A house RESOLUTION

 

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CITADEL REGIMENTAL BAND AND PIPES FOR THEIR SINGULAR AND STORIED HISTORY AND TO DESIGNATE THE CITADEL REGIMENTAL BAND AND PIPES AS SOUTH CAROLINA INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADORS FOR ITS TRIP TO THE ROYAL TATTOO IN EDINBURGH IN AUGUST 2024.

 

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes has been selected for the third time to appear at the Royal Tattoo in Edinburgh, Scotland; and

 

Whereas, The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes, one of the twenty-one companies comprising the South Carolina Corps of Cadets, has been a part of The Citadel's tradition of duty, pride, and excellence since 1909. The Regimental Pipe Band was formed and joined the college's band in 1955 and is composed of a drum major and some thirty to thirty-five pipers and drummers; and

 

Whereas, at its inception the Pipe Band wore the red Royal Stewart tartan. In 1981, the band began wearing The Citadel's own tartan, which has been duly registered in Edinburgh, Scotland. The color of the tartan was intentional: blue and white as the college colors figure prominently. Gold in the tartan is reminiscent of the brass on the cadet uniforms and red of the cadet officer's sash; and

 

Whereas, The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes has earned a global reputation as one of the world's premiere military college bands, offering music with great variety, originality, and appeal. The colorful unit competes at Highland Games all over the United States and is led by the kilted drum major in a Highland feather bonnet; and

 

Whereas, in 1991, the Regimental Band and Pipes became the first military college band to be selected to participate in Scotland's world famous tattoo, a month-long nightly event of music, pageantry, and demonstrations by military organizations from around the world. In 2010, The Citadel Band and Pipes performed in Edinburgh for the second time as the only organization from the United States and performed again at the highly acclaimed Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo in the summer of 2013; and

 

Whereas, in 2015, The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes represented the United States as the only band from the United States invited to the hallowed castle stage of the prestigious Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Scotland, the largest of its kind in the world and broadcast in thirty countries annually; and

 

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives values the pride and recognition that The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes has brought to the State and to the nation and wish the members continued fame and success as they travel to Edinburgh in August. Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

 

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor the members of The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes for their singular and storied history and designate The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes as South Carolina International Ambassadors for its trip to the Royal Tattoo in Edinburgh in August 2024.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to The Citadel Regimental Band and Pipes.

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