1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers Band


The band of the 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers is one of the few RAAC regimental bands still in existence.

The Regimental Quick March of the 1st/15th Royal New south Wales Lancers is El Abanico.

El Abnico was gazetted as Regimental Quick March in 1951. El Abanico is the Spanish word for "the fan" it refers to a fan-shaped table in a tavern where composer Alfredo Javaloyes, bandmaster of a Spanish Seville regiment, used to spend his time. The march was subsequently adopted by a number of British and Commonwealth Regiments as the Regimental March.

Scipio was also gazetted in 1951 as Regimental Slow March. The music having been written by George Frederick Handel in honour of the Roman General Scipio; it is the slow march of many British and Commonwealth Regiments.

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