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A PUBLICATION OF THE ROYAL NOVA SCOTIA INTERNATIONAL TATTOO SOCIETY
FALL 2017 | ISSUE 52
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Look back on the 2017 Tattoo!
sing it out
The Tattoo Choir turns 35! (page 10)
here’s to
the Heroes
What to expect in 2018? (page 21)
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Letter
From the Managing Director
D
ear Tattoo Fans,
This marks my first year as the
Tattoo’s Managing Director and
what an exciting year it’s been!
This past season, we welcomed more than service of our volunteers, sponsors, and other
1,600 performers from far and wide who came community partners. Your contributions are
to pay tribute to Canada’s 150th birthday, an integral part of our storytelling. Thank you!
$99.50 $99.50 $99.50 to honour the nine firefighters who lost their
lives during the Halifax Explosion, and to We are now on sale for the Tattoo’s 40th
commemorate the centenary of the Battle of production which will pay tribute to He-
$68.00 $60.00 $49.00
Vimy Ridge where we quite literally brought roes and Legends. It promises to be a spec-
$57.00 $49.00 $39.00 to life the Vimy Monument. tacular event and one not to be missed!
Stay tuned for our cast announcement in
$46.00 $38.00 $29.00 The Tattoo’s mission is to honour the Canadian the Spring of 2018.
Armed Forces, RCMP and other uniformed
$25.00 $25.00 $25.00 men and women and recognize their On behalf of the board of directors and the
contributions to peace and stability; here Tattoo staff, thank you for your continued
*Call the box office for information on accessible seating. and abroad. We strive to celebrate our support to the Royal Nova Scotia Interna-
* Please visit www.nstattoo.ca for schedule listing. service people and follow their example tional Tattoo.
of resilience, optimism, and courage that
inspires service in all our lives. And our Warm Regards,
BOOK YOUR GROUP TOURS show does not exist without the tremendous Jennie King
Special rates for groups of 25 or more.
Email info@nstattoo.ca for more info.
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This was a special year for
OH CANADA, Canada, and we were lucky
What a Show it Was! to have friends with us to
celebrate.
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e’re still looking back on the the CAF Composite Army Reserve Band,
2017 Tattoo with smiles on many Pipes & Drums units, Obstacle Race
our faces – what a show! teams, and the Maritime Tactical Opera-
tions Group involved.
This was a special year for Canada, and we
were lucky to have friends with us to celebrate. The RCMP National Ceremonial Troop,
the Halifax Regional Police, Halifax
Our performers came from far and wide. Fire & Emergency, Canadian Cadets, and
Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, the representatives from the Halifax Citadel
United Kingdom and the United States, to National Historic Site added to the
be exact! pomp and ceremony.
We had the tiny IMPS with their motorcycle La Baie en Joie, the Tattoo Highland Dance
tricks, the Groove Onkels playing trashy Team, Titans Gymnasts, and Bradisha
tunes (literally!), and Holmikers with Benjamin on silks representing Atlantic
their spooky gymnastics. The Kalutskikh themselves on the floor, proving why they
Show from Russia are Guinness World were all crowd favourites.
Record holders and their precise gymnastic
routine certainly impressed the crowds! Calgary was well-represented with the
The German Mountain Army Band played Calgary Fiddlers and the Calgary Stetson
everything from Leonard Cohen to an anvil; Show Band – two youth groups that defi-
and the Scotch College Pipe Band from nitely impressed audiences.
Australia augmented the Massed Pipes &
Drums throughout the show. The Tattoo Choir celebrated their 35th an-
niversary this year; the Children’s Chorus
Our neighbours to the south, the United also appeared in several scenes. Vocal soloists
States Fleet Forces Band, were here from Brenna Conrad, Marcel d’Entremont and
Virginia to help us celebrate Canada Day PO2 Brad Davidge lent their tremendous
and we repaid the favour on July 4th with voices throughout the show.
cake and more goodies backstage.
The Tattoo used 3D and projection map-
And we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention ping technology for the first time in its
the spectacular Canadian contingent! history to augment the historical and
The Canadian Armed Forces were the thematic content of the show. The major
cornerstone of the show, with the Stad- themes were Canada 150 and the cente-
acona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy, naries of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the
the National Band of the Naval Reserve, Halifax Explosion.
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This meant that a model of the Vimy We hosted three free workshops: a brass
Monument in France was raised from the music workshop hosted by the tutors of
Scotiabank Centre floor; that the routes the North American Brass Band Sum-
of the ships that caused the Halifax Ex- mer School; an Acadian Dance workshop
plosion were projected onto the floor; and hosted by La Baie en Joie; and a Highland
that various Canadian icons and images Dance workshop hosted by the Tattoo
were projected onto the floor for Canada Highland Dance Team. Join us next year,
150 scenes. we’ll have more fun workshops for you to
take part in!
