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More than 1,000 participants will perform on Friday at the 13th edition of the Basel Tattoo Military Music Festival. The traditional sounds of the bagpipes are up this year
Aztec dancer of the Monumental Banda of Mexico during the rehearsals of the Basel Tattoo 2018 in the barracks area. (Keystone-sda / Michael Wieland)
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200 bagpipers and drummers perform at the beginning and in a kind of mini-final in the middle of the show, as producer Erik Julliard said on Tuesday in front of the media, among others, the pieces Amazing Grace or Highland Cathedral will be heard
Another highlight was the performance of Julliard Red Hot Chilli Pipers. Scots combine bagpipe music with songs like Thunderstruck by AC / DC or Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water
The barracks will feature bands from Canada, the US, Mexico, Great Britain, Canada, and the United States. Germany, South Africa, Australia and the United States. Ukraine. The Top Secret Drum Corps and the Swiss Army Central Band come from Switzerland. The latter collaborates with Lisa Stoll, viola solo, at the Basel Tattoo.
According to Julliard, the eleven performances with a total of about 85,000 seats have been sold 76% up to now. The budget amounts to 8.5 million francs.
After the first Friday in the arena, the move to downtown Basel follows Saturday. Around 2000 participants take part in the Bäumleingasse parade at Mittlere Brücke and Messeplatz.
Schweizer Fernsehen will also broadcast a recording of the Basel Tattoo 2018 on September 22nd. Last year, about 491,000 viewers watched the TV show.
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