A dream come true for Grace

Grace Peterson, at right front, is performing in the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. IMAGE: IAN GEORGESON
Former SCOTS PGC College student, Grace Peterson, is playing out one of her childhood dreams.
For the past eight months, Grace has been in Scotland teaching the tenor drummers at Queen Victoria School where she is fulfilling a gap year.
The students have been preparing to perform at the 62nd Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Edinburgh and Grace was given the opportunity to perform at one of the world’s most spectacular entertainment events.
The Tattoo draws together a host of creative talent from four continents in the Commonwealth, that includes pipe bands and performers from Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand, as well as elements from further afield.
Speaking with her mum, Christine Peterson, Grace said she was having the most incredible experience of her life.
Grace, whose home town is Woodenbong, was a member of the SCOTS PGC College Pipes and Drums for six years. She had gained skills and confidence performing in front of crowds at gatherings and competitions.
Grace said the roar of the crowd is deafening and the silence that falls as the band begins to play ‘took her breath away’.
The line-up of nearly 1000 performers includes hundreds of musicians, pipers, drummers, singers and dancers and each evening the show is brought to an emotional close by the Lone Piper, high on the castle ramparts, playing a haunting lament.