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lnjust over a yearthe Cape Town N,lilitary Tattoo, following its modestbut successful birth in November 2003,has begun to growinto an eventwhich could become an iconicannual event for theMother City in tutureyears, to thebenefit not only of theSouth African National Defence Force - whichis an integralpart of thepeople it serves- but also of thelocal community, whose welfare is inextricably tied in with the growth of theCape's tourism flow.

Themain theme of thisyear's tattoo is "10 Years of Democracy".Tothis end the tattoo features an act called "Unityin Diversity",whose title deliberately echoes our national motto, because it has been carelully designed to knittogether several segments of ourvery broad and diverse combined military heritage in a waywhich hasnever been done before anywhere in SouthAfrica.

Theeyes of thetattoo committee remain fixed on the goal of mountinga multi-layeredtattoo. The basic layeris an evocation of theunique Cape military and cultural heritage. The second layer would showcase actsfrom the rest of SouthAfrica, and the third and broadest layer would feature acts from our neighbouring states.Africa - includingSouth Africa - is almostvirgin territory as far asthe world's great tattoos are concerned,and the organizers of theCape Town l,4ilitary Tattoo aims to changethat by showing what we cando inthis part of theglobe.

Thisis not a pie-in-the-skyambition, since the "Unity in Diversity"act has already some international interest. Onemight say that the Cape Town Military Tattoo is dedicated to provingthe philosopher Pliny the Elder wascorrect when he remarkedmillennla ago that "thereis alw'ayssomething new out of Africa".

Thereis alsoa strongsub-theme to the2004 tattoo. The infantry soldier, who might ride into battle but alwaysfights on foot, has been around since the dawn of ourrecorded history, but it wasonly half a century agothis year that the South African Infantry Corps was lounded and for thefirst time provlded our foot- soldierswith a spiritualand doctrjnal home. So this tattoo also celebrates the InfantrV Corps's score of "50 notout".

Aswas the case last year, the 2004 Cape Town Military Tattoo is only possible because so many people have goneout ot theirway to supportit, starting with the Chief of theSouth African National Defence Force and extendingthrough the chiefs of theuniformed services, top staff officers and the Castle Control Board; and, on theground, the full-time and part-time service members who have laboured so mightily tor solonq to design,organize and prepare it, and the corporate and individual civilian well-wishers who have maoe sucn a valuablecontribution.

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Chairman,Management Committee: Colonel Alan Nelson MMM (SouthAfrican Air Force) SSO Reserve Forces, Western Caoe ChiefExecutive: Lieutenant-Colonel Bryan Sterne MMM JCD (CapeTown Rifles [Dukes]) Reserve Force Office, Western Cape Tattoo Manager:Captain Francois Morkel (Castle Section) AsslstantTattoo Manager: W01 Saretha Slabber (Castle Section) Secretary:Mrs Elsette Musso (Reserve Force Office, Western Cape)

Producer: Ma,orWillem Steenkamp MMM JCD (Cape Town Highlanders) AsslstantProducer: MaiorCharles de CruzCM JCD (Cape Town Highlanders) TattooAnnouncer: Lieutenant-ColonelLes McKenzie (Cape Town Rifles IDukes]) TattooSergeant-Major: WOt N Smythe(Army Support Base, Young's Field) Act Co-ordlnators: Lieutenant-ColonelC Maddix (3 N4edicalBattalion Group) LieutenantP Koen(9 SAlnfantry) WOIR W B BoltmanJCD (Cape Field Artillery) WOIR C BowyerJCD (Two Oceans Commando) WOII DovetonJCD (Two Oceans Commando) WOIS Jordaan(Regiment Oranjerivier) WOIL Robertson(3 N4edicalBattalion Group) WOIB M SnowballJCD (Cape Town Highlanders) WOIJ H TuckJCD (Cape Town Rjfles IDukes]) WOlc L WilliamsPMM MMM JCD (SAS Unitie) WOlJ Williams(9 SAlnfantry) WOllJ KoenJCD (Cape Town Highlanders) . Staff-SergeantA Wort JCD (Cape Town Highlanders) SergeantF P Steenkamp(9 SAInlantry) SergeantA Binedell(3 MedicalBattalion Group) SergeantColyn Brookes (late Scots Guards)

