Welcome
Welcome
to the Cape Town Military Tattoo’s 'Gateway to Africa', where you can find out
everything you want to know about the only regular annual military tattoo in
Africa.
BACKGROUND
INFORMATION TO THE MILITARY SUNSET CONCERT 2011
NB:
A
Military Sunset Concert will be held at the Castle of Good Hope on 18 and 19
November 2011.
At
this event, the SA Army Band Cape Town and the Pipes and Drums of Cape Field
Artillery will be joined by several youth groups, among them the drill squad
from the Western Province Schools Marching Drill and Exhibition Association, the
bugle and fife band of the St Joseph Worker Church Lads and Girls Brigade, and
the Marimba Dancers of the Likhwezi Arts Project.
The
concert starts at 19h00, and visitors are invited to have a relaxing sunset
picnic on the lawns in the Castle before the show.
For
information, please contact the Defence Reserves Provincial Office Western Cape
(DRPOWC) at the Castle on 021 787 1167 or email defencereserveswc@gmail.com.
NB:
BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR AND PICNIC BASKET - NO SEATING AVAILABLE
WHY
IS THERE NO MILITARY TATTOO THIS YEAR?
Regretfully,
the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2011, due to be staged at the Castle of Good Hope
in November this year, was cancelled earlier this year due to operational
reasons.
Many
of the military units who are involved in the Tattoo (from the initial planning
and preparatory stages all the way through the actual performances to the
clean-up and concluding work at the end) participated in more operational
training and deployments in 2011 than they had in the previous year. This also
applied to many of the key personnel.
In
the circumstances, and given the contribution of various other factors, the
difficult decision was taken to cancel this year’s Tattoo.
In
the meantime, planning has already begun for the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2012
(planned for early November 2012), and it promises to be a spectacular event
that should not be missed!
Information
Pricing of Tickets
