{"id":734,"date":"2023-06-22T15:35:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T14:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/?p=734"},"modified":"2023-09-01T14:39:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T13:39:43","slug":"beltane-2023-installation-and-ride-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/?p=734","title":{"rendered":"Beltane 2023 &#8211; Installation and Ride Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the Wednesday of Beltane Festival Week the Band paves the way for the Cornet&#8217;s Installation and Ride Out.  We start the evening at the Chambers Institute and lead the principles and public to the Church Steps for the Installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230621_181009-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230621_181009.jpg?resize=525%2C236&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230621_181009-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C461&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230621_181009-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230621_181009-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C346&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230621_181009-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C691&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230621_181009-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C922&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Getting ready to go!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the church steps the Cornet is installed, the Cornet&#8217;s Lass is installed, as are their Supporters. The Cornet and his Lass are installed by the Beltane Festival Chairman and the Cornet&#8217;s Lass pins the Cornets ribbon to the Flag. This is known as Bussing the Colours.  All duly installed, the Cornet, Supporters and followers mount horses and proceed to \u02dcRide the Marches\u201d.  Each year more than 250 horse riders can be seen enjoying the spectacle that is commonly known as the &#8220;Ride Out\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peebles Beltane 2023 - The Horses\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4VE1kKqzxk4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Beltane Ride Out &#8211; the Band&#8217;s perspective<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the horses have started on their Ride Out the Band is bussed to Neidpath Castle to play at the Warden of Neidpath&#8217;s installation.   Here&#8217;s a picture of the Band playing in front of the Castle &#8211; note, this picture was taken when creating a special video for the town following relaxation of COVID when Beltane had to be cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/peebles-silver-band-8558_51260024771_o-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/peebles-silver-band-8558_51260024771_o.jpg?resize=525%2C279&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/peebles-silver-band-8558_51260024771_o-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C545&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/peebles-silver-band-8558_51260024771_o-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/peebles-silver-band-8558_51260024771_o-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C409&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/peebles-silver-band-8558_51260024771_o-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C818&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/peebles-silver-band-8558_51260024771_o-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1091&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Band playing at Neidpath Castle in 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video we created:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oor Wee Beltane 2021\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/11q96U_Nqhc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Wednesday of Beltane Festival Week the Band paves the way for the Cornet&#8217;s Installation and Ride Out. We start the evening at the Chambers Institute and lead the principles and public to the Church Steps for the Installation. At the church steps the Cornet is installed, the Cornet&#8217;s Lass is installed, as are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/?p=734\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Beltane 2023 &#8211; Installation and Ride Out&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[12,9],"class_list":["post-734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-beltane","tag-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":738,"href":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions\/738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}