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THE ROYAL TRIBUTE
By Claire Greenwood S2
When I was told that I was going to dance for the Royal Tribute, I was very excited and also very proud. My family bought a lot of tickets but then the dreaded practising began.
We performed the dance at Grand Day Dress Rehearsal and also on Grand Day itself- both times I mucked up. I knew, however, that when I was standing in the middle of the Esplanade of Edinburgh castle with 8,000 people watching my every move, I would-hopefully- get it right.
I felt very out of place at Redford Barracks: there were a lot of people there who looked at us strangely, although I think some people
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liked the attention. Many of the younger Army helpers "took the mick out of us" as we were wearing bright yellow T-Shirts, but most of the people were nice and friendly.
We practised every afternoon at Redford Barracks and then went onto Edinburgh Castle at night. It felt like we had spent years there. We played a small, yet still important role in the display, in which many Pipe Bonds from around the world were involved. Indeed it was the largest gathering of Pipe Bands ever seen on the Esplanade.
While we were waiting to go on the suspense was killing me - I just wanted to go out there and dance. There was, however, the thought
in the back of my mind, "Do you think she would notice if I ran away to the toilets and
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didn't do it?" I jumped up and down to try on calm myself but it didn't work very well.
When the time came and we were given the signal to go on, I was proud, held my head high and all the sense of fear went away. I knew that my Uncle was video-taping me, so had to look good!
I am very proud to have danced at the Royal Tribute and I am now looking forward to the next big event, which will be the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in the summer holidays.
I would like to thank Mrs. MacDonald for making us all work so hard, and everyone who helped to make it such a special
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