Its president, Omar Bongo, imports all his suits and his prostitutes from France; police wear the flat caps made famous by gendarmes; even the marching music performed at Bongo's Versailles-style palace is imported from France.
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The people of Moscow tune their radios to WDEV, out of Waterbury, and every year, on the assumption that the parade will go on, the station broadcasts about 30 minutes of marching music, starting at 10 a . m.
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At one recent gathering, hundreds of followers waving flags and wearing the red berets of his Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement waited nearly two hours in a stuffy auditorium, listening to marching music played at ear-splitting levels until the president showed up.
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They were also invited to travel as guest artists for Dynasty Music Products to a marching music festival in Okayama, Japan in'97, which included a tour stops in Yokohama and Kyoto, as well as a day of performances at Tokyo Disney.
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Their musical style is an ebullient stew of influences that include hip-hop, jazz improvisation and New Orleans second-line marching music as well as classic funk and, thanks to Dr . Lee, " The Flight of the Bumblebee ."
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In keeping with the long-standing traditions of the Military Band from which the Athletic Band stems, every May the Athletic Band forms up on the Oval and provides ceremonial and marching music for the ROTC Program's annual Pass-in-Review.
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Marching music would have seemed an American phenomenon, at least for someone who had been brought to St . Joseph, Mo ., as a 2-year-old, by way of Galveston, Texas, from somewhere " near Kiev ."
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The marching music performed often includes " National Emblem " during the color guard's marches for presentation and placement of the colors, " The Stars and Stripes Forever " to close the ceremony, and a march for the pass-in-review itself.
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The stated purpose of a DCI corps is " . . . to provide a life changing experience for youth through the art of marching music performance . " The DCI competitive summer tour, consisting of DCI-sanctioned competitions throughout the United States, culminates in August with the week-long DCI World Championships.
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New Party lawmaker Lee Ching-hau, a son of former Premier Lee Huan, was among the crowd at Keelung fishing port on Taiwan's north coast seeing the group off with marching music and chants of " Long live the Republic of China, " the Taiwanese government's formal name.
