Free mini-Tattoo events in Princes Street Gardens: Thursday, August 10th at 12.30pm

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Finished, but there is another one on Thursday 17th August, 12:30 to 1:30

From: http://www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk/festivals.cfm?id=Tattoo#highlight380

"....Free mini-Tattoo events in Princes Street Gardens

This year's run of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo sold out in record time, but opportunities remain to catch up with some of the performers taking part in this year's extravaganza. Musicians, singers, dancers, percussionists and acrobats from all over the world will gather this week at the Ross Theatre in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens for The Royal Bank of Scotland’s ‘Taste of the Tattoo’.

The first of this year’s popular free shows is set to take place on Wednesday August 9th at 12.30pm, with the Concert Band of the Army of Chile and the Evendart Artistic Company. Drawn from Atacama in the north to Patagonia in the south, this diverse group of musicians and dancers are set to provide a fascinating exhibition of Chile’s distinctive cultural and musical heritage.

Then, on Thursday, August 10th at 12.30pm, more than 300 performers will present this season’s first mini-Tattoo in the Gardens.

Thursday’s complimentary one-hour show will include participants from as far afield as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, and China as well as from throughout the United Kingdom. The mini-Tattoo features eight top acts that are currently thrilling audiences nightly on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle, including a Chinese Kung Fu Group, the celebrated Top Secret Drum Corps from Switzerland, Uganda’s Watoto Children’s Choir, South African Highland Dancers and the colourful and entertaining New Zealand Army Band.............."

http://www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk/festivals.cfm?id=Tattoo#highlight380