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Dumfries soldier performs bagpipe solo at opening night of Edinburgh Tattoo

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Dumfries soldier Lance Sergeant Jamie Bell had the honour of performing a bagpipe solo in front of 8,000 people at the opening night of the Royal Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo.

The world-famous military show is staged on the magnificent Edinburgh Castle Esplanade and sees an incredible 800 dancers and musicians taking up to Saturday (August 24).

And each evening is brought to a poignant close with the Lone Piper silhouetted in the night sky at the castle. The performance is, for many fans of the Tattoo, the most moving part of the show and it is regarded as one of the greatest honours for a military piper.

Lance Sergeant Bell of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards is one of four military bagpipers chosen for the role this year by the director of Army bagpipe music, Major Ross McCrindle – who has carried out the task many times himself as a piper when he served with the Scots Guard.

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