- Basel Tattoo
The original "Basel Tattoo" is related to a tattooing & body piercing studio located in Basel, Switzerland- "Basel Tattoo & Body Art Studio"
The Basel Military Tattoo is an annual
Military tattoo given by Internationalmilitary band s and display teams in theBasel ,Switzerland . The event takes place annually in July. It is the second largest open-air military tattoo in the world.History
The word "tattoo" originally dates from the eighteenth century, when
British Army units were stationed inFlanders during theWar of the Austrian Succession .Drummers from the garrison were sent out into the towns each evening to "Beat Retreat", summoning the soldiers to return tobarracks for the night. The process was known as "Doe den tap toe" or just "tap toe" and encouraged the inn keepers to "turn off the taps": stop serving beer and send the soldiers back for the night.The first official Basel Military Tattoo began in
2006 with 38,000 attendees.In2007 , the attendance was 66,000.Performers
The
2008 Basel Military Tattoo had the following groups perform:
*Repraesentationsorchester Schweizer Armeespiel
*The band of TheRoyal Regiment of Scotland
*Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums
*Republic of Korea Traditional Army Band
*Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra and Drums
*showband.ch
*Band of the Moscow Military Conservatoire
*South African Highland Dancers (with Captain Stuart B. Samson,MBE , Lone Piper)
*HM the King's Guard of Norway, Drill Platoon
*Massed Pipes and Drums from various locationsThe Producer of the Basel Military Tattoo is Erik Juliard,
Top Secret Drum Corps See also
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Parade
*Military tattoo External links
* [http://www.baseltattoo.com/ Basel Tattoo & Body Art Studio]
* [http://www.baseltattoo.ch/ Basel Military Tattoo website]
* [http://www.militarytattoo.org www.militarytattoo.org] - Information Website
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