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A fantastic silent-drill routine by members of the Governor General's Foot Guards and with attachments from the Canadian Grenadier Guards. Drill refers to the synchronized and precise movements of soldiers on parade; the "silent" part refers to the fact that there are no words of command, ie., shouted orders, except at the very end when the team is marched off.
This took place in Canada's capital city, Ottawa, on Parliament Hill during Fortissimo in summer 2006. The music is an instrumental version of Europe's "Final Countdown".
This took place in Canada's capital city, Ottawa, on Parliament Hill during Fortissimo in summer 2006. The music is an instrumental version of Europe's "Final Countdown".
1) Those Canadians know what their armed forces are for.
2) How is synchronized drill different from dancing?
1) If you're suggesting or supposing that this is all Canada's military does, I assure you, you're wrong;
2) Drill, practiced by all militaries to some extent in the pursuit of discipline and professionalism, is a rhythmic and co-ordinated movement of bodies in a group. To that extent, there are indeed similarities between drill and a dance routine. Major differences include the fact that drill is not done with the ultimate goals of either satisfying an audience, nor is it done for fun.
And it is done for a civilian audience, and to impress other platoons or whatever.
It's totally a performance art / mind control device.
I love it.
The Lithuanian military band are the coolest in the world, i wish they'd put their james bond routine on youtube.
People can screw up, you scream at them to fix it, and when it starts looking good, you keep doing it until it is perfect. Its the DI's responsability to "drill" the troop until they get sick of it, to the point where they will start bettering themselves and working as a team to make it PERFECT in every sense.
When its done right, its done oh so right..and these guys have *almost* nailed it.
Few errors in there, some people not in step, others swinging arms not high enough, or too high...common mistakes, but overall, looks decent.
Would of taken them about a week, several hours every day, to get it this good.
Of course thats assuming the candidates were all really bloody good at drill to begin with.
Music only really helps if you can hear the beat over the rest of the song (listen for the constant 1 loud bang, followed by a quiter bang on the bass drum, that guy is in charge of keeping everyones pace).