For all the loyal fans and supporters of the Cape Town Military Tattoo, I have compiled a list of all the programme booklets through the years, from 2003 to 2015.
You can download a scanned PDF of each of them by clicking on the relevant image.
I hope you will enjoy leafing through them and that it will bring back some very happy memories of past events!
In the run-up to the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015, the Expresso morning show on SABC TV interwiewed our Production Manager WO2 Charles Canning, the Director of Music of the Tattoo Captain Vernon Michels, Major Asim Hussain, the Instructor of Music of the Pakistan Army Band, and Major Dalene Coetzee, who is responsible for coordinating Photographic & Technical/Graphic Services.
The video is finally available online – here it is!
If you’ve ever wondered what is happening outside the Castle of Good Hope, while the massed military bands inside the arena are playing the 1812 Overture at the Cape Town Military Tattoo – this video taken by fellow photie Brent Best will give you some insight into the complicated process of ensuring that the Cape Field Artillery Saluting Troop fires their 25-pounder guns at precisely the right moment.
The Cape Argus has posted a short but wonderful video, containing some clips from the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015 – to the accompaniment of the Pakistan Army Band’s exotic music!
Enjoy!
Ian Landsberg has put together this wonderful selection of little video clips recorded at the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015. It’s bringing back so many happy memories already – so enjoy!
This year, we had a team of videographers recording the show each night, and I for one am chomping at the bit to see the end result!
Sign me up for a copy!!
With the final night of the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015 sadly behind us, I took a drive through to the Castle this morning, an obliging Mom in tow, to get some ‘after’ pictures – having taken some ‘before’ pictures just over a week ago (see: Creating the Giant Jigsaw Puzzle – Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3)
I always enjoy taking these kinds of pictures.
On Saturday morning, while I was writing the blogpost about that evening’s final performance (see CTMT 2015: The Final Night), I was frantically trying to upload photos at the same time.
But multi-tasking like that doesn’t work so well in WordPress, and in fact it took so long that I thought my computer had hung. It probably doesn’t help that my blog is at over 80% upload capacity, because I’ve added so many photos in the last years. I was literally standing and typing, because I needed to drive through to the Castle now-now-now, and so there wasn’t enough time to include all the photos I wanted.
Tonight is the final performance of this year’s Cape Town Military Tattoo, and I can already sense the familiar feeling of melancholy starting to seep in, between all the adrenaline rush and thrill of the performances and of being part of the whole Tattoo Experience.
After tonight, alas, we will go our separate ways again – visiting musicians and performers will fly and drive back home, some to very far distant places, 3 Electrical Workshop will take down the lights and sound equipment, and Gearhouse will dismantle the scaffolding, flooring and seating stands. By Monday morning, the groundcrew will be watering and aerating the lawn, which has been flattened by the stands. The big guns of the Cape Field Artillery Saluting Troop outside the main gates will have withdrawn to Fort Ikapa for the last time… until next year.
After an absolutely rocking Opening Night at the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015, I realised that I must have been beaming from ear to ear all the way home, humming the tunes of Band of Brothers, Highland Cathedral and The Prayer out loud. I felt like I was floating on a cloud!
I had missed the Dress Rehearsal on Tuesday night due to a pounding headache, much to my chagrin, as it’s the only time photographers can get close to and into the middle of the action. As a result, I had no idea what to expect on the Opening Night, because I hadn’t seen a full run-through of the entire show yet. Continue reading
Tuesday was a long, looooong day.
When I eventually returned home, totally whacked after 12 hours of dashing about with camera stuff, Miss Tuffy-Cat didn’t know whether to scold me for neglecting – yet again – to bring home some fresh chicken, which meant that she would be fed dry pellets yet again, or to purr with gratitude that I was home again at last.
Memories of the Cape Town Military Tattoo 