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Basel firm makes drums for US state ceremonies

A small drum-making firm in Basel has been commissioned to make 20 new instruments for the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps of the United States army, which performs at state ceremonies. It’s a great honour for the Swiss, but a lot of hard work. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

This content was published on May 17, 2012 - 09:57

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Banks to be lampooned at “cabaret” carnival

This content was published on Feb 21, 2010 The head of the organising committee, Felix Rudolf von Rohr, tells swissinfo.ch that it is the lengths Basel goes to to lampoon events of the past year that set its three-day festival apart from other carnivals. Just when carnival comes to an end in most other cities, Basel’s is just beginning. And whereas carnival is…

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