Directorof Music: MaiorChrls Nicholls (SA Army Band, Cape Town) AssistantDirector of Music:LieutenantM Chandler(SA Army Band, Cape Town) TattooDrum-Major: WOlIA vanSchalkwyk (SA Army Band, Cape Town) TattooPipe-Major: WOllCharles Canning (Cape Town Hiqhlanders Drums and Pipes) LeadingDrummer: WOllC H vanRensburg (SA Army Band, Cape Town) FanfareTrumpet-MaJor: WOltN B GSwartz (SA Army Band, Cape Town)

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SupportStaff Commander: Lieutenant-ColonelJohan Conradie SOIReserves, Western Cape Division Publications: Lieutenant-ColonelBrad Gevser MMMJCD (Cape Town Highlanders) PersonnelOfficer: CaptainElzanne Broodryk (ArmySupport Base, Young'sField) PROGRAMME

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Beatingot Retreat 7. Marchesand Moppies Drummersof theSouth African Armv Band. TheSouth African Army Band, Cape Town. CapeTown. KIopseminstrel bandsmen.

2. TheCloslng ot the Castle 8. TheSoldlers'Race TheCastle cuard. 9thSouth African Infantry. TheCape Town Rifles (Dukes) 3. Fantareand MusketSalute TheCape Town H ighlanders Trumpetersof theS0uth African Army Band, RegimentWestelike Provincie CapeTown. Membersof theSA Muzzle-Loaders' Association. 9. Tartanon the Veld TheN4assed Pipes and Drums. 4. First MusterParade TheSouth African Highland Dancers. TheSouth African Army Band, Cape Town. TheMassed Pipes and Drums: 10. Soldiersfrom the Sky TheDrums and Pipes of TheCape Town 3rdParachute Batta lion. Highlanders. ThePipes and Drums ot the1st Battalion The 11. TheKlng's.Colour Comes Home TransvaalScottish. TheCaDe Garrison Artillerv. TheAfrican Skve Pioe Band. 12. Followthe Drum 5. ContlnuatlonOrlll Dlsplay TheSouth African Army Band, Cape Town. "Unltv in Diversitv". Drummersof theSouth African Army Band, CapeTown. 13. Thetgl2 Overture NCOSand men of the9th South Atrican Infantrv. TheSouth African Army Band, Cape Town. TheSalutinq Troop, The Cape Field Artillery. 6. Saluteto the Queenof Battles SouthAfrican infantrv reo iments. 14, TheFinal Muster . \4arch-onof participants. . March-onof flaq-bearersand military veterans. 'Vocalsolo: "Die Troue Kameraad". . Recitation:Binyon's Prayer. . TheNationa I Anthem. . "Nightfall in Camp". . "LightsOut" (the Lone Piper). . Particlpantsmarch off. PROGRAMMENOTES

BeatlngRetreat limelightas a combinedact. For those who do not know,a ln thelong-ago earlies, the end of theCasfle's working ddy was "mopp'e"is a comicsong - sometimeshumorous, sometimes a heraldedby dfummersof the qarrisonbeating their drums to littlerisqud, but always tuneful- of thetype the Klopse musicidns recallthe soldiers. To evoke the atmosphere of thosetimes, the havebeen composing and pldying since time out of mind. SouthAfrican Army 8dnd, Cape Town, has desjgned a special displayof drum-beatingbyfour of itsbandsmen, usinq old rope- TheSoldlers' Race tensiondrums without snares to recreatethe authentic sound A soldiers'obstaclerace is nothinq new... but it isnot often that of veStervear. thepertormers are carrying mortafs, amonq the infantry's most importanttools but notorious awkward weapons to manhandle TheCloslng ot the Castle ove.difficult barriers. Theclosing of theCastle has been especialy devised by the Cape Townt\,lilitary Tattoo, using the actual routine of lheearly l8th Saluteto the Intantry,the "Oueenof Battles" Centuryas a model,to givespectators an idea ol whatit feltIike Therecorded history ol the SouthAfrican infantryman goes to beinside the Castle on an evening of thedays of lonqaqo as ''rondegangers' backto at least1510, and over the centuries European and African the or nightguards ceremonially locked the fightingdoctrines qradually cross-pollinated one another and greatcreaking Van Der Stel Gate so that a thoseinside the coalescedanto something new and fearsomely effective, even in wallsmight sleep peacelully. the nuclearage. An infantrymanmight march on foot,ride a horseor go intobattle in anarmoured fighting vehicle, but he Unltyin Dlverslty alwaysfights on foot. This year it isprecisely a half-century since The"Unity in Divefsity"continuation drillact is trulv unioue, lt thefoot-soldaer cdme under the umbrelia of hisown coros. the combinesparts of the richSouth African mititary heritage, SouthAfrican Infantry Corps. The South African Infantry's extendjngover various eras and cultures, and instead of rifles symbologyremains close to itsroots: a privatesoldier is addressed andbayonets its soldiers use replicas of twoancient traditional as"rifleman", the corps colours are qreen and black - thecolours weapons:the tribalassegai of variousSouth African nations, longassociated with sharpshooters - and the corps headdress andthe halberd used at theCastle in the 17th Centurv. The ontv isthe green riflemdn's beret. otherplace in the worldwhere halberds are stilldrilled with is theVatican, while the assegai is not usedas a ceremonialdrill Thc FlnalMuster weapon,in SouthAfrjca or anywhereelse. TheFinal Muster, the gathering at theend of theeveoing, isthe traditionalway in which most tattoos say goodnight to theirnew Thewar'cry at theend of theact is deeply rooted in our military friends.lt isa timeof satisfactionat a jobwell done, a timeto heritage.Originally used by Shaka's Zutus almosi 2OO years ago, remembe.the "elder brethren" who have mafched into eternity it becamepart of ourbroader heritage when South African troops anda timeto re-affirmone's loyalty to thecountry. An unusual duringboth world wars shouted it asthev went into action in featureis the singing of "Die Troue Kameraad", aninternationally battlesas far afield as Abyssinia, F.ance and Ftanders. tt fell into famoussoldier's lament to a departedcomrade, which also disuseafter World War ll, but wasrevived by the CapeTown happensto be the regimentalsong of RegimentWestelike MilitaryTattoo to saluteour honoureddead of all wars. Provincie.

