In that respect I’m sure he succeeds nicely, as everyone seems to be having a jolly good time. As he mentions in one of the brief DVD extras, the intention is for songs old and new to keep things alive and interesting. Sean O’Boyle is the music director and conductor - yes, he is kilted. Still, if your yen is for reel and pipe, for athletic Canadian dancers in saucy kilts, and for eager young singers, then your Caledonian soul may be pleased, if not necessarily stirred, by this appealing musical evening. A couple of the CD tracks are missing from the DVD numbers 9 and 10 from the first of the two discs, which are the Drum Fanfare and, rather disappointingly, the ‘Scottish Piano Rhapsody’ played by Catherine Lynagh. I’ve played them both, cementing visually what I heard earlier, as the DVD arrived later than the CD. The performance in July 2010 can now be appreciated on CD or DVD. They hold an annual show in Brisbane, Queensland, to celebrate Scotland in music and dance: a tattoo, in other words, held on the concert stage of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. Scottish Singalong (The Green Hills of Tyrol / The Campbells Are Coming / Loch Lomond / Flower of Scotland / Scotland the Brave)

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