No, I'm not getting a tattoo.

Tattoo is the name of the show that Dan will be performing in as part of his first TDY with the 8th army band. They are traveling to Wonju, South Korea and will be away for a week (and next week at that! They're putting him to work right away). Here's a few pictures from a website I found.

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Wonju Tattoo Period : September Annually Location : Wonju Tattoo Performance Hall, Youth Plaza, Downtown Host, Supervisor : Wonju, Wonju Tattoo Tel : 033-737-5981 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 033-737-5981 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Homepage : http://www.wonjutattoo.com Introduction Wonju Tattoo is a global military band festival that was created as part of the New Millennium Project in 2000. Through the “World Peace Fanfare” of 2000 and 2002, the uniqueness and importance as a cultural project of military brands were recognized. Thus, in June 2003, it was officially approved as an international event by the government and became the nation’s only military band festival. Origin of Tattoo The word ‘tattoo’ first originated by innkeepers in countries such as the Netherlands in the 17th and 18th century. When it became time to close doors to their shop, the drum and fife band of the local army would begin marching and they yelled this while the music played to tell people to go to their place of lodging. When the music began to play, the innkeeper would say 'Doe den tap toe' (Close your bottle caps!) It seems that there was a curfew for pubs in the Netherlands at the time. However, clocks were not readily available at the time so the drum and fife band would march around and play music to tell people that it was time to close down. The innkeeper would yell 'Doe den tap toe' along with the music. The word ‘tattoo’, which originated from 'tap toe' has now become a word that signifies the marching of army bands. What is Wonju Tattoo? Wonju Tattoo’s pronunciation was slightly changed to fit the Korean language.