I commend the Manly Warringah Pipe Band, which had the great honour of performing in July at the Basel Tattoo 2024 in Switzerland. The Basel Tattoo attracts an audience of up to 8,000 people, with over 1,000 performers, making it the second largest tattoo event in the world.
The band was one of the few Australian groups selected to participate, with both the Australian Army Band and the NSW Police Pipe Band also performing. Manly Warringah Pipe Band has been playing since 1949 and accepts members of all levels of experience and age, with its youngest being just nine years old. In the past decade the band has racked up dozens of performances across the Basel Tattoo and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Scotland. It brings a huge smile not only to my face but to the face of anyone who has a chance to hear the pipe band play around the northern beaches, whether it is faintly in the distance or right in front of you, when it is very loud indeed. I am so proud that the band has taken its talents to the international stage and offer a big congratulations on this remarkable achievement.
07 August 2024, 20:19.