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 Ceremonial and State Occasions 

As a Guards Band within the Household Divison, the Welsh Guards Band provide musical support in a number of different Ceremonial and State Occasions. The most common of Ceremonial events include Changing the Guard, St James' Guard, and Windsor Guard. The Band can also be seen in other Ceremonial Events such as Trooping the Color, Beating Retreat, and various memorial events. Please Click Below to find out more information on selected Occasions.

Changing the Guard

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 The ceremony of Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace, is a focal point for the many thousands of tourists who visit London each year. This intricate procedure facilitates the renewing of a guard at the end of its duty, ‘the Old Guard.’  .... (More)

Windsor Guard

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 The unfurling of The Royal Standard from the flagpole at Windsor Castle indicates that The Queen is in residence. At 10:40am, a Regimental Band marches the ‘New Guard’ from Queen Victoria Barracks through the town. Wheeling right at The Queen Victoria Memorial, the Guard proceeds to the top of Castle Hill before halting on the centre lawn of the ... (More)

Trooping the Colour

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 The custom of Trooping the Colour dates back to the time of Charles II in the 17th. Century when the Colours of a regiment were used as a rallying point in battle and were therefore trooped in front of the soldiers every day to make sure that every man could recognise those of his own regiment. In London, the Foot Guards used to do this from 1755 onwards.... (More)

Beating Retreat

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 Summer’s sudden hot and humid arrival delivered with it an oppressive overbearing atmosphere for the performers in this year’s Beating Retreat. Defiantly however the mighty march, Guards Armoured Division reverberated down the approach road as the ...(More)