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- ↑ "The Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo". Altissimo!. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- ↑ "Tattoo | Legion Magazine". legionmagazine.com. September 2007. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- ↑ "37 years at the Tattoo". Trident Newspaper. 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
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- ↑ Musical Performance in the Canadian Military: A Preliminary Analysis of an Institution
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