasdair Hutton

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is one of the greatest shows on earth. Around 220,000 people attend each year. It is seen on TV by a further 100 million.

Alasdair Hutton is the Voice of the Tattoo.

This book is the story of the Tattoo, told by the Narrator and prefaced by a short history of tattoos pre-Edinburgh and a history of the Tattoo pre-Alasdair.

With an ever-changing cast of over 1,000 performers, each year's show is unique. Some elements remain unchanged - the spine-tingling Lone Piper playing on the Castle ramparts, the cacophony of sound that is the closing massed pipes and drums, the welcoming voice of Alasdair Hutton as you arrive.

Ladies and gentlemen, take your seats, the Greatest Show on Earth is about to begin.

For the last 25 years, Alasdair Hutton has told our story to each of our audiences since he started in 1992 - a total live audience of over 5 million people. Not only has he been behind the microphone without fail, in Edinburgh and when we have taken the show abroad, but he has also researched and written the script. Alasdair's most precious talents are his voice, his sense of timing and his feel for occasion. Alasdair Hutton is above all one of life's great gentlemen. Not only is he impeccably polite but he has great charisma, values and a wonderful sense of purpose. This book, which is Alasdair's own story - only a small part of it! - gives a sense of the huge contribution he has made to the remarkable institution of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. From the foreword by brigadier David Allfrey

The Greatest Show on Earth Reviews

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About Alasdair Hutton

Alasdair Hutton has been writer and narrator of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo since 1992 and has written and introduced hundreds of events and concerts in Scotland and around the world. As well as writing the history of the 15th Scottish Volunteer Battalion of the Parachute Regiment, to which he belonged for 22 years, he is author of two books for children, The Tattoo Fox and The Tattoo Fox Makes New Friends. He has worked for the BBC in Scotland and Northern Ireland and was Member of the European Parliament for the South of Scotland and Convener of Scottish Borders Council. He lives in the Scottish Borders town of Kelso.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

First Act - A Brief History of Tattoos

Second Act - Why Edinburgh?

Third Act - 1992 How I Got the Job

Fourth Act - 1992-94 Major Michael Parker

Fifth Act - 1995-99 Brigadier Melville Jameson

Sixth Act - 2000-06 Brigadier Melville Jameson

Seventh Act - 2007-10 Major General Euan Loudon

Eighth Act - 2011-16 to the Present Brigadier David Allfrey

Ninth Act - Edinburgh Military Tattoos Overseas

Tenth Act - Mini Tattoos and Others in the UK

Eleventh Act - Other Tattoos Overseas

Twelfth Act - The Silver Year

Additional information

GOR008327564
9781910745694
1910745693
The Greatest Show on Earth: Behind the Microphone at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo by Alasdair Hutton
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Luath Press Ltd
20160930
224
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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