The Edinburgh Tattoo spread their plans for Gulf States and Asia

After recently finished colorful event of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo which was run in Wellington, the organizers wishes in near future for The Gulf States and Asia for increases their traditional business. The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo event contains massed pipe bands and dancers which funds £77 Million to the Scotland’seconomy per annual. Brigadier David Allfrey, producer and chief executive of The Royal Military Tattoo said that the audience welcomed them very nicely and they behave very friendly to the entertainment band which made us to take the show abroad regularly even some places didn’t have any historical links to Scotland. Now the Brigadier, David Allfrey is wishes to go on the roads of The Gulf States and China with The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The Royal Military Tattoo event began since 1950 and it started to motivate and entertain the people of Edinburgh after World War II.

They are talking about the show of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo with the authorities of The Gulf States including Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates. Brigadier David Allfrey said that they are very hopeful about this traditional business in The Gulf States until 2018 and then this event will take to China in 2020 after making some great prize from The Gulf States. Brigadier David Allfrey also said that the event will create all sort of prospects for that cultural business in the countries included for the large International Tattoos. In recently event, The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo sold about 265,000 tickets in Melbourne and Wellington. Before couple of weeks, The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo’s four performances were sold more than the 82,000 in Wellington at Westpac Stadium and it was the fourth time of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo that they perform abroad their country in their history of 65-years and also second time in New Zealand after a smash hit show in 2000. Brigadier further said that he has been told that the performances of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo sold many tickets in Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium than any event before and every year, many people take their interest in it.

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Gisborne and Sunbury duos will perform in Edinburgh Tattoo

The traditional and spectacular Edinburgh Military Tattoo will be in Melbourne this week for the first time in its 65-year-history and residents of and Sunbury and Gisborne will be performing there. Chris and Janet Bouwmeester of Gisborne and Sunbury’s Ian Thorn and Don MacLean are all members of the City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band which is among a diverse group of 1200 performers at the show. Mr Bouwmeester who is with the band for more than 30 years including a decade as president, he was excited to be performing in the five-show season of three-days at Etihad Stadium.

He said it is really going to be bigger and more spectacular than in Edinburgh because of the size of the venue but it has so much tradition as an event that it is really a once in a lifetime type achievement. The dance and performance has made tattoo more modren additional to the military marches the tattoo is famous for. Similarly Mr Bouwmeester said the band was feeling Melbourne a more modern. 

 

He added while piping and drumming is still the nature of the group but you do not need to be an old Scottish soldier to become a member because we have people of Chinese, European and Vietnamese descents these days. Mr Bouwmeester is now a snare drummer and his wife is a tenor drummer while Mr MacLean and Mr Thorn are both pipers. The Edinburgh Military Tattoo is at 7pm on Friday and at 1pm and 7pm on Saturday-Sunday.

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Edinburgh Tattoo pipers relax on Melbourne beach between rehearsals

Edinburgh Military Tattoo pipers making preparations for a rare overseas performance have stopped rehearsals taking a break on an Australian beach.  Royal Dragoon Guards’ Adam Casey and Peter Crowe took a break from training and mixed up with other military pipers at Brighton beach in Melbourne on Tuesday. Royal Highland Fusiliers’Charles MacLean, Hugh Mackay from The Highlanders, Euan Jardine of Royal Scots Borderers and Alan Sharp from the RAF Pipes & Drums also relished the break on the beach.

About 1,200 pipers, drummers, dancers and musicians will participate in the three-night show in Etihad Stadium of Melbourne from Friday. The Tattoo is traditionally held on Edinburgh Castle’s floodlit esplanade and organizers have decided they will build a replica of the world-famous landmark to keep the backdrop for the Australian shows. The Tattoo has visited overseas only three times in 65 years and about 220,000 visitors have paid for the Tattoo since the last 16 seasons in Edinburgh.    

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