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Basel Tattoo
Basel Tattoo is an annual military tattoo show performed by International military bands, display teams, popular musicians, and tattoo formations in Basel, Switzerland. Since 2006, Basel Tattoo has had annual stage-arena performances within the Basel Kaserne (old barracks) (now also known as Basel Tattoo Arena) and hosts two parades in July. The Basel Tattoo parade, with an estimated 125,000 visitors, is considered the largest event. Russen statt Engländer am Basel Tattoo 2012 , written 2012-07-09, retrieved 2012-07-13 History The Basel Tattoo was started in 2006 by the local |
Top Secret Drum Corps
Top Secret Drum Corps is a drum corps based in Basel, Switzerland. With 25 drummers and colour guard section, the corps became famous for its demanding six-minute routine performed at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in 2003. With its invitation to Edinburgh, Top Secret became one of the first non-military, non-British Commonwealth acts to perform on the Esplanade at Edinburgh Castle. Since its success in 2003, Top Secret was invited to return to Edinburgh in 2006 with a new routine. They were invited a third time in 2009 and again in 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2022. Under the leadership of Erik Julliard, the band is also responsible for the founding of the Basel Tattoo, a military tattoo show similar to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, now held annually in Basel. Drumming style Top Secret was founded in , with its roots in the rich drumming traditions of the band's home city, Basel, which is known for its annual carnival called ''Basler Fasnacht''. The city is said to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freiburg Im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as of 31 December 2018), Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim, and Karlsruhe. The population of the Freiburg metropolitan area was 656,753 in 2018. In the Southern Germany, south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg (Freiburg), Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain. A famous old German university town, and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg, archiepiscopal seat, Freiburg was incorporated in the early twelfth century and developed into a major commercial, intellectual, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handspring Puppet Company
The Handspring Puppet Company is a puppetry performance and design company established in 1981 by Adrian Kohler, Basil Jones, Jon Weinberg and Jill Joubert. It is based in Cape Town, South Africa. History Jones and Kohler met at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town. At first, they designed puppets for children-targeted productions, which Jones initially disliked. Kohler "introduced him onesto the West African tradition of puppetry for adults," working with Malcolm Purkey and Barney Simon, among others. Productions Some notable productions include: ''Episodes of an Easter Rising'' Esther van Ryswyk directed ''Episodes of an Easter Rising'' (1985), a play based on David Lytton's radio special of the same name. It told the story of two white lesbian women who became part of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle. It premiered at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town and toured to the National Arts Festival in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), WITS University Theatre in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloë Agnew
Chloë Alexandra Adele Emily Agnew (born 1989) is an Irish singer and songwriter, best known for being an original and former member of the Celtic music group Celtic Woman. Early life and career Agnew was born to Irish entertainer Adele "Twink" King and Irish oboist David Agnew in Knocklyon, County Dublin, where she lived with her mother and younger sister, Naomi. She made her first television appearance on her mother's programme aged four weeks old, and later sang on the show at the age of six. She attended Notre Dame des Missions Junior School for her primary school education, followed by Alexandra College girls' school. In 1998, Agnew represented Ireland and was the winner of the Grand Prix at the First International Children's Song Competition in Cairo with a song called ''The Friendship Tree''. She then began to perform pantomime at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin and continued in that role for four years. In 1999, she appeared in ''The Young Messiah'', a modern ada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concord, California
Concord ( ) is the largest city in Contra Costa County, California. According to an estimate completed by the United States Census Bureau, the city had a population of 129,295 in 2019 making it the eighth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1869 as Todos Santos by Don Salvio Pacheco II, a noted Californio ranchero, the name was later changed to Concord. The city is a major regional suburban East Bay center within the San Francisco Bay Area, and is east of San Francisco. History The valleys north of Mount Diablo were inhabited by the Miwok people, who hunted elk and fished in the numerous streams flowing from the mountain into the San Francisco Bay. It is important to note Miwok and other indigenous people still live within city limits. In 1772, Spanish explorers began to cross the area but did not settle there. In 1834, the Mexican land grant Rancho Monte del Diablo at the base of Mount Diablo was granted to Salvio Pacheco (for whom the nearby town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drum Corps International
Drum Corps International (DCI) is a governing body for junior drum and bugle corps responsible for developing and enforcing rules of competition, and for providing standardized adjudication at sanctioned drum and bugle corps competitions throughout the United States and Canada. DCI is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The competitive season traditionally begins in late June and ends with the annual World Championship the second week of August. In March 2020, DCI announced the upcoming competitive season would be cancelled, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. World Championships returned to Lucas Oil Stadium on . Open Class championships were held at Indiana Wesleyan University on . DCI is not affiliated with the similarly named Drum Corps Associates (DCA) or Drum Corps Europe (DCE), governing bodies for all-age or senior drum and bugle corps in the United States and Europe. History In 1971, at the urging of then-director of The Cavaliers, Don Warren, and Troopers di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SRF 1