Thewar.cry is as follows: The"Lone PiDer" Ji!Kuboshaya ...jil TheLone Piper is a traditionalfeature of almostall m;titary Ji! Kuboshaya...ji! tattoosin the Commonwealth, but in CapeTown we play a verV Ji!Kuboshaya ...jil specifictune which is partof ourheritaqe: ''Donald Blue", the JikalJika,Wah! "LightsOut" call of the CapeTown Hightanders since 1885. Thiscan be translatedas: "Flee! At them!Defeat themt,' "The BlackBear" The1812 Overlure "TheBlack Bear", the swaggering iune to whichthe pipe bands Tschaikovsky'sfamed "1812 Overture", with its mixture of stirring marchofl at theend of theFinal Muster, has a symboloqyof its musicand artillery fire, is performed in maoyparts of theworld, ownthdt not many people know about. 8y longtradition all over but whatmales a performanceat theCasfle quite unusual is the Commonwealth,this is thetune that reqimentsplay when that,unlike most performances elsewhere, the gun-fi.e is not they are marchingback to barracksat the end of the simulatedbut is the real thing, provided by the 2s-pounder guns day'swork. of theCape Field Artillery's Saluting Troop from tempofary gun positionson the Ravelin. This "real lite" version of the1812 has oftenbeen performed at theCastle, but remains an evero.een favourite.

Marchesand Mopples lf everthere was a characteristicallyCape sound it isthe jaunty musicplayed by the ever-popular "Klopse", the cotourfu v ctad descendantsof the sporting clubs that used to paradethrough thestreets on NewYear. But as far as is known, this is the first timethat a militdryband and a Klopseband have shared the WHAT ISA "TATTOO"?

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A militarytattoo has absolutely nothing to do withpunchinq a designinto one's body. lt derivesfrom a nightly ritualpractised by armies fighting in the bitter 80-year war that liberated The Netherlands from its Spanish occuorers.

In everytown where troops were garrisoned, patrols would be sentout in earlyevening to recalloff-duty soldiersfrom the taverns to theirbarracks. A typicalpatrol would be accompanied by a drummer.and at eachtavern the patrol commander would tell the inn-keeper: "Doe den tap toe!" ln otherwords, close the tapon the beer-barrel (reputedly, this is why the hour of 6pmis still known as "Retreat" in everyCommonwealth army).

Thearmies of manynations fought in theLow Countries at onestaqe or another,and took the nightly "taptoe" homewith them, and gradually transformed it into an eye-and ear-catching nit of militaryshow business. TheGermans call it the"zapfenstreich", the Dutchstill call it the"taptoe" and the Commonwealth of Nations knowsit asthe "tattoo".But whatever its name,it hasnever lost its popularitywith members of the public, bethey old soldiers or not.As a result,a numberof large-scalemilitary tattoos take place annually in various countriestoday and are all greatiourist attractions.

