The success of piping and drumming within the Army Cadet Force is at all time high, with all seven Army Cadet Force Battalions in Scotland now having a Pipe Band. Each year around 150 youngsters visit Cameron Barrack near Inverness for an intensive 8 day residential course, instructed by the best pipers and drummers the Army can offer. The course rounds off with a Beating Retreat in both Inverness & Dingwall

Those cadets that make top grading are invited to participate in the Beating Retreat on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle, with around eighty making the grade this year. Certain guest pipers & drummers are invited to take part from The Sea Cadets and The Air Training Corps, as well as a few friends from Merseyside Army Cadet Force which is gaining reputation in Piping and Highland Drumming.