Producers
Producers of the Edinburgh Tattoo have included:
- Lt Col George Malcolm of Poltalloch – Produced a pageant on the Castle Esplanade in 1947 entitled "The King's Men" and produced the first Edinburgh Tattoo in 1950.
- Captain Forbes Taylor - Produced the 1952 Tattoo. As a professional film director, Captain Forbes Taylor provided the experience upon which the format for subsequent Tattoos were set and included the first overseas performers.
- Brigadier Alistair MacLean of Pennycross – Director of the Tattoo from 1950, he took over as the Producer in 1953.
- Lt Col Duncan Carter-Campbell of Possil - Served with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and took over in 1960.
- Brigadier Jack Sanderson – Former Scots Guards officer, he took over in 1968.
- Lt Col Leslie Dow – Served with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and became producer in 1976.
- Major Michael Parker – Producer of the Royal Tournament (1974–99), the Berlin Tattoo as well as the VE & VJ Day commemorations in 1995. Producer of the Tattoo from 1992-4
- Brigadier Melville Jameson – Served with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and former commander of the Highland Brigade. Producer of the Tattoo from 1994-2006.
- Major-General Euan Loudon - Served with the Royal Highland Fusiliers and former GOC 2nd Division and Governor of Edinburgh Castle. Took over the producer's post in 2007.
- Brigadier David Allfrey MBE - Served with The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Current producer after taking over Maj-Gen Louden in 2011
Source: Roddy Martine – Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2001
Read more about this topic: Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Famous quotes containing the word producers:
“When producers want to know what the public wants, they graph it as curves. When they want to tell the public what to get, they say it in curves.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)