Region pays tribute to fallen soldiers

Several people gathered on a cold morning for a series of Remembrance Sunday services, parades and flypasts.

About 900 people attended the first Festival of Remembrance in Durham Cathedral to be held on Saturday night.

Alasdair Hutton, narrator of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo compered the event,and featured a Battle of Britain tribute by Air-Vice Marshall Sandy Hunter.

British Broadcasting Services recorded the festival which featured a shower of poppy petals at Cathedral Crossing.

Sunday’s parade in Durham City was led by a female for the first time – Army Cadet Natasha Phillips, who is part of the Band and Bugles of Durham Army Cadet Force.

Ticket sales did rise at festivals

New figures have revealed,TICKET sales for Edinburgh's festivals rose 4 per cent this
summer.

Only the book and film festivals suffered a drop in ticket sales, of 5 and 10 per cent respectively. Estimated attendances at free or non-ticketed events, such as free Fringe entertainment on High Street and the Festivals Cavalcade, rose by 16 per cent.

The Edinburgh International Festival saw its box office figures rise by 0.2 per cent to 146,716. The Mela's move from Inverleith Park to Leith Links saw attendance rise by almost 6,000 to 26,200. The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo sold out for the 12th successive year.

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo – ladies leather coat

Edinburgh Military Tattoo largely consists of men in kilts playing the bagpipes but one trip to this festival event will go a long way in demonstrating you just what men in kilts playing the bagpipes are capable of.

Tattoo is getting more and more outrageous every after year as each year Edinburgh invites military bands from all over the world to perform for thousands of spectators.The fact is that the Edinburgh Military Tattoo is as diverse an event as any other.

From the thrill of Norwegians performing recreations of the Viking dominance of Scotland to the kitschy tunes of American marching bands – complete with cheerleaders, the Tattoo highlights the true diversity of styles between countries.

The gorgeous views of the castle can be enjoyed because its position on Edinburgh Castle’s famous esplanade. During the performances many acts choosing to use the walls as their canvas for projecting

Lets have a look on Tatto history as it is a varied one, , and the title comes from the phrase “doe den tap toe” – Dutch for ‘last orders’.The British Army during being stationed in Flanders in the 1740s first discovered the phrase.The phrase was then adopted by Brits

The first Tattoo took place in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens in 1949,until the following year it was not official, only eight acts filled the programme. Still, 6,000 people attended the show, which was at the Castle esplanade, and the Tattoo has remained there ever since.

Edinburgh Military Tattoo is a sell out event now that as over thousand of crowds to attend the event,almost 220,000 each year crowds attend this festival whether they want to cheer on their own country as it is represented through music and military style performance or just to see how each country presents itself.