{"id":755,"date":"2023-06-25T15:52:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T14:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/?p=755"},"modified":"2023-09-01T14:40:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T13:40:47","slug":"beltane-2023-coronation-grand-procession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/?p=755","title":{"rendered":"Beltane 2023 &#8211; Coronation &#038; Grand Procession"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Saturday is the highlight of the week for all those involved in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/beltane.peebles-theroyalburgh.info\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peebles Beltane Festival Week<\/a>.  This is the \u2018big day\u2019 for the Beltane Queen, but most of all this is the \u2018big day\u2019 for the hundreds of school children who have been given costumes to wear with pride when they march down the High Street; stand on the Church steps, watch while the Beltane Queen is being crowned, and then show their enjoyment by waving and cheering from decorated lorries as they parade through the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Peebles Burgh Silver Band <em>is<\/em> the town band &#8211; it leads the grand procession and plays whilst the Queen is being crowned.<\/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 Festival - Coronation and Grand Procession\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gPxiAKH0nms?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 town&#8217;s Primary School children in costume, heading for the Queen&#8217;s Coronation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once all the children are assembled on the church steps at the end of the High Street the assembled audience await the arrivale of the Beltane Queen and her court.<\/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_20230624_094923.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230624_094923.jpg?resize=525%2C509&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230624_094923.jpg?resize=1024%2C993&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230624_094923.jpg?resize=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230624_094923.jpg?resize=768%2C745&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230624_094923.jpg?resize=1536%2C1489&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peeblesburghsilverband.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_20230624_094923.jpg?w=1798&amp;ssl=1 1798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The audience, school children, and band await the arrival of the Queen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by the Cornet and Cornet&#8217;s Lass who are on horseback, the Beltane Queen arrives by carriage for her coronation.<\/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 Festival - Coronation and Grand Procession\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UhOLYJCUuyY?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 Queen arrives for her Coronation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once crowned, all the children move to a series of floats for the Grand Procession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday is the highlight of the week for all those involved in the Peebles Beltane Festival Week. 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