Selkirk Common Riding 2023 Schedule
16 June 2023
4.00am Rouse Parade - Flute Band preambles town waking in turn Provost and Standard Bearer
5.30am Act of Remembrance Ex-servicemen gather at Selkirk War Memorial
6.00am First Drum Silver Band play around the town
6.30am Foot procession arrives at Victoria Halls; riders assembled in Back Row
6.45am Installation of Standard Bearer and bussin’ of the Royal Burgh Flag on the balcony of Victoria Halls
6.55am Procession forms and marches to Market Place
7.00am Second Drum Procession moves off ‘Doon the Green’
7:30am Riders ford River Ettrick
7.45am Riders in Linglie Glen
8.45am Riders at summit of the Three Brethren
9.00am Procession reforms in Market Place and leaves for Shawburn Toll
9.20am At the toll community singing is led by the bands until…
9.40am (approx.) Coming In of the Burley and Riders Return
10:15am (approx.) Procession reforms again and returns to Market Place via Bleachfield Road and High Street
11.00am (approx). The Casting of the Colours
11:10am (approx). 2 minutes silence
11:15am (approx). The return of the Burgh Flag “unsullied and untarnished” and the conclusion of ceremonial