The Scottish Tattoo at The Royal Albert Hall
Audience feedback from the Royal Albert Hall
"Highland Spirit Tattoo" 2001
Excellent 83.6% Very Good/Good 16%
Audience praise and criticisms
| Great Entertainment. Highlight Highland Cathedral with massed bands. Dancers great |
| Dance Band ok. Corries man not for finale. |
| Enjoyed the evening enormously. |
| Lang may yer lum reek |
| Many many congratulations. Well worth watching Most impressed. |
| Another great show. Ronnie Browne & Irish Dance a welcome addition. |
| Music very moving, dance great to watch - wanted to join! |
| Highland Dance stole show. Look forward to next year. RAH great venue |
| Great Show, just enjoyed the whole thing. Atmosphere terrific. |
| BRILLIANT! Your best yet - looking forward to next year -well done!! |
| Short interval speech appreciated as well. Liked everyone esp Pipes & drums/Gaelic Choir. Your own ticket service to be praised too. |
| A most enjoyable performance full of variety, entertainment and colour. |
| Enjoyed the Irish children dancers, so controlled,confident. Costumes finest/ beautiful I have ever seen. Highland Dancers very graceful & rhythm prominent. Ronnie Browne's golden voice a treat. Bands excelled. |
| No item I did not enjoy! A most enjoyable evening - my first experience. |
| Excellent Esp Highland cathedral and young dancers & Ronnie Browne. |
| Loved them all. Sorry we missed first 2 tattoos. Not Scots but have cousins |
| Scot Dancing Excellent esp children. Bands excellent. Too long. Cut out history/characters/Ronnie Browne. |
| Enjoyed all show. History was a bonus. Esp enjoyed dancing and children. |
| A very good all round show |
| Spoilt by Ronnie B. His spots out of keeping with rest of show. |
| Whole show very well produced & choreographed - esp children's routines. |
| Advertise more! Scot's are far more passionate about their country. |
| Very enjoyable but too long! Exc. All bands/Musicians. V.G. Dancing. |
| Good History, John Scott singing. OK Highland Lady singing. xG Ronnie B. |
| Fantastic & very spectacular!!! Like a bright holiday that you would like to continue endlessly! Will visit Scotland now - magnificent & mysterious. |
| Kids gorgeous. Let audience dance! |
| Another triumph to rival Edinburgh-& under cover! Children Highland D. good would like to see more seniors. Irish - a change but not too much eg Ed. Multinational and not Highland Heritage. |
| Particularly like Dancing & Craigellachie + choir. |
| Enjoyed the night. Late husband Scot. Print words to songs. |
| Sometimes broad accents diff. To understand. Lovely evening anyway. |
| Sound not great -diff hearing actors. Dance+Bands favourites |
| Big venue for solo perf. Good to see Ronnie B but not good venue for him. |
| Overall vg - our first. Organisation of all participants was excellent. |
| Enjoyed show. It was very clear & precise. More bands in arena & more tenor drummers. Bring back community singing instead of solo singer. |
| Country dancers very good and colourful but too often. |
| Enjoyed v. much but more band & P&Ds playing together plse. |
| Great Show! |
| Both enjoyed the show - really excellent in every way. |
| Amazing, Tremendous Scottish Show. Fav. Le Chridhe & Highland Cathedral. |
| Atended all 3 tattoos! |
| Another great show. Please repeat. |
| Too Long. Last singer pain in neck. Lie to come again as mostwas excellent. |
| Ronnie B. not right for the show.Anti-climax to otherwise 1st rate show. |
| Ronnie B too long at end. Cut hornpipe to save time. More actors. |
| Less dancing but have sword dancing. Keep P&Ds |
| 2nd row circle. Sound not loud enough when actors spoke. |
| Thoroughly enjoyable. Diff to pick favs as all so good. Irish Dancers lovely. |
| Highland Cath most stirring. A bit long! |
| Very good evening. Full of atmosphere & happiness. All performers praised. |
| Ronnie B. excellent folk singer but out of place. Still great evening. |
| Fine first half. Lost momentum 2nd half. Singer not good spoilt end. |
| Too much dancing. More P&Ds plse. Taz excellent singer & Le Chridhe. |
| Fiddles great. Ronnie B too long. Mil Band excellent.Fiona/John/Elizabeth v.g |
| Dancers exc. Esp. Irish,sailors hornpipe & swords. More community singing. |
| Pipers marvelous. Show too long. Ronnie B disappointing. |
| Actors/singers could be louder sometimes. More harpist & choir less solo singer. He should concentrate on more trad songs. |
| More pipes plse. Disappointed by Ronnie B. |
| Enjoyed the evening very much and had great view of own dance team. |
