Before we begin the near-daily blogging from Basel I thought it a good time to list all the Tattoo performance groups (as of press time). 

The performers at the 2012 Basel Tattoo are:

• Ailsa Craig Highland Dancers, Scotland
  Band of Flutes and Drums and the Drill Team of the Royal Life Guards, Denmark
  Basel Tattoo Choir, Switzerland
  Basel Tattoo Garde, Switzerland
  Central Band of the Ministry of Defence, Russia
  Conscript Band, Switzerland
  Conscript Band of the Finnish Defence Forces, Finland
  Drill Team of the Presidential Regiment, Russia
  Lochiel Marching Drill Team, New Zealand
  Meiden High School Band, Japan
  Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes and Drums, U.S.A.
  New Zealand Army Band, New Zealand
  Presidential Band, Russia
  Swiss Army Strings and Rhythm Section, Switzerland
  Top Secret Drum Corps, Switzerland

• Massed Pipes and Drums:
  102 REME Pipes & Drums, England
  Auckland Police Pipe Band, New Zealand
  Christchurch City Pipes and Drums, New Zealand
  Drums and Pipes of the Aberdeen Universities’ Officers Training Corps, Scotland
  Pipes & Drums of the Royal Air Force, Scotland
  Pipes & Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Scotland
  Stuart Highland Pipe Band, U.S.A.
  Swiss Highlanders, Switzerland
  Transvaal Scottish Pipes & Drums, South Africa

And what you have all been waiting for…a live webcam from the Basel Tattoo!

Well, at the moment the web-cam takes a photo once every 10 minutes, but hopefully it will actually be a video feed starting next week.

-George March, Fifer/MCV Webmaster