The Tattoo Festival was expanded to in-
clude 24 events over seven days, and in- The Tattoo had a record box office this
cluded daytime and nighttime events. The year – a positive sign of things to come.
Tattoo Festival was held in several loca- We increased our box office 10.17% over
tions around the city: the Halifax Central 2016!
Library, Halifax Public Gardens, Victoria
Park, Citadel Hill, Grand Parade, the Kes- If you were in the audience this summer,
hen Goodman Public Library, Sackville we hope you had as much fun watching as
Landing, Historic Properties, Alderney we did producing!
Landing, Sobeys locations around the city,
and the German Band even travelled to
Lunenburg to perform!
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IMPs
Motorcycle Display Team
T
he tiny IMPs from the UK’s IMPs
Motorcycle Display Team caught
the hearts of many cast and crew
members – and the audience too – but
perhaps none more so than the members
of the Halifax Regional Police and Halifax
Regional Fire & Emergency.
Always together backstage, the team stole
youth pipes
the hearts of the HRP and HRFE performers.
The team even got to spend the day at the
HRP headquarters up the street from the
Scotiabank Centre, with a police escort!
and drums
While at the HRP headquarters, they got a
tour from Chief Jean-Michel Blais and were
given a forge cap to mark the friendship
between the IMPs and the HRP. They
got to ask Chief Blais a few questions,
and we’re told they asked why we have
a duck on our dollar coin.
Building community through music
After their exciting visit with the HRP, they
traveled down the street to visit with members
of HRFE’s Station 3. They got to tour fire
sign up for free bagpipe
trucks, check out different equipment, and
hang out with their friends from fire and and highland drumming
emergency.
lessons today
The bond of friendship certainly ran deep
between these groups! visit:
nstattoo.ca/youth/pipes-and-drums
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elieve it or not, the idea of a Tattoo The Chebucto Singers, the Gilbert & Sul- The Choir was such a successful addition “The thrill of having glorious voices sing-
Choir was forged over lunch at the livan Society of Nova Scotia, and several to the Tattoo that other shows soon started ing at me with their heart and soul,” is
Granite Brewery, when Col Ian Fraser church choirs. copying it. a memory Tupper carries with her, along
invited Dr. Walter Kemp to discuss a choir with the dedication of the singers who re-
for the show, made up of local choral singers. The sixty singers were dressed as United In those days, the Choir performed separately: work their lives to commit to performing
Empire Loyalist families, and included Loyalists in 1983; a North-End Halifax canteen of in the show.
Although a barbershop choir had been children. The next year the Tattoo Chil- the Second World War in 1984; and in 1985,
formed in 1980, performing songs of the dren’s Chorus was formed, helmed by Pa- an afternoon at the Halifax Public Gardens The Tattoo Choir has been a strong back-
North Atlantic from 1940-1945, it wasn’t until tricia Tupper. singing H.M.S. Pinafore. They now perform bone of the show for 35 years, and Dr.
1983 that a dedicated choir was formed. with the bands, creating a “collaborative Kemp sums it up best:
“With the dulcet tones of ‘Rule Britannia’ soundscape,” as Dr. Kemp calls it.
“Thirty-five years later, I remember those ringing out, I sang on the stage of the 1983 “Col Fraser’s vision of a choral strand
initial three years with particular fondness,” Tattoo in a golden period dress staring out “The absolute pleasure is taking the voices weaving the military and the civilian into
says Dr. Kemp. at the crowds,” recalls Tupper, who from the first rehearsal with its rough sounds a holistic show is completing 35 years of
currently directs the Choir. and notes to the performance quality of the song, and I am proud and honoured to
The first choir was largely made up of shows,” says Patricia Tupper, who took over have been a contributing part of that legacy.”
members of Dr. Kemp’s Dalhousie Chorale, the Tattoo Choir seven years ago.
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e’re so pleased to tell you that floor, and revitalizing our programming
this past year we set a record with a great cast and a bevy of supple-
at the box office. mentary events around the city.”
New & improved Tattoo In total, we saw an increase of 10.17%
over 2016, and we’re excited to have this
The Nova Scotia Tattoo also increased its
total donations, advertising revenue, and
gift shop momentum building as we head into our
40th anniversary show!
total revenue in 2017. Individual and corporate
donations rose by 10.23%, advertising
revenue – via the free playbill, big screen,
These figures were announced at the Tattoo’s and magazine advertising – by 3% and
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“We set out to produce a show that would “What we saw was the audience, and the
act as a tribute to Canada in this banner community, recognizing the Tattoo for the
year,” says Jennie King, Managing Director astonishingly high-quality production it
ON STAGE and Executive Producer of the Nova Scotia is,” says Harvey Morrison, Chair of the Royal
NOV 28 - DEC 24 Tattoo. Nova Scotia International Tattoo Society.