In its modernform a tattooconsists of a largenumber of fast-movingacts designed to presentcontrasts to oneanother - it hasbeen likened to thatfavourite South African snack, the sosatie, in whichno edible is thesame as the one before or afterlt. ls the tattooa featureof the SouthAfrican military heritage, rather than merely an import?The answer is "yes".lts originsat the Capecan be tracedback several centuries (in the earliesthe corporalof the guard wouldstation himsell at a Liongate with a caneto administera few whacks on the bottom to latecomers!). Inthat time we have taken it andmade it ourown, so that a tattoohere is unlike one staged anywhere else in theworld. As the philosopherPliny the Elder famously said: "There is always something new out of Africa". PARTICIPATINGI.]NITS AND ORGANISATIONS

"i.h* Iit:rr.iii,;3,fi"131;;1 ;:1ftli;;1r **litf, existingregiment as well as its senior artillery unit. '^l Foundedin 1857,it hasrendered yeoman service in I {. 1::1.;1,' '; ,r,,1 virtuallyevery war and campaign in SouthAfrica's militaryannals, its travels taking it asfar afieldas I TheSouth African Army Band, Cape Town, is the ltalydurinq the 1944-45ltalian Campaign. For country'soldest Regular Force band. lt originated generationsits gunners have fired salutes to mark in 1915as the regimental band of the1st Battalion CapeTown's great occasions, and the CFA Saluting TheCape Corps, a famousfiqhiing unit of World Troopwith its four immaculate 25-pounder guns is Warl. Whenthe Cape Corps was de-activated in1919 a familiarsight - and sound- in CapeTown. theband continued on a part-timebasis as a living Supplyingthe sound effects for thel8l2 Overture, memorial,and when the Cape Corps was re-activated an intricatetask because the firingis closely at theoutbreak of WorldWar ll, the bandwas the synchronisedwith the music, has been a speciality first elementto returnto fu ll-time se rv ice. of the SalutingTroop for manyyears. ln recent Afterthe war the Cape Corps was partly de-activated yearsthe Saluting Troop has found itselt plagued oncemore and the band returned to part-timestatus. by unwanted"music" of a differentkind - the butwhen the regiment returned to full-timestatus concussionfrom its guns tends to setoff thealarms in 1965the bandweni with it. lt attainedsuch ot carsparked in the vicinity! excellencethat in 1990it becamethe staff band for theentire Western Cape. The CapeCorps was de- l"' j.i i:-\.i activatedagain in 1992 but the band was retained :lr;l: i !r:'.::il , .-. ir ... ",.l:f,l asone of the{ive regional SA Army bands. Under rlil{:'1:,1 :, MajorChris Nicholls, a classically trained flautist whowas appointed Director of Musicin 1990, it has 9 SAl,whose officers and men are taking part in becomejustly renowned, with a repertoireranging two majoracts of ihe 2004 CapeTown N,'lilitary from orthodoxmilitary marches Tattoo(the "Unity in Diversity"continuation drill to classical, 'f romantic,pop, avant-garde and "big band" music. actand the Soldiers'Race") is the onlyRegular Forceinfantry unit in the WesternCape, and is '" '" headquarteredat the former SA Cape Corps base .:'" nearSomerset West. Although a young unit - it was formedin Aotil1992after the de-activaiionof the SACape Corps - it hasplayed an active and valuable TheCastle Guard was formed in 1986 to providethe rolein thedevelopment of the country in thepast Castleof GoodHope with iis ownceremonial 12years. element.Originally a 48-man unit, its size has varied greatlyin subsequentyears, but the guardsmen in After1994 it wasdeeply involved in theextremely theirunique traditionally-based uniform and'l8th personnel - ticklishtask of welding from the SA Centuryreplica halberds as far asis known,the DefenceForce, Umkhonto we Sizwe, the Azanian I CastleGuard is the only unit in the world except the People'sLiberation Army and the defence forces of VaticanGuard to paraderegularly with these thefour former "homelands" into a seamlessnew J fearsomeweapons - havebecome a well-known sight.At 10amon every week-day morning the Castle Guardsmenformally open the Castle for visitors by carryingout the "Key Ceremony", a ritual closely basedon theactual early-morning drills of 300 yearsago.

