Beating Retreat by The Regimental Band and Corps of Drums of the Royal Welsh at Cardiff Castle

On Saturday 7th September at 16:30 inside the grounds of Cardiff Castle The Regimental Band and Corps of Drums of the Royal Welsh performed a full ceremony of Beating Retreat to conclude the day's events of The Royal Welsh's 'Party in the Castle' to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the raising of the 41st Regiment of Foot and 50th anniversary of The Royal Regiment of Wales.

Towards the end of the video, 3 members of 1st Battalion Royal Welsh march on and lower the regimental flags during Sunset.

The Band and Drums were under the direction of Major Denis Burton MBE, the band's Director of Music and performed the following music:
Fanfare: Majesty
The Longest Day
Slow March: Waltzing through Wales
Anything Goes
Drums: Stick Beating
Mametz Wood
Slow March: A Million Dreams
Marches:
British Grenadiers
Warwickshire Lads
Ap Shenkin
Lincolnshire Poacher
Vesper Hymns
Sunset
UK Anthem
Welsh Anthem
Men of Harlech
Ap Shenkin

A video featuring members of the 41st Regiment reenactors group from Canada, Changing of the Guard at Cardiff Castle by members of the 1st Battalion Royal Welsh and a static performance by the regimental band at the same event before the Beating Retreat can be viewed here:
   • The Royal Welsh "Party in the Castle" Anni...  

This video can be viewed in 720p HD.

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