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"SPELLBINDING" - THE 2001 TATTOO
Posted 17th November 2000

Colour and spectacle are two assured ingredients at next year's Edinburgh Tattoo (3-25 August, 2001) when 800 performers from the United States, Australia, Britain, Norway, and the South Pacific come together against the famous backdrop of Edinburgh Castle for Scotland's traditional international showcase of music, theatre, and dance.

With music, movement, and spectacle at its foundation, the Tattoo commands attention and admiration across the world. Each year over 200,000 people travel from the four corners of the globe to witness a performance of this universally acclaimed event - a uniquely compelling pageant, which is also enjoyed by a further 100 million annually who tune in on international television.

As always, there is an impressive line-up for the forthcoming programme, which includes the ever-popular music of the Massed Military Bands; the Guard of His Majesty The King of Norway; Cook Island Polynesian Dancers; a thrilling Highland Dance display; and the incomparable sound of the Massed Pipes and Drums.

But the show is brought to a poignant close each evening by the Lone Piper who, high on the Castle ramparts, plays a haunting lament before the colourful cosmopolitan cast march off the Esplanade to the famous pipe melody," The Black Bear" - a truly magnificent end to a spectacular show.

Tickets for the 2001 Tattoo, priced £9.00 to £26.00, may be obtained from December 1st by post or fax from The Tattoo Office, 32 Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 1QB or via the internet at www.edintattoo.co.uk.

Telephone booking, using the credit/debit card hot-line on
+44(0)8707 555 1188, opens on December 18th.

The Tattoo Ticket Sales Office at 33-34 Market Street, Edinburgh opens to personal callers from 10am, Monday 5th February 2001.

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For further information, please contact :

The Tattoo Office, 32 Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 1QB
Tel: 0131 225 4783 Fax: 0131 225 8627
Email: edintattoo@edintattoo.co.uk