| Enjoyed the show. Except Ronnie B "content" at end. |
| Grand show. Thanks to all who take part. |
| How do you present such a wonderful evening's entertainment? |
| Truly amazing. Congrats to all. Our seats superb. |
| Children stole show (as usual). I sang "Flower. of Scotland" |
| Enjoyable. Pipe & Drums best |
| Very High Spirited!! |
| Excellent all round. |
| Excellent. Like children dancing and bands best. |
| Favourites Children & combined bands. |
| Most enjoyable. Keep up the good work See you in 2002. |
| Excellent performers. Ronnie Browne out of place. |
| Excellent performance. All superb. Storyline brilliant. Fave P&Ds. Didn't want it to end. Truly wonderful, unforgettable evening. See you next year. |
| P&Ds VG. Singing at end difficult to understand words - did not enjoy. |
| How about a tribute to Andy Stewart, Jimmy Logan, Jimmy Shand? |
| Thankyou for v.enjoyable evening. Dancing was a great pleasure too, |
| Too long. Adult dances too similar. |
| Thoroughly enjoyed except "Star" RB. Out of place. |
| Tattoo was brilliant and stood extremely well on its own. No need for star. Atmosphere changed. Looking forward to next year and deserves a sell out. |
| Enjoyed the show except RB swore twice - not good for the children. |
| More pipes plse. Enjoyed the show. Liked Irish, too much Country. Keep it up. |
| It was GREAT! Really enjoyed it. Reminded us of our holidays. |
| Not Scots but have great affinity. Plse do more! Thank you. |
| Country Dancers came on to same music each time - repetitive. |
| We like Ronnie B. but attitude/performance not fitting to theme. |
| BRILLIANT Performance,as usual by all.Well done. Look forward to next one. |
| Pipe Bands excelled as usual. More audience participation. 3rd Visit |
| Very much enjoyed. More fiddlers next time. |
| Another enjoyable show with an atmosphere electric and at times emotional. Well done |
| Enjoyed v. much, particularly P&Ds, but fav. Was Craigellachie. More Le Chridhe & Clarsach, less Ronnie Browne. Keep up good work. |
| We thank you for a brilliant evening! Again so much effort by all involved. It really showed! |
| This leaves only one problem. A bigger box next year as good news travels fast! |
| What a show- and finale! Must be v. proud of yourself. Ronnie Browne & Irish D stole show |
| Congratulations on another fantastic programme, I thoroughly enjoyed it as did my friends |
| Congratulations another winner! Our 3rd Tattoo. As we are all dancers, it would be nice to see the dance teams do some of the dances we know. Need more singalong. |
| Well done for a fantastic performance. |
| Had a really good evening. Took my uncle who got into the spirit. Look forward to the next. |
| Congratulations, an excellent show and an absolute honour for me to take part. |
| Had a great time. Thanks for all the work you did. Fav. P&Ds + kids. |
| Brilliant! Seeing Ronnie Browne again was the icing on the cake. |
| The event was fantastic! |
| Great! Military Band esp Sunset/Eve Hymn. Could not believe all aspects inc tech stuff happened in 1 day. Excellent planning - nice one! |
| A great top-up! Thank you. It struck me how many varieties of dance were performed. |
| A great strength. Attending a concert is so narrow by comparison. Look forward to next yr. |
| Memorable! Ran like clockwork with wonderful sounds from the pipes, drums and bands. |
| Congratulations on producing another ' spectacular '. Performers all great. Ronnie B. in good form. Gaelic Choir icng on cake. Sound of their voices an inspiration. Great stuff! |
| Better than ever. Appreciated the variety and enjoyed the intro of Irish Dance/Gaelic Choir. |
| Pipers excellent & great to se the children too. |
| Had to leave at 9.50 for return journey. Earlier Start? |
| Best:Highland lady, Le Chridhe, Clarsach, Children. Not so good: Choir lacked conviction. Ladies voices must be more vital. Tenor soloist could be stronger/clearer diction. Mil. Band more mellow and use arena. Truer lines on P&Ds although impressive. Double beats a little crude. TDs more flamboyant & D/Ms. Need Marines Retd Dir of Music. Much more potential here. |
| History: Enterprising. Narrator more enthusiasm. Why did Gaelic become "Garlic"? McGregor too broad an accent. Speak slower. Overall: Highly commended. Weak link Ronnie B. A tip "Persuade participants reward is perfection not the number of times they appear. |
| Insufficient P&Ds/Marching. Dancing could be more varied. |
| Children 1st half only. Limit History. Show now "Goodwill" and musical progress. Marching Band & Pipes & drums. Bring Choir to front. |