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For my sins I am currently serving with the Army and we have a regimental dinner coming up and I have been asked to provide my Corp march. The idea is that at somepoint during the night they play the march and all members of the Corp stand to attention.......

Now ive never been in an RAF mess and seen this! for obvious reasons we would all stand up at the same time. But I do have a few options.

1) I give them a copy of The RAF March Past and play the game.
2) I give them 10 seconds of the RAF March Past and the rest is the Benny Hill theme!
3) I give them a copy of the RAF March Past but not stand up (as its not something we do)
4) Explain to them that Im not actually a member of the RAF (being PMRAFNS perdantic I know)
5) Give them a copy of the Raf March past, hide a white silk scarf and goggles under my chair and don said scarf during the playing.
6) Instead of standing to attention I run around the tables, arms out ala dambusters (the pt corp do a hand stand on their chair whilst scissor kicking)

Im guessing the first, would love to do the second or fifth! any one want to advise me or who have been in an Army mess when they have done this!

Thanks
 
Never done it, but if it is formal, then 1.

If leeway is allowed (which it sounds like), then combining 5&6 looks like fun !!
 
I have the band of the Royal air force on my itunes (I know...) but it has the March and the BOB march, it also has 633 Sqn, Dambusters, Out of the Blue (Sports report) and Spitfire prelude (my fav) it also has aces high (lufwaffe march - you second post)

Was tempted to give them those magnificant men in there flying machines!!!!!!!!
 
Rafirons said:
I have the band of the Royal air force on my itunes (I know...) but it has the March and the BOB march, it also has 633 Sqn, Dambusters, Out of the Blue (Sports report) and Spitfire prelude (my fav) it also has aces high (lufwaffe march - you second post)

Was tempted to give them those magnificant men in there flying machines!!!!!!!!
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I would say you're affiliated to 633 Sqn and get them to play that - dumb pongos won't know any different - Especially as 633 served with distinction during the early '60s :)
 
If there was a poll, I've have to vote for a combination of 5 & 6 too, providing it's not a strictly formal function.
 
Rafirons said:
For my sins I am currently serving with the Army and we have a regimental dinner coming up and I have been asked to provide my Corp march. The idea is that at somepoint during the night they play the march and all members of the Corp stand to attention.......

Now ive never been in an RAF mess and seen this! for obvious reasons we would all stand up at the same time. But I do have a few options.

1) I give them a copy of The RAF March Past and play the game.
2) I give them 10 seconds of the RAF March Past and the rest is the Benny Hill theme!
3) I give them a copy of the RAF March Past but not stand up (as its not something we do)
4) Explain to them that Im not actually a member of the RAF (being PMRAFNS perdantic I know)
5) Give them a copy of the Raf March past, hide a white silk scarf and goggles under my chair and don said scarf during the playing.
6) Instead of standing to attention I run around the tables, arms out ala dambusters (the pt corp do a hand stand on their chair whilst scissor kicking)

Im guessing the first, would love to do the second or fifth! any one want to advise me or who have been in an Army mess when they have done this!

Thanks
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I suggest you wear a white silk flying suit with shades, stilletoes and a pirate head scarf. Make them listen to a bit from 633, a bit from the 'Top Gun' sound track, and a bit from Laurel & Hardy's 'Cuckoo Song', with a recorded Vulcan Howl to finish. You'd probably find standing a sufficient problem, let alone to attention. Don't forget running shoes ready to slip on and get away from the PMC afterwards...

:barbershop_quartet_
 
Rafirons said:
4) Explain to them that Im not actually a member of the RAF (being PMRAFNS perdantic I know)
Thanks
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You in the Scouts then?! Suggest you don a Woogle and crack on. Pride in your parent service and all that!

Failing that Army messes if at Officer level are very formal from my experience if its a Teeth Arm Regt, if its SNCO Mess it's more chilled out and you're likely to get more laughs out of 5&6.
 
Rafirons said:
4) Explain to them that Im not actually a member of the RAF (being PMRAFNS perdantic I know)
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As PMRAFNS is now part of RAF, give them a CD with RAF March and PMRAFNS March on it and confuse the f*ck out of the Army by standing for both.

This is what I did in the same situation and they seemed happy.
 
Mag2grid said:
Pride in your parent service and all that.
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Dont get me wrong Im very proud to be a third generation of the family to be in the RAF! But the look on the face of the average pongo is priceless. They understand being in the Army and having a corp.......but they dont understand wearing the RAF uniform and being told Im not in the RAF!!!!!!

Add in some smoke and mirrors i.e. the way most SNCO messes have For the use by members of the RAF and PMRAFNS (or words to that effect) and their as confused as anything!
 
I'd glue together small snippets of the RAF March, 633 Sqn. and the Star Wars theme. Chances are; whoever's going to play it on the night will only listen to a few opening bars of the RAF March and assume that's all there is on the CD. If you end up in the dwang with the PMC/CMC, just blame it on the 'colleague' you asked to prepare it for you.
 
Having just put my "notice" in, I would definitely recommend going with number two but personally I would change Benny Hill to the Walt Disney " M.I.C.K.E.Y.M.O.U.S.E." And before Goaters lambast me with venom, I'm not bitter about going at all! Now working how to make my last working day when clearing memorable (just like Marmite, you'll love it or hate it).
 
For those interested identifying it, the "Benny Hill" theme is called "Yakkety Sax", usually by Boots Randolf:-
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Great Night

Great Night

Many thanks for the replies!

Thankfully the night went without a hitch, I gave my college both the RAF March and Skywards the PMRAFNS march (which is what he played) at the end I toasted Matron in Chief!

Sadly I was warned as we were dinning in the new CO the antics were to be kept to a minimum......so no dambuster around the mess!!!

Thanks again!
 
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