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The 2022 Edinburgh Military Tattoo pipes and drums. The term tattoo derives from a 17th-century Dutch phrase doe den tap toe ("turn off the tap") a signal to tavern owners each night, played by a regiment's Corps of Drums, to turn off the taps of their ale kegs so that the soldiers would retire to their billeted lodgings at a reasonable hour. [1]
The Tattoo makes its highly anticipated return on Friday with this year’s show Voices.
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo was first staged in 1950; it combines the traditional sounds of the bagpipes and drums with the modern aspects of the armed forces. In 2008, the Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo was launched and held in the private grounds of Windsor Castle by permission of HM The Queen.
Soldiers of the 105th Regiment Royal Artillery at Edinburgh Castle Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo The Atholl Highlanders on parade in 2017. Since the passing of the Treaty of Union in 1707 which unified the Kingdom of Scotland with the Kingdom of England to the create the Kingdom of Great Britain, Scottish armed forces were merged with the English armed forces and remain part of the overall ...
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"Tattoo" is a bugle call played in the evening in the British Army and the United States Army. The original concept of this call was played on the snare drum and was known as "tap-too", with the same rule applying. Later on, the name was applied to more elaborate military performances, known as military tattoos.
Megan Beveridge (born 16 March 1995) is a Scottish soldier who became the first regular army, female "lone piper" at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. [1] The Lance Bombardier from Burntisland, in Fife was also the first female to pass the army's pipe major course. Aged 21, she is also the youngest person to date to have passed.
The 13th of December was the last Friday 13th of 2024 and for most people it is a day to be cautious. But not for those thinking about getting a tattoo. 'Flash sales' on Friday 13th are popular ...