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All right . So tonight we are having a

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holiday concert in the town or city of

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Sanders , Dof Germany . Typically ,

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these band tours happen every year . So

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they're an annual staple of the band .

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Well , the , the band playing around

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Europe and especially in Germany ,

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which is our host country . It

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signalizes the strength of our

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partnership and the interoperability of

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the United States and the Republic of

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Germany . Well , my favorite part of

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touring in the band is watching the

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reactions of the crowds , seeing their

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smiling faces and seeing that

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satisfaction and knowing that they're

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experiencing great music and great

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moments that they will never forget for

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the rest of their lives . I'd like to

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add that . It's a real pleasure