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TheCape Field Artillery is SouthAfrica's oldest PARTICIPATINGI.]NITS AND ORGANISATIONS unitof theSA National Defence Force. Since then Its best-known"trademark" is its traditionalfull its soldiershave served on peace-inte rvent ion dressof scarlettunic and spiked white sun helmet, missionsand frequently aided the civil power in the a familiarsight to generations ofCapetonians, which fightagainst crime and violence. But like any good isstill worn today by the regimental band - which, regiment,it alsolikes to showoff its ceremonial unfortunately,isnot taking part in this year's tattoo. skills,and gladly volunteered to provideboth halberdiersand assegai men for the "Unityin Thetraditional nickname for membersof the Diversity"act, as well as a mortarsection for the regimentis "Dukes",because up to 1961it was "Soldiers'Race". officiallycalled the Duke of Edinburgh'sOwn Rifles. Whenit revertedto itsoriginal name on the advent Althoughyoung in years,9SAI is solidly rooted in of the republic,it requested,and received, theCape military heritage. lts badge is a lion,which permissionsto retain"Dukes" in bracketsin notonly symbolises power and courage but is also perpetualremembrance of the name under which a consciouslink to thelions atop the pillars of the it had campaignedin so manyof our wars. LionGate, the outer entrance to theCastle; and the threearrows grasped in the lion'slet t paw commemoratethe three sA capecorps units that providedthe foundationof the newregiment in 1992. TheCape Town Highlanders, now a mechanised infantryregiment of the SouthAfrican Army's reserveForce component, was established in1885 by a groupof patrioticCapetonians of Scottish descentand has been going strong ever since, TheCape Town Rifles (Dukes), whose members are earning22 battle honours in fighting South Africa's takingpart in the"Soldiers'Race", isthe oldest waTs- andwaging the peace, when needed: during Capeinfantry regiment and the second-oldest in the1994 election the CTH turned out in tull strength, theSouih African Army. lt wasestablished in1855 everyman a volunteer,for criticallyimportant andhas been fighting South Africa's wars ever since. electionsecu rity duties. It servedin localcampaigns, then both on foot and on horsebackthroughout the Second Anglo-Boer Theregiment was allied to theGordon Highlanders Warof 1899-1902,and sent many men to France formany Vears and is now allied to thelst Battalion andEast Africa during World War l. When World War TheHighlanders, and is one of only three regiments ll brokeout it wasone ot thefirst in{antry battalions !nthe world to wearthe Gordon regimental tartan. to departfor the crucial Abyssinian Campaign, after TheCTH Drums and Pipes (it retains the traditional whichit wenton to theWestern Desert. lt hasserved Gordonsnomenclature instead of themore common inall subsequent campaigns. "pipesand drums")dates from 1885and has accompaniedthe regiment to strangeand sometimes awfulplaces. At themoment it isthe best military pipeband in the country;and recently returned from takingpart in the famed Edinburgh Military Tattoo for thethird time in four years. The Pipe-Ma.ior, WO11 charlescanning, is one of onlytwo non-British Army pipersever to performas the iconic "Lone Piper" at theEdinburgh Military Tattoo. PARTICIPATINGTJNITS AND ORGANISATIONS

