Win tickets to Durban Tattoo

THE annual KZN Military Tattoo is a prestigious social calendar event not to be missed. With its mass pipes and drum corps, displays of military, police and civilian performances, stirring music set to a military feast of celebration and patriotism, visitors to this year’s Military Tattoo are in for a day of non-stop entertainment that will thrill the whole family. This year, the Tattoo takes place from 9 to 11 July at the Natal Mounted Rifles headquarters, situated on the corner of Masabalala Yengwa Avenue (formerly NMR Avenue) and Isaiah Ntshangase Road (formerly Walter Gilbert Avenue, Durban).

The tattoo is peppered with highlights, many of which are set firmly in the hearts and minds of visitors. Amongst these are the lone piper piping under the spotlight from an Eyrie, and the moving rendition of the 1812 Overture by the massed bands with the G1 Guns accentuating the beats in the music. Awe-inspiring moments will be filled with a myriad of emotions felt by every person in the crowd.

The KZN Military Tattoo is based on the models of other famous Military Tattoos across the world, not forgetting the Durban Tattoo, which was originally hosted in Durban between 1979 to 1994. In its attempts to provide the very best of military entertainment, the South African National Defence Force has brought together the very best military re-enactments from all over South Africa and interlaced them with phenomenal military bands and award winning pipes and drums, resulting in the best family entertainment available in KZN.

Providing the cherry on the top of an already exciting and full programme are a number of outstanding civilian performances, including the colourfully spectacular drum majorettes who have thrilled audiences in the past.

The Northglen News is giving away tickets to 10 lucky individuals who get the following questions correct. Please fill in the form below to stand a chance to win.

1. What well-known park in Durban is situated in vicinity of where, on 23 and 24 May, 1842, the Battle of Congella was fought?

(a) Jameson Park

(b) Albert Park

(c) People’s Park

2. What will you find alongside the forecourt of the Caltex Service Station in Old Main Road, Pinetown, which was established by early Voortrekkers who settled in Pinetown (in what was then the Voortrekkers Republic of Natalia)?

(a) An old Boer cannon

(b) A well

(c) A wagon wheel

3. During the days of the ox-wagons and before the construction of the railway in the late 1870s, where in Westville was the first outspan from Durban where oxen would graze the veld?

(a) Bowden Field, Westville Boys’ High School

(b) Jimmy Bellows Sports Grounds

(c) Unversity of KwaZulu-Natal – Westville campus

Fill in the answers and your details on the competition form on www.northglennews.co.za.

The competition closes at midnight on 6 July and winners will be contacted by phone.

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