2009 Virginia International Tattoo in HD - The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums

The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes & Drums

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Music

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• Colonial
• Williamsburg
• Fifes
• Drums
• Virginia
• International
• Tattoo

[volleyballer1717]

the sound is really bad on this video. The fifes sound ok, but in real life the drummers are a ton crisper.

[nickelman03]

have to remember it echos very badly in the Scope.

[bazgay]

Have you got any videos of the dancers

[nickelman03]

I'll be posting all acts of the tattoo in the next couple of days...

[2ndpadrummer]

@EL3679 technicaly drummers were combatants, in the british army some were even given muskets if short of men. but i wasnt asking why r they in red i was asking why their turnbacks changed from white with blue hearts to blue with red. and their drums seem to have been switched to a more british fashion with red hoops, and white ears. which wouldnt have really been seen as often in the continental army.

[EL3679]

@2ndpadrummer

The red with blue facings in the opposite of the regular continental army. It was to show the opposing side that they were non-combatants. The fifes and drums were the walkie talkie of the 18th century. They were important and wore the regimentals like that to protect themselves.

[2ndpadrummer]

did they change their uniforms and drums? cause the drums look somewhat british

[jcupjohansson]

The first melody is Yorkscher March :)

[volleyballer1717]

when we first come out, its a drum intro- york march

[InsaneMatt]

whats the name of that first melody?

[Runnadaroad]

Yeah, it is a lot crisper in real-life. There are a lot of qualities (that crispness, and the way directors use location and direction to manipulate the sounds) that just don't transfer well to even a very good quality video. Ya just have to be there. I had not been exposed to fife & drum sounds; this group was a very pleasant and impressive surprise for me Well done.