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Tag Archives: Joey the War Horse

Additional pictures for yesterday’s blogpost

On Saturday morning, while I was writing the blogpost about that evening’s final performance (see Tonight is the Final Performance), I was frantically trying to upload photos at the same time. But multi-tasking like that doesn’t work so well in WordPress, and in fact it took so long that I thought my computer had hung.…

Sunday, 15 November 2015 in Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015, Castle of Good Hope, Defence Reserves.

A rocking Opening Night at the Tattoo

After an absolutely rocking Opening Night at the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015, I realised that I must have been beaming from ear to ear all the way home, humming the tunes of Band of Brothers, Highland Cathedral and The Prayer out loud. I felt like I was floating on a cloud! I had missed…

Thursday, 12 November 2015 in Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015, Castle of Good Hope, Defence Reserves.

Joey the War Horse meets Violet the Cart Horse

I wrote this post at the end of last year, but didn’t finish it. Now, though, I have another good reason for posting it: Joey the War Horse will be coming to the Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015 at the Castle of Good Hope in a couple of weeks’ time! In early December last year,…

Saturday, 17 October 2015 in Cape Town Military Tattoo 2015, Cart Horse Protection Association, Defence Reserves, Exploring the Cape, Life in South Africa.

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