Editing Royal Canadian Mounted Police (section)

===Public relations program===
[[File:RCMP Musical Ride (2016).jpg|thumb|A [[Musical Ride]] performance in [[Essex, Ontario]], 2016]]
RCMP community relationship-building programs include the [[Musical Ride]]. The Musical Ride is an equestrian showcase of RCMP riders, that performs across Canada each year from May to October.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/even/en/t/2/e|title=Musical Ride tour schedule|publisher=Royal Canadian Mounted Police|website=www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca|date=30 December 2022|access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref> The RCMP Sunset Ceremony ({{Langx|fr|Cérémonie du crépuscule}}) has taken place every summer since 1989 at the Musical Ride Centre in [[Ottawa]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/the-royal-canadian-mounted-police-presents-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-canadian-sunset-ceremonies-june-27-30-857655750.html |title=The Royal Canadian Mounted Police presents the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Sunset Ceremonies, June 27–30 |date=June 26, 2019 |publisher=CNW Group Ltd. |access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ottawatourism.ca/ottawa-insider/rcmp-musical-ride-sunset-ceremonies/ |title=RCMP Musical Ride Sunset Ceremonies |work=Ottawa Tourism |publisher=Ottawa Tourism and Convention Authority |access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref> with it in recent years featuring the [[Ottawa Police Service Pipe Band]] and the [[Governor General's Foot Guards Band]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.todocanada.ca/city/ottawa/event/rcmps-canadian-sunset-ceremonies/ |title=RCMP's Canadian Sunset Ceremonies |website=todoCanada.ca|access-date=December 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RCMP Heritage Centre – Sunset Retreat Ceremonies |url=https://rcmphc.com/en/sunset-retreat-ceremonies-2 |website=rcmphc.com}}</ref> The RCMP National Ceremonial Troop is a unit that serves as dismounted version of the Musical Ride as well as a [[drill team]]. Individual divisions also have their ceremonial troops.
[[File:RCMP Heritage Centre.jpg|thumb|The northern facade of the [[RCMP Heritage Centre]]]]
The [[RCMP Heritage Centre]] is a multi-million-dollar museum designed by [[Arthur Erickson]] that opened in May 2007 in Regina, Saskatchewan, at the RCMP Academy, Depot Division. It replaced the old RCMP museum and is designed to celebrate the role of the service in Canada's history.

====Bands====
[[File:GRC 3029+.jpg|thumb|An RCMP pipe and drum band in 2013.]]
There are eight regional RCMP pipe bands across Canada that act as "garrison bands" for the provincial division, and attend parades, police ceremonies, and public events.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pipes, Drums and Dancers: Nova Scotia |url=https://www.rcmppipeband.ca/ |access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref> The first of these bands were established in 1992 in [[Alberta]].<ref>{{cite web |title=RCMP Community Bands of Pipes and Drums |url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pd-ct/index-eng.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827022204/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pd-ct/index-eng.htm |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |access-date=December 7, 2019 |publisher=RCMP}}</ref> The following are the locations of the regional volunteer pipe bands:

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*[[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
*[[Moncton]]
*[[Montreal]] (part of [[The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Quebec|"C" Division]])
*[[Ottawa]]
*[[Winnipeg]]
*[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] (part of "F" Division)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rcmpregina.tripod.com/id12.html |title=Band Information: A Community Partnership |publisher=RCMP Regina Pipes and Drums|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>
*[[Edmonton]]
*[[Vancouver]] (part of [[RCMP "E" Division|"E" Division]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcmppipeband.com/history_bc.htm |title=History – "E" Division |publisher=RCMP "E" Division Pipe Band (British Columbia)|access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>
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Before 1994, the RCMP also operated the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Band ({{Langx|fr|La Musique de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada}}) was the RCMP's central musical ensemble. It was considered one of the best professional bands assembled in Canada.<ref name="RCMP-Band">{{cite web |date=26 April 2014 |title=History |url=https://rcmpband.ca/history/ |website=RCMP Band}}</ref><ref name="Altissimo">{{cite web |title=The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Band |url=https://militarymusic.com/blogs/military-music/13516489-the-royal-canadian-mounted-police-band |website=Altissimo!}}</ref> Although it was an official regimental band, the members worked in the band as a secondary job. It is generally considered to have begun in 1938, though various police bands in the RCMP flourished at the time, leading the [[Canadian government]] approving the creation of a full-time central band in December 1958, with its headquarters in the capital of [[Ottawa]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Luscombe |first1=Stephen |title=Royal Canadian Mounted Police |url=https://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/canadiancavalry/rcmpbands.htm |website=www.britishempire.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Altissimo" /> Appearances made by the band included [[Expo 86]] and the [[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings|Commonwealth Conference]] in [[Vancouver]], the [[Calgary Winter Olympics]] in 1988, as well as the visits of [[Soviet President]] [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in 1990.<ref name="Altissimo" /><ref name="RCMP-Band"/>

It was dissolved in 1994 due to government budget cuts. In its 55-year existence, it operated as a voluntary regimental band, with its members working with it as a secondary job apart from their other duties in the RCMP. Members of the band wore the RCMP's [[Red Serge]] as part of their [[full dress uniform]] and adopted drill seen in [[Canadian military bands]] and bands in the [[British Army]]. Its longest-serving director was Superintendent Edwin Joseph Lydall, who served from 1948 to 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ontario – Ottawa – Miscellaneous Obituaries |url=http://canadianobits.com/ontario/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/427 |website=canadianobits.com}}</ref>