Ilkeston - Beating Retreat
w/e 24 June 2018
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
The ceremony was the first event in Erewash to commemorate the
centenary of the ending of the First World War. Other events
will take place as the year progresses.
As the invited guests arrived at the Town Hall for the Beating
Retreat and Sunset Ceremony, Ilkeston Brass played to the assembling
crowd from in front of the War Memorial.
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At the other end of the Market Place several military vehicles
were on display alongside a number of stalls from various branches
of the Armed Forces.
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Army and Air Force Cadets formed a Guard of Honour from the Town
Hall entrance to the Main Arena.
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A piper waited patiently for the Civic Party to emerge and then
led the procession to their reserved seats.
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Everyone was then treated to a performance by the GEM Connection
Barbershop Chorus.
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Representatives of the Royal British Legion stood proudly at
the edge of the arena as the Nottinghamshire Band of the Royal
Engineers marched into the arena and presented a programme of
marching and music.
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The Civic Party of course had a grandstand view.
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And the invited guests had a similar view of the Nottinghamshire
Band of The Royal Engineers from their adjacent seats.
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With his baton blurring with swift movements the Bandmaster led
the musicians through their programme that included items as
varied as Prokofiev's "Montagues and Capulets" and
Freddie Mercury's "Fat Bottomed Girls" to conclude
with "The Last Post" and "The National Anthem".
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With the sun setting and shining through the trees, the event
came to a close on a balmy summer's evening as the Band left
the arena to the strains of "The Royal Engineers Quick March".
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