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The Force Team full of excitement in prep of our performance with non-other than, the RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS!!! 🌶️
Event ready!!
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So proud, what an absolute dream of a day.

The Force were asked to lead two sections of the inaugural Tartan Parade Scotland through Edinburgh’s iconic Royal Mile on Saturday 10th May!!

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The Force will be heading to Edinburgh in just a few days to perform at 3 prestigious events. 🤩 Prep is all complete and we are thrilled to showcase our team, including 3 from The Force Mini’s. 🙌

The team have worked so hard and we are incredibly proud to be leading two sections at the Tartan Parade Scotland, then performing alongside the amazing Gleadhraich with two new choreographed routines, before heading to Usher Hall to perform a newly choreographed routine with the Red Hot Chilli Pipers!!

Paula has been busy choreographing, the team have been busy rehearsing and we are extremely proud of what we have produced as a team! 🙌

What a weekend we are going to have!

#Edinburgh #TheForce #TheForceMinis #TartanParadeScotland #Gleadhraich #RedHotChilliPipers #DisplayTeamOfChampionDrumMajors

Something HOT off the press!!! 🌶️🌶️

We are excited and beyond thrilled to share we are PERFORMING onstage with the mighty Red Hot Chilli Pipers at Usher Hall Edinburgh during Tartan Parade Scotland weekend… 🤩🤩🤩 what a venue, band and amazing opportunity! 🎶🎶

What an exciting day it will be for our team and made even more special that we are delighted to be able to give some of The Force Minis this experience in performing with such an iconic band. 🙌🙌

We have a fun filled day on Saturday 10th which has us leading two sections of the parade, performing in the “Ceildhi in the Gardens” alongside the amazing Gleadhraich and then later that evening in Usher Hall with the Red Hot Chilli Pipers 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Roll on 10 May, Edinburgh!

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Edinburgh Tartan Parade Announcement🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Force are not long back from NYC Tartan Week and are already planning our next event, which we are delighted to announce our participation at the inaugural Edinburgh Tartan Parade, hosted by Tartan Parade Scotland on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in the heart of Edinburgh!!

The team will be leading several sections of the parade as it starts off on the amazing and iconic Royal Mile, weaving its way down Cockburn Street and culminating at the picturesque Mound Precinct!!

But thats not all, the team will also be performing a collaboration with non other Gleadhraich at this year’s aftershow Ceilidh In The Gardens as part of Edinburgh Tartan Parade!!

Still buzzing from NYC Tartan Week, the team cant wait to get back out there again and be part of the first ever Edinburgh Tartan Parade!!

#ETP2025 #TartanParadeScotland #TartanParade25 #Edinburgh #RoyalMile #TheForce #Gleadhraich

New York – Day 5 – home time, but we still had some energy for a walk around Times Square one last time, making our way to Macys, 7/11, Target and Bryant Park again for thee best coffee and pastries… ☕️ 🥐 Our hotel was prime location, just at the edge of Times Square and attached to a Serendipity’s. The lunch there was incredible, so it was a lovely finishing point to our trip. What an incredible time spent with the best people, talented, professional, fun and most of all enjoyed doing what we love most! 🎶🎶🎶 until next year, if not before!!! 😜

New York – Day 4 – New York Tartan Day Parade! This is what we were invited to come to and we got much much more from this trip than just the parade, New York Tartan Week is special. 🇺🇸 We went in the morning to Bryant Park to watch a few gigs, registered and meet some of the other participants. We arrived back to our position which we were delighted to be placed with Renfrewshire Schools Pipe Band who were leading section 3. Alan Cummings was the Grand Marshall who was a delight, and Paula was beaming from ear to ear to be invited onto the VIP bus for photos and a peek of the rest of the parade. We headed off to Rockefeller Center for some photos with the band and had a gourmet take out, Chick-Fill-A that we ate on our knees in our hotel.. 🤩🤩 #WeLikeTheHighLife 🤣 We were still buzzing so we had some retail therapy, then a much needed stop at Juniors for Milkshakes / Prosecco’s paired with many laughs, Serendipity then got hit up for some more cocktails and a cheeky wee surprise (fake) birthday for Lydia! Finishing off with a midnight Art Show on Times Square! Epic Day! 🥰

New York Day 3 – This was the first of our NYC Performances – early start with pick up at 07:30 to get our boat from Battery Park to Ellis & Liberty Island. We were greeted by Robert from the Learned Kindred of Currie – Clan Currie Society and shown around the historic National Immigration Museum building. We were greeted with our own piper David, our display point was the manhattan skyline to the left and Lady Liberty to the right… so iconic, special and a lasting memory for us all. Stopped off at Central Station on the way home for some pics and then the quickest change in history and off to Raising Canes for dinner – epic seating and DJ to match. Our evening was spent then on 5th Avenue for some Empire State business, Starbucks and plenty of laughs. 🤩🤩

New York – Day 2 this was a mad one!
We started our day with an American breakfast followed by a walk to Central Park, The Force made its first TikTok, we had our live rehearsal there and done a performance on the Umpire Rock and Bridge in Central Park! We shopped, we even displayed for free food from a bakery and on Times Square which went down a treat.
We got the subway downtown, we walked Brooklyn bridge (some had to hold on tight to the railings), ground zero – 9/11 memorial was WOW!! Ellen’s Stardust Dinner at Broadway and seen Jennifer Lopez on the red carpet, followed by Summit at Vanderbilt (which same person had a noticeable deficiency in her ability to stand on anything that showed the World below her feet), and walked the streets of New York – realising this city defo doesn’t sleep! 🤩🤩

New York in photos.
Day 1 consisted of travelling to New York, checking in at Times Square OYO Hotel which was a fantastic location, getting a little photoshoot, some pizza and then heading to the NYC Tartan Week Kick Off Party. 🤩🎶