Africa'smllitary activities, its first taste of action comingwhen it suppliedarmoured-car personnel for theWestern Desert Campaign of WorldWar ll, manyof its membersalso seeing service in the The TransvaalScottish, whose pipe band is ensuingltalian Campaign. participatingin this year's tattoo, was raised in Johannesburgin1902 and since then has rendered A stronglytrad ition-minded unit, RWP's headdress valuableservice in allof SouthAfrica's wars and badgedepicts the unique Cape silver tree, an insigne emergencies.Two battalions served in the South firstworn at thebeginning of the19th Century by WestAfrica Campaign in1915 and they then joined anearly volunteer military unit, and its distinctive withthe Cape Town Hignlanders in a composite paradeunilorm is modelledon thatworn in 1934, battalioncalled the "South A{rican Scottish" which completewlth sun helmet and shorts. By tradition foughtin the Sanusi War in 19'16 before going on to itsbuttons are black, to commemoratethe smaller gaingreat renown in the fightingin France. lightinfantry and rif le regiments from which it was formed,but its headdress badge is silver in memory DuringWorld War ll theTransvaal Scottish was one of itsarmoured service during World War ll, and its of the first regimentsinvolved in the Abyssinian particular"quiff" is to spell"Provincie" with a "c" Campaignand then went on to fjghtin the Western lnsteadof an"s". in the old stvle. Desert;by the end of thewar it hadthree battalions onactive duty, one of whicheventually became an artilleryregiment. After World War ll it wasactively engagedin subsequentcampaigns, and expedited the arrivalof the newSouth Africa by fieldinga largenumber of volunteersfor electionsecurity in 3 ElectronicWorkshop, based at Wonderboom 1994.Its regimental distinction isa redhackle worn MilitaryBase outside Pretoria, is a highlyspecialised on the tammie,derived from its oldalliance with signalsunit responsible for the maintenance, repajr theBlack Watch (The Royal Highland Regiment). andinstallation of allelectronic eouioment in the SouthAfrican Army... not to meniionproviding soundand lighting to eventssuch as the Cape Town MilitaryTattoo. lt consistsof severalspecialised components:the ElectricalDepartment, the MechanicalDepartment and the DiverseSystems RegimentWestelike Provincie, originally a machine- Troop,whose Sound Team is handlingthe Cape gun battalionand nowa mechanisedinfantry Town MilitaryTattoo's sound and lighting. reglmentof theSouth African Army, was established in1934 during a consolidationof a numberof small Theunit dates back all the way to WorldWar ll, when rurallight inlantry and mounted rifle units. Since it formedpart of 61Base Workshop, headquartered thenit hasbeen an active participant inall of South at Cullinan,near Pretoria, on thesite of today's ZonderwaterPrison, which still uses the original gatesthe unit erected there. lt thenbecame a full- fledgedunit named l BaseSignals Workshop, SA Corpsof Signals,and then was renamed 3 Electronics Workshopin1972. PARTICIPATINGLINITS AND ORGANISATIONS

S F"{*eJi**$S*lt*it*n Sr**p, T** $t*li**E:*s*frYri*tl: $*irthAf ri*** l'4ilit*ri; ",j*xxS,*** H**ith $i*rvie* TheStellenbosch Youth Jazz Band has been going CapeTown-based 3 Medical Battalion Group, which for lessthan a year,but its 23 members,ranging in isresponsible for allmilitary health support during agefrom 14 to 23,have already begun to makea thetattoo, is oneof threemulti-skilled part-time namefor themselvesunder the baton of MrsFelicia groups Lesch.The band, whose members' background are medicalbattalion inthe SANDF. lt traces its - historyback to the raisingof B Companyof the asvaried as their ages theycome from areas like Pinelands,Lotus River, Kuilsriver, Steenberg, Volunteer Medical Staff Corps in 1891. - B Companysaw active service in the Bechuanaland Genadendaland Athlone derivesfrom an outreach CampaignoI 1996-7and the SecondAnglo-Boer projectof theMusic Depariment of theUniversity Warof 1899-1902,during which the VMSC as a whole of Stellenbosch,and forms0art of the Music renderedsuch good service that it wasawarded a Department'scertif icate programme. King'sColour, the only non-combatant unit in South Africato beso honoured. It is a real"big band"of 23 pieces:four alto saxophones,two tenors saxophones, a double bass, Afterthe Anglo-BoerWar the VMSCbecame the a clarinet,three flutes, four trumpets,three CapeMedical Corps, and when the thenUnion trombones,two tubas,a keyboardand a set of DefenceForce was formed in 1912the CMC became drums,and so far it hasperformed successfully at theSA Medical Corps, B Companybe renamed No a numberof significantvenues: the Big Band Festival 1Company, SA Medical Corps. During World War I it at theBaxter Theatre in May,the SACS Anniversary mannedmilitary hospitals on the homefront and Festivalin Augustand the NationalYouth Jazz alsosent elements to theSouth West African and Festivalin Grahamstown.Five of themembers were EastAfrican Campaigns. ln May 1940 the unit (now alsoselected Jor the NationalYouth Jazz Band, and No3 FieldAmbulance Unit) was mobilised for war oneof theplayers performed at the NorthSea Jazz serviceand pooled with others into hostilities-only Festivalin TheHague in Julythis year as part of unitswhich served with distinction in EastAfrica, theNational Youth Jazz Combo, for whichhe was theWestern Desert and ltaly. In the post-war period selectedin 2003. it wasrequired to serveat intervalsthroughout the protractedoperation in whatis now Namibia, during whichit orovidedmedical services for soldiersand civiliansalike. In 1981 it wasrenamed aoain. this timeto 3 MedicalBattalion. .l"ir* ,,\ir"i r:*:it liiiy* i:tip*"*l:*r::'

