The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and the Band of the Coldstream Guards to Perform

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and the Band of the Coldstream Guards at 8 p.m. on Jan. 24 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

Experience two hundred years of rich musical history and pageantry as the pipes, drums and dancers of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and the Band of the Coldstream Guards perform the music of Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards are Scotland's senior regiment and only regular cavalry regiment. The regiment was formed in 1971 from the amalgamation of the 3rd Carabiniers and The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons). The Band of the Coldstream Guards is 49 members strong and The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards are famous for their outstanding pipes, drums and highland dancers. The Royal Scots "DG" even went to No. 1 on British radio with their recording of "Amazing Grace." The band members are all enlisted soldiers who serve their country with distinction.

During the Gulf Conflict 1991 The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards were deployed as part of the 7th Armoured Brigade. In the ground war, the Regiment spearheaded the attack through Iraq and into Kuwait and many members of The Pipes and Drums served on active duty in the Gulf War and in more recent times as part of the NATO lead Stabilization Forces helping to keep the peace in the Former Yugoslavia state of Bosnia, two tours of Kosovo and again in the Gulf in 2003 and 2006.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is the Colonel in Chief of the Regiment. The Pipes and Drums appear by kind permission of Lieutenant Colonel Ben Edwards and are lead by Pipe Major Derek Potter.

For detailed historical backgrounds on the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and The Band of the Coldstream Guards, visit the Center for the Arts Web site at http://www.ubcfa.org.

Tickets for The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and the Band of the Coldstream Guards are $29 general admission and students $20. Tickets are available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Center for the Arts Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations. To charge tickets, call 852-5000; in Canada, call 1-416-870-8000. For group sales, call 645-6771. For more information, call 645-ARTS. Students (of any school) must present valid student ID at the Center Box Office to receive discount.