Firm audience favourites, the (now not-so-secret) Top Secret Drum Corps from the Swiss city of Basel will, by popular demand, make a welcome return to the Scottish Capital for next year’s 60th Edinburgh Tattoo (7-29 August) and its three-week season on the floodlit Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle.
Fusing furiously fast and exceptionally precise percussion with clockwork precision visual effects, this 30-strong group is once again expected to drum its way in to the hearts of an anticipated 217,000 Tattoo-goers.
With over 1,000 performers, featuring Tongan musicians, an all-male Canadian choir, the Indian Navy, as well as entertainers from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama, the Tattoo is set to present a compelling mix of music, ceremony, and theatre, while continuing to showcase the very best of Scottish culture.
Indeed, 2009 sees Scotland's showpiece military tattoo paying tribute to the 250th anniversary of the birth of the country's national bard, Robert Burns, and playing its part in Scotland’s first ever year of Homecoming.
Tattoo Chief Executive & Producer, Major General Euan Loudon, said: "We are delighted to be part of next year’s important celebration of Scotland’s culture and heritage, when we plan to stage four exclusive extra Tattoo performances outside Edinburgh to mark this special Year of Homecoming."
And, as 2009 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, a feature of next year's show will be a series of vignettes depicting episodes from the popular poet's works. This includes an extract of one of the finest examples of his craft, 'Tam O’Shanter', which will celebrate the legacy of this literary legend in poetry and dance.
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