TheAfrican Skye Pipe Band, a topcivilian pipe band, wasestablished in 1998and is based in Kensington, Johannesburg.The band wears the District of Angus tartan.The current pipe-major isRory Bellingan and the leadingdrummer is StevenSt Clair-Hall.The AfricanSkye Pipe Band is split into two pipe bands for competitionpurposes, with its "A" Band competingin theSouth African Premier division and the "B" Bandcomoetino in the Grade4 div;sion. TI-IECAPI TOWN I\4ILITARYTATTOO 2OO4 A BRIEFHISTORY OF THE CASTLEOF GOOD HOPE

TheCastle of GoodHope, Cape Town's watchdog for morethan 300 years, is South Africa's oldest surviving buildingand is incrediblyrich in history,because for 132years after it wasbuilt it wasthe nodal point of militaryand civil governance at the Cape, and thereafter continued as a purelymilitary installation. The Cape TownMilitary Tattoo is merely the latest o{ thousands of militaryparades and ceremonies to takeplace in thebeautiful Voorplein, or frontcourtyard. Whenthe Dutch East India Company established a victualling and repair facility in 1652for itsships plying to andfrom what is now Indonesia, the first permanent building erected was the small, earth-walled Fort de GoedeH oop. By1664 the Fortwas falling apart, and war had broken out betweenThe Netherlands and Great Britain. Althoughthe Cape outpost was not a colonyor evena Dutchpossession, there was an obvious danger of itsbeing seized by the rival French and English East India Companies, and it wasdecided to replacethe Fort witha largerstone fortress - a "castle",in DEICterminology. Itspurpose was to deterthe DEIC'S commercial rivals or thelrallies from attacking Cape Town from either thesea or theland. So it washeavily armed, and in duecouTse became the centre-point of extensive lines of fortifications.lt took 14 years to completethe Castle, most of thelabour force being soldiers and sailors commandeeredfrom passing DEIC ships, together with what workers were locally available. By 1679, however, theCastle was finally ready for full occupation. Manyadditions and alterations were still to come,such as the Captain's Tower, or lookout(1682); the Van DerStel Gate (1684) - theoriginal seaward-facing entrance allowed exceptionally high tides to floodthe Castle'slnterior courtyard - and the Kator innerdefensive wall, between 1685 and 1695, a lateraddition beingthe beautiful Kat Balcony that led to theGovernor's quarters. In1795 the DEIC's sway ended when Great Britain invaded the Cape. In 1803, following the Treaty of Amiens, theBritish handed over the Cape settlement to theBatavian revolutionary government of TheNetherlands. TheCape now became a Batavianprovince and enjoyed an egalitarian form of governmentwhich lasted till theBritish invaded again three years later and turned it intoa colony.In 1811 the Castle reverted to itsmain role,as a militaryfortification, when all civil administration offices moved out, and it hasremained a military installationever since. Overthe years the Castle suffered grievous damage and neglect at thehands of itssuccessive occupiers. but between1969 and 1993 it underwenta vast restoration process which also brought back some long- vanishedfeatures. Cape Town's most famous icon except Table N4ountain, it firmly bridges the centuries. The flagsof allthe nationsthat haveoccupied it fly fromthe LeerdamBastion, while a modernreqiment is headquarteredjust outside its walls; and the old early-morning parade is still carried out on weekdays - but at 10am,for the benefit of tourists. Afterthree centuries-plus, thesquat old grey lady remains part of thehistorical heart of CapeTown. Many thousandsof the Capetonianswho daily pass it havea familyconnection with the Castle. Some 0f their forebearshelped to buildit, s0me guarded it, some worked in it.others were imprisoned inside its walls and yetothers simply gawked at it in wonder.But one way or another,all theancestral strands lead back to theCastle. Footnote:During its long lifetime the Castle has had many names. At firstit wasthe "Casteel de GoedeHoop", followed by "Castle " of GoodHope" ln the British era, and later, when Afrikaans replaced Dutch,it wasalso known as "Kasteel die Goeie Hoop". lt hasalso hadseveral unofficial names. The best of themwas reoortedlv coined inits early days by the local Khoi tribespeople, nomadic pastoralists whohad never seen anvthino like it beforeand christened it "Kui l. Keip",meaning "the stone kraal".