Dunedin is named after Dùn Èideann, the Gaelic name for Edinburgh and two people from the southern city will be part of the Edinburgh Tattoo:
Michael Braithwaite first saw the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo live from the really cheap seats — the rooftop of a friend’s apartment which overlooked Edinburgh Castle.
Now, the former Dunedin musician gets the best views on the castle grounds, because he is the new creative director of the show and pretty much runs it.
He told British media that if someone told him he would one day be the creative director of one of the greatest shows on Earth, he would have laughed them out of the room. . .
Singer Marla Kavanaugh has been invited to perform with her group The Highland Divas (a female trio, based in New York).
The show starts tomorrow after a Covid-19 hiatus and runs until August 27.
It is the first time Mr Braithwaite has been in charge, and The Highland Divas will be the first purely vocal act at the popular event, which reaches live audiences of nearly 9000 people a night, and reaches a television viewership of 100 million. . .
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