Tonight after my last day (half day) at work, us four fun kids went to see the International Military Music Festival (http://www.kremlin-military-tattoo.ru/en/) on the Red Square here in Moscow. There were like 1000 participants from various countries of the world, with the majority of course being Russian bands. There were horses (and horse poo), shaolin stunt dudes, traditional Russian folk dancer kids (amazing!) and of course lots of marching bands from the various country military wings.
Finland was a bust, the folk-dancing kids and shaolin guys were my favorite and the best part was: after 2.5 hrs of the show on Red Square, all the bands came in to play together for the finale. 1000 band people, doing their thang. They played Hey Jude, Yellow Submarine (don't know what it is with The Beatles) and another familiar song. In the background sang a choir and at one point (previously, now that i think of it) the Russian National Ballet danced to a song. They ended the night with the William Tell Overture and fireworks exploding over St. Basils Cathedral and the Kremlin wall. It was a pretty amazing sight to see!!
At the end of the evening, we left and had dinner (a very fast one!) at an Italian restaurant about 4 blocks away from the square. Had a White Russian drink and some pasta, now I'm eating some ice cream at home. It was/is also Pooja's birthday (09/09/09), so we wished her well. Happy Birthday Pooja!! I had a great night, glad I went to this thing and am now home, ready for nite nite.
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