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The Director of Music

Lead Director of Music for the Buxton Military Tattoo is the Director of Music, The Heavy Cavalry and Cambrai Band. In that post currently, is Capt Sean P Riley BMus (Hons) FLCM LRSM GCGI CAMUS who was appointed Director of Music of the HC&C in August 2010.

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The Bands

The Heavy Cavalry and Cambrai Band

The Heavy Cavalry and Cambrai Band was formed on the 1st June 2006 as an amalgamation of The Band of The Dragoon Guards and The Royal Tank Regiment Cambrai Band.
The title 'Heavy Cavalry' has been used to describe Dragoon Regiments for hundreds of years, it refers to the heavy body armour and weaponry that was utilised on horseback in battle.
The band have a broad diversity of talent that allows them to provide music for almost any occasion. This includes Wind Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, Fanfare Teams, Concert Band, Marching band and even a Rock 'n Roll band appropriately named 'Tanked Up'!  Members of the Band have also recently produced an Album and a Single called "Coming Home", sale proceeds of which support the ABF. See the following link:
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The Nottinghamshire Band of The Royal Engineers (V)
 
The Nottinghamshire Band of The Royal Engineers (V) is attached to the 73 Engineer Regiment (V) and commenced its musical and military activities in July 2007.The band’s inaugural concert was held in St. Mary’s and All Souls Church in Bulwell, Nottingham 2007 and since then the band has flourished, fast becoming recognised as one of the finest T.A. bands in the British Army. 

With a full diary of events leading the band to perform both at home and overseas, The Nottinghamshire Band of The Royal Engineers (V) is in constant demand, allowing it to continually utilise its musical diversity from within the ranks.
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The Lancashire Artillery Volunteers Band

The Lancashire Artillery Volunteers band, based in Bolton, officially came into being on 1^st April 1967. However it could be said that the Lancashire Artillery Volunteers Band can trace its ancestry back to 1861 when a band was formed for the Bolton and Great Lever Artillery Corps (18^th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers).

The musicians come from all corners of the North West (and also from across the M62 in Yorkshire!) and from all walks of life. Included among the ranks are teachers, accountants, a printer, bus driver, museum professional and a postman amongst others. The band enjoys the demands of a busy and varied schedule, meeting for Thursday weekly rehearsals, in addition to the round of military, civic and public engagements.

The Band has performed before Her Majesty the Queen on a number of occasions as part of the massed bands of the Royal Artillery, in particular on Horse Guards on two occasions (1986 and 1998), at the Royal Horse Artillery 200 anniversary celebrations at Woolwich in 1993 and at the Duke of Edinburgh’s Birthday Review in Hyde Park in 1991

The present bandmaster is WO1 Ian Mitchell, late bandmaster of the Heavy Cavalry Band at Catterick since 2008.
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  The Pipes and Drums of RAF Waddington

RAF Pipes Champions 2009!

Proud of a long tradition of piping and drumming in the Royal Air Force, Pipes and Drums of RAF Waddington trace their recent history back to 1967 when they formed as an amalgamation of the Pipe Bands from RAF Waddington and RAF Scampton.

In 2004 the band took a huge leap forward following the appointment of the current Pipe Major, Finlay (Hammer Fingers) MacGhee; he has raised the bar to a new level, competing on the pipe band competition circuit with a great deal of success as well as playing at service functions, tattoos and parades at home and abroad.

The Waddington Pipes and Drums has, along with other units, recently adopted the Royal Air Force tartan. It was designed by Arthur Mackie and approved by the RAF Pipe Band Association in 2002 when it was formally recognised as the Royal Air Force Tartan. The particular colours can be interpreted in many ways, light and dark blues reflect the changing moods of the sky, white stripes for the clouds and a red stripe in recognition of all those who gave their lives while serving in the RAF.
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The Yorkshire Volunteers Band
 

The Yorkshire Volunteers Band can trace it's history back to 1860 when it was formed as a Volunteer Corps in Leeds, West Yorkshire, today the band forms an integral part of the Yorkshire Volunteers Regimental Association, performing throughout the UK and Europe in both concert and marching band formations. The band maintains the long traditions of the Yorkshire Volunteers adding a touch of pomp and circumstance to any event from traditional summer bandstand concerts to country shows with everything in between.