SRF 1 (''SRF eins'') is a German-language Swiss television channel, one of three produced by the SRG SSR public-service broadcasting group (the others being SRF zwei and SRF info). The channel, formerly known as SF1, was renamed on 16 December 2005, together with its sister German-speaking TV channels and five radio channels, as part of an exercise aimed at emphasizing their common ownership as well as establishing a shared web presence for all of them. The channel promotes itself as "a full-service TV station with a high proportion of home-produced content, especially documentaries and dramas" that offers "news and current affairs, education, arts, and entertainment for all", and it focuses on drama, entertainment, news and current affairs. Programming Children *'' The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends'' (''Die Abenteuer von Hello Kitty & Friends'') *''The Adventures of Paddington Bear'' (''Die Abenteuer von Paddington Bär'') *''The Adventures of Tintin'' (''Tim und S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badische Zeitung
The ''Badische Zeitung'' (''Baden Newspaper'') is a German newspaper based in Freiburg im Breisgau, covering the South Western part of Germany and the Black Forest region. It has a circulation of 145,825 and a readership of 409,000. The paper was founded in January 1946. In december 2013, a cartoon by Horst Haitzinger published in the Badische Zeitung was selected by the Simon Wiesenthal Center as one of the top 10 anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli slurs of 2013 because it appeared in various newspapers, depicted the Prime Minister Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu as the poisoner of the depicted Peace Doves.Dietrich Alexander''Irans Machthaber führt beschämende Liste an.''In: ''Welt online Welt, welts or variants may refer to: Media * ''Die Welt'' (''The World''), a German national newspaper ** ''Welt am Sonntag'' (''World on Sunday''), the Sunday edition of ''Die Welt'' * ''Die Welt'', former weekly newspaper in Vienna, Austria * ...'', 30. Dezember 2013, abgerufen am 28. September 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Department Of Defence, Civil Protection And Sport
The Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS, german: Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport, french: Département fédéral de la défense, de la protection de la population et des sports, it, Dipartimento federale della difesa, della protezione della popolazione e dello sport, rm, ) is one of the seven departments of the Swiss federal government. It is headed by a member of the Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss defence minister. Organisation The department is composed of the following departmental sectors: * General Secretariat * Swiss Armed Forces ** Land Forces ** Air Force ** Armed Forces Logistics Organisation ** Armed Forces Command Support Organisation * Federal Office for Civil Protection ** Coordination of the civil protection services of the cantons and municipalities ** National Emergency Operations Centre ** Spiez Laboratory, responsible for weapons of mass destruction research and protection * Feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Devils Drum And Bugle Corps
The Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps based in Concord, California. The Blue Devils are members of Drum Corps International (DCI). They have finished first or second since 2007, and have placed no lower than fifth since 1975. They also hold the record for the highest score in DCI history, winning the 2014 DCI World Championships with a score of 99.65. The Blue Devils are the current DCI Champions, with a record of twenty titles to date. History In 1957, Tony and Ann Odello and the Concord VFW post assumed control of the Martinettes, a defunct drum corps and drill team. They reorganized the unit as the Blue Devils. Initially, the group performed as an all-boy drum corps with an all-girl drill team. In 1958, the Blue Devils added glockenspiels, becoming a drum and bell corps, while the girls became a separate baton twirling troupe, the Majorettes. The two units continued to perform together, winning numerous state and local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual series of military tattoos performed by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and international military bands, and artistic performance teams on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle in the capital of Scotland. The event is held each August as one of the Edinburgh Festivals. History and etymology Etymology The term ''tattoo'' derives from a 17th-century Dutch phrase ''doe den tap toe'' ("turn off the tap") a signal to tavern owners each night, played by a regiment's Corps of Drums, to turn off the taps of their ale kegs so that the soldiers would retire to their billeted lodgings at a reasonable hour. With the establishment of modern barracks and full military bands later in the 18th century, the term "tattoo" was used to describe the last duty call of the day, as well as a ceremonial form of evening entertainment performed by military musicians. Origins The first public military tattoo in Edinburgh was entitled "Something About a So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basler Zeitung
''Basler Zeitung'' (literally: "Basler Newspaper"), or ''BaZ'', is a Swiss German-language regional daily newspaper, published in Basel. History and profile ''Basler Zeitung'' was created in 1977 through the merger of the '' Basler Nachrichten'' and the ''National-Zeitung''. The paper has its headquarters in Basel and the Basel canton. The newspaper is owned by the Basler Zeitung Medien which also publishes the free daily newspaper '' Baslerstab''. The shareholders of ''Basler Zeitung'' are Tito Tettamanti (75%) and Martin Wagner (25%) In 1997 ''Basler Zeitung'' had a circulation of 115,297 copies. The circulation of the paper was 104,000 copies in 2003. The 2006 circulation of the daily was 98,645 copies. See also * List of newspapers in Switzerland The number of newspapers in Switzerland was 406 before World War I. It reduced to 257 in 1995. The country was ranked fifteenth for 2014 in the yearly Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders and 8th in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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