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RRS-1980
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'Imperial March' during military parade
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15-Aug-2005, 4:10 AM
guys, forgive me if I made any blooper in this post, I'm still laughing and tears in my eyes make it hard to type properly...

Today we celebrate Army Day here, in Poland, anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw 1920, when we repelled Soviet army going west to spread the communistic revolution all over the Europe.
The celebration featured usual patriotic stuff: speeches full of pathos, soldiers saluting the fallen at "Tomb of Unknown Soldier", historical marches etc. - you know the drill.



At the end of the event celebration became slightly less official and we could see soldiers showing off their skills in muster, presenting their rifles, regrouping quickly in various formations etc., I'll bet you've seen that too. Usually the marches that are played at that point are more "frivolous", "parade-like"... I was surprised that military orchestra started playing marches which are... movie themes! Among them was the "Raiders' March" (from Indiana Jones trilogy), one of my favorite pieces by John Williams, so you can imagine my excitation - I joked to my parents (who were also watching TV) : "...well, the only thing they could add would be 'Imperial March...' "....

...AND THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED PLAYING IT!

Seeing soldiers marching to the rhythm of "Darth Vader's Theme" was a view to behold Precious!

I had a blast watching that show! My whole family performed a "classic ROTFL"!

I only wish I had taped it... *sigh*