Gordon's School Parade - Sept 19, 2021
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- First public parade since November, 2019
30 June, 2022: In response to comments about the lack of hats, please visit my Patreon page and leave a message for 'Hat Fund' if you would like to donate towards buying the young gentlemen some hats / cat_in_distress
Brings back some memories of my years at boarding school in my country of birth, South Africa where I played in the school cadet band. A little military discipline and learning to march to music did not hurt me and I believe ALL kids should learn the same as it has more advantages than disadvantages. To those here that are bitching and moaning and groaning ans especially the so-called ex military, please get off your high horses or maybe you fell off yours and hit your head. Before criticising these children, yes they are only children, and expecting them to perform as elite soldiers say more about you than them. I watch loads of military events and even among the adult soldiers there are sloppy examples that have difficulty keeping time and even "dance/bounce" in an attempt to march. These children did an outstanding performance and should be applauded.
I went to school in Pretoria and enjoyed the straw hats, summer and winter uniforms and the chance to shoot Lee Enfield .202s and of course the many sports available.
As a retired Scottish CCF Contingent Commander, I enjoyed this video. In our CCF Inspections we never attempted march pasts. I think you need a band, like you do, to keep everyone in step. Your pipe band is superb and faultless. Perhaps you need a supply of glengarrys (hats) which will improve the overall uniformity greatly although I notice that your London parade in January, 2022 everyone was wearing appropriate head dress.
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Takes me back to 1985 when I first went there as a young lad 😂😂
Great to see the wheelchair bound being able to participate!
Is the right marker in the second platoon congenitally incapable of standing with his heels together?
och no I was ne...............I had to go to...................you know..............so mind your own.................
You do not salute if you are not wearing a hat/ beret
Yeah, the fact saluting the colours command @ 7:16 was nearly audible, together with the length of the kilts and that they hardly lift their legs and bring their feet down for a firm coming to attention all as well as the lack of head gear all add up to a parade cobbled together from scratch nearly a week pervious!!!
The trumpeter at the end was useless......... I attended this school 50 years ago, and bugled for it. He/she should not crack notes.
No doubt Ill be corrected but the Colour parties kilts were more of a skirt length. Traditionally the kilt ends at the knee or just above apart from that I enjoyed watching it.
Well done. Love the pipes
Very nice video. This seems to be a semi military boarding school in Scotland. The bare headed swagger sticks got me a bit confused at first. But i reckon they are not house bound but age bound. You need progress to earn the cap(?). All in all great composure and marching, and the band really got the swaager of the bag pipe march. And i am from Sweden so had never heard of this school uuntil i got it on the right hand side suggestion.
@@soulzlkay Really? The bare headed swaggers surely seem to command other non hatters. IMHO this is an age category.
The school in Scotland is called Queen Victoria School in Dunblane.
@@soulzlkay nah more like south africa
@@rjs23565 Thanks for that, and are they wearing the Black watch tartan?
@@Ecthelion1967 QVS have their own cap badge and pupils wear clan stewart hunting tartan.
Saluting while hatless? tut tut.
What's the name of the tune being played 🇬🇧🏴
At 1.30, this is a student-written piece which they collaborated on during lockdown. Then they went to Green Hills/Battle's O'er for the rest to walk on.
Balmoral
Well done all concerned.
Is it a case of earning your cap rather than your beret badge here?
If your not wearing a hat, of some sort it's not a uniform just a suit.
Can someone please tell me something of the ethos of this school? Is it a bit like Christ's School? It is a shame if they can't get the funds to complete their uniforms. A good effort nevertheless.
This school is a state boarding school with military backgrounds, and we actually do have the funding for uniforms however people in previous times stole all of the glengarries and there was not enough time to fulfil an order in time for this parade, the most recent parade however all uniforms were equipped to their highest possible standard
@@Defero-kf5tr Thanks very much for your informative reply. They do you proud.
Pipe band lovely jublie, 😍 that's correct do not salute under any circumstance unless you have a cap or headress I don't like the presidents of usa salute troops and colours with out a cap lol its not in the drill book
I dare say the female platoons drill was superior to the hatless males.
Well I see that some commenters certainly taught those children valuable lessons about military protocol. Now get back to finishing your colouring books. Some of you might like to brush up on your grammar.
Hear hear, Sir. Well said. Summed up my thoughts precisely.
Very good👌👍
cadets' parade? Are they'll practice Rifles too?
I wish someone would tell me what this has to do with cats ? although I haven't read all the comments. And is it in Scotland, otherwise why the pipe band ?? also a lack of the Union Jack which is relevant anywhere in Britain.
They are going to fight in Crimea
Where are the Scottish children?
why are some in trousers and some in dresses?
Is this a ‘Prep’ Highschool?
4512 BCE
what would happen if the QUEEN makes a visit?
Well she can afford a hat.
Good school
Is this a military school?
It is a state boarding school
Will Sturgeon keep the military?
This is not Scotland.
No fucking way this is a Scottish public school
I think that they sort of adopted the Scottish theme because of the Gordon tartan. Tenuous I know.
Eu de boa vontade me deixarei gastar pelas vossas almas.
구독 좋아요🙏
The drill is absolutely dreadful. Pipes and Drums are NOT in step.
Playing seems OK though.
If you are going to wear military headgear, be it a beret, bonnet, glengarrie, Tam O’ Shanter or whatever, hair should either be short or “tied up.”
I know that these people are not regular or even reserve troops, but a few weeks under the tender ministrations of a Household Division Sergeant Major or Drill Sergeant would work wonders.
Just curious, you do know that those taking part are children. I didn't need my spectacles to see that some of them probably not much older than 13-14yrs of age.
@@heyabusa1
I’m quite aware of that fact. But as a former officer in the Regular Army, (British), I like to see high standards in these military matters.
I make no apologies for that statement.
@@trollmeistergeneral3467 Its a shame you aren't as fastidious regards your English grammar. Perhaps standards of English grammar amongst British Army Officers isn't quite what it used to be. I'm sure some of those children could point out your errors.
@@heyabusa1
In the absence of the children pointing out my alleged grammatical errors, perhaps you would be so good as to undertake this task on their behalf?
If you are capable of doing so, of course. It will no doubt come as no surprise that I very much doubt that you are, in fact, so capable.
@@trollmeistergeneral3467 as a member of this school, particularly a member of the pipes and drums, I will not choose to accept the statements you have to make upon our school, we are not any form of troop in the military, bar maybe a few who have elected to embark upon that path, but I would like to point out that as an ex-member of military, or so you claim, there are many 11/12 year olds partaking in this parade, all of whom have less than 1 months practice marching and some had never marched in ranks before. So before you claim that your the best marcher in the UK, we only have 1 hour a week to put this parade in place, and in this instance only had 2/3 weeks, therefore 3 hours is the maximum amount of time we were able to practice for this particular parade and in that time with 7/800 children I would very much like to see you do better
Good to see the most important educational values being properly prioritised: namely pointless, half-arsed, pseudo-military pageantry.
Snowflakes have no comprehension of the value of military training and discipline.
@@georgiamule When I pass your gems of wisdom on to my fellow members of the Special Boat Service, they will be of the same opinion as me: the pantomime on show within this video has nothing whatsoever to do with military training and discipline.
@@hugojames85 So if you know that why make the comment that you made?
@@heyabusa1 Because this pretend, toy-soldier pageantry is a waste of time and resources. It has no military value whatsoever, and detracts from far more useful educational aspects that these young people could be learning.
fr bruh this school sucks, we pay like 7000 a term and the main thing is the education which is free 😭😭😭😭😭😭