The Grand Military Tattoo and Assault At Arms

The Grand Military Tattoo and Assault At Arms, the largest Military Tattoo and Pageant on Nejiro, always takes place the year before The Ichizoku Martial Olympiad (which takes place every six years for eighteen days in August), as standings from the Tattoo affect standings at the start of The Martial Olympiad. The term originates from an early Terran phrase 'doe den tap toe' - a signal sounded by drummers or trumpeters to instruct innkeepers near military garrisons to stop serving beer and for soldiers to return to their barracks. The Tattoo is a series of ancient, traditional, and modern martial competitions, contested by the officers and soldiers of the regular and auxiliary units of the Nejiroan Armed Forces, who compete for the honor of their units, budgetary considerations for their units morale, welfare, and recreation services section, challenge coins, and preferred leave days. Over one thousand performers are recruited from every Nejiroan Armed Forces unit and includes personnel from the Akai Yoake Military Academy, the Special Military School, the Nejiro Defense Troop,  all Ichizoku Militias, several PMC's, ROTC units from various military schools and colleges, the Nejiro Fire Brigade Wildland units, select law enforcement organizations, and the NPO. The show is highly choreographed and intensely rehearsed, it includes theatrics, costumes, and several different ethnic and cultural styles of traditional military music consisting of brass, drums, horns, pipes, symbols, and gongs. There are drill teams, hippika gymnasia, gymkhanas, furusiyya, and other cavalry manuevers, display teams, mock battles, bugle corps, drumline battles, staged assaults, historic re-enactments, displays of unarmed combat styles, celtic and other ethnic dancers and dance teams, aircraft flyovers, choirs, and military bands and orchestras from around the globe. There will be a Musical Ride conducted by assorted units of Cavalry, and a Musical Drive conducted by artillery. The event also includes fireworks, projection mapping across the facade of The Castle, fanfares, and massed Pipe & Drums from each of Nejiro's major ethnic cultures. The Tattoo occurs across five days of performances, and competitions, with both an opening and closing ceremony at each venue. The competitions are judged by military, professional, and celebrity judges at each venue of the tour, with winners announced at the end of the tour. Each show always closes with the Top Secret Drum Corps, the only 'civilian' performers in the show, and consists of a color guard and twenty five highly dedicated drummers from every corner of Nejiro. They use the Basel drumming style which is militaristic and derived from the military drumming drills of swiss soldiers in the middle ages of Terra, but at a much faster rate that is more upbeat and playful. Segments of the routine feature a rhumba, a drummers duel, drumstick juggling, fire sticks, and exploding flagpoles. Thirty percent of the proceeds of the tour will enrich several military, arts, and civilian charitable organizations including the Nejiro Armed Forces Benevolent Fund, the Wounded Warrior Project, Freedom Service Dogs, the USO, and Operation Homefront.


3068 Grand Military Tattoo and Assault at Arms Tour Dates

Stadio del Leone D'oro, Bridges, Tairiku                      April 27 - 31

Olympia Grand Spektrum, Yousai, Tairiku                   May 10 - 15

Koshien Dome, Samar, Shinrin                                      May 24 - 28

Marakana Stadium, Rainbow, Shinrin                           June 6 - 11

Mosaic Stadium, Hilo, Tairiku                                        June 21 - 25

Nautilus Arena, Leyte, Tairiku                                         July 11 - 15

Allianz Arena, Quezon, Tairiku                                        July 25 - 29

Legion Fields, Tarawa, Caoyuen                                     August 8 - 12

Heroes Field Stadia, Lanikai, Tairiku                              August 22 - 26

Arrowhead Stampede Grounds, Kamloops, Tairiku     September 12 - 16

Siniy Sports Complex (the blue bowl), Siniy, Caoyen   September 26 - 30

New Field Arena, Port, Tairiku                                           October 9 - 13

**Minpei Toride Parade Grounds, Tairiku                        October 23 - 27
          this is an invitation only command performance for military dependants, families of the performers, high ranked armed forces commanders, ichizoku hierarchy, Ministers and Members of Parliament, the Governor and her staff, diplomats, ambassadors, and other VIPs

Tickets begin at 50 Ryu, multi day passes and VIP packages begin at 200 Ryu
For Press Passes please contact our public relations department at thegrandtattoo@defenceminister/MWR.njo,gov