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  2. Royal Tournament - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Tournament was the first and biggest Military Tattoo in the World. [citation needed] Towards the end ticket sales were insufficient to cover costs; the 1998 Royal Tournament made a loss. On Monday 2 August 1999, the Royal Tournament closed for the final time to reduce military costs, following the 1998 Strategic Defence Review.

  3. Tattoo (bugle call) - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Military tattoo - Wikipedia

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    The biannual Hamina Tattoo in Finland is the official military tattoo event of the Finnish Defense Forces. The National Military Tattoo in the Rotterdam Ahoy indoor stadium, held since 1948, is the official military tattoo of the Armed forces of the Netherlands. It was formerly held in Delft and Breda before moving to Rotterdam in 2006.

  5. Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo - Wikipedia

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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]

  6. Field gun competition - Wikipedia

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    The Birmingham Tattoo, held yearly in the city of Birmingham, also hosts an inter-service field gun challenge as part of their programme. The format of the competition and drill, based on the Brickwoods competition, changes slightly due to the fact that the crews run on polished concrete surfaces.

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  8. Birmingham Tattoo - Wikipedia

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    The military tattoo features massed military bands, and displays. The event takes place for two performances in February each year. The event has been held since 1989 and has attracted performers from the United States, Europe and Russia as well as British bands from the Royal Marines, Coldstream Guards, King's Division and Gurkhas. The ...

  9. Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo - Wikipedia

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    The Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo was an annual military tattoo held in the private grounds of Windsor Castle by permission of Queen Elizabeth II, from 2008 to 2011. [1] [2] The event's proceeds went to the Royal British Legion to help support recently returned troops from battle. Military re-enactment in the shadow of Windsor Castle