“That included both large Canadian and “We’re eager to keep this momentum
youth contingents, the use of projection moving as we head into our 40th season.”
mapping technology to raise the Vimy
Monument from the Scotiabank Centre
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Our
volunteers
O
ur volunteers are some of the Catherine Campbell,
most hardworking, dedicated Director of Communications at The
and passionate people you’ll Berkeley Retirement Residences, the
ever find. From pre-planning to tear-down, Tattoo’s pre-show sponsor, presents
volunteers make up the fabric of the Tattoo, Cathie Bezanson with her volunteer cer-
and we couldn’t do it without them. tificate. Cathie works hard in the props
department, and is one of the reasons
To show our appreciation to several of our we have fireworks, explosions, and other
most dedicated volunteers, we surprised fun things that go boom!
them at each pre-show with a certificate
and a chance in the spotlight. The Calgary Stetson Show Band chaperones
offered to help paint our enormous stage
the night before opening. Let’s just say, it Friends of the Tattoo coordinator Rose Pearle
was a late night for this crew. For their is a long-time volunteer and always has a smile
awesome offer, we recognized them for on her face. She was definitely surprised when
their helpful spirit. Mayor Mike Savage and members of the Halifax
Regional Police presented her with the certificate.
Joy Forde, dressed here in a nursing uniform,
is our Extras Coordinator. She wrangles a group of
extras that appear in historical scenes throughout
the show, and has done so for many years! She
was presented her certificate by her father-in-law,
Jim Forde – the Tattoo’s long-time producer and
now music consultant.
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e were pleased to host a reception with the Lieutenant Governor
of Nova Scotia at Government House for our sponsors, donors, and
volunteers on September 28th.
Without their dedicated support, the Tattoo would not be a world-class production
heading into its 40th anniversary show!
The Tattoo Choir serenaded us, and many of our volunteers were recognized by His Honour,
The Honourable Arthur J. LeBlanc and his wife, Her Honour Mrs. Patsy LeBlanc.
Thank you for hosting us, Your Honours!
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pAGE 18 TATTOO TIMES all Photos from pages 16-19 are property of
Government House HalifaxHere’s to
THE HEROES
We’re changing the story in 2018.
We’re honouring the heroes. Royal Nova Scotia International
We’re lionizing the legends. Tattoo presents…
W
hether they fought on a
LOGO DESIGNED BY GABRIELLE JEANNOTTE
battlefield or in their own
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@GABRIELLEJEA home front or the field, heroes and legends
have shaped our understanding of the
world and we’re paying tribute.
Logo 2018 marks the centenary of the end of
Reveal & Redesign the First World War.
B
ig news! We are proud to The last “o” of the logo, quite obviously, 2018 marks the centenary of women
announce the launch of the new represents the last letter in Tattoo, but earning the right to vote in Nova Scotia.
Royal Nova Scotia International it’s stylized as a bagpipe as a whimsical
Tattoo logo as part of our ongoing evolution.
nod to Celtic culture and its influence on 2018 marks 75 years since the thick of
We have grown and evolved over the last the event. In the colour version of the new the Battle of the Atlantic – the longest
few years, and we felt it was time for a design, we’ve added emphasis by incorpo- campaign of the Second World War.
change. Our upcoming show marks the rating the recognized Tattoo tartan. The sans
40th anniversary of the Tattoo and we felt serif font is deliberately clean, modern, and We stand in the shadows of these heroes
this would be an exciting way to celebrate feels more accessible in comparison to its and will pay tribute to them next year.
our roots while embracing the future. predecessor. The sans serif font used for We’re also CELEBRATING OUR
Royal and Tattoo are paired with a com- 40TH ShOW!
We believe the new branding better plimentary slab serif font used for Nova Let’s have a ceilidh and celebrate. The word ‘tattoo’
matches what we’ve become since the Scotia and International. may originate from a term meaning ‘turn off
Tattoo’s conception: a spectacular cel- the taps’ but next year we’re turning them on!
ebration of Celtic culture and world-class We hope you like this new look and feel
entertainment. for the Tattoo!
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To honour Canada’s Armed Forces, RCMP and
other first responders and celebrate the heritage
of Canadians’ contributions to national and international
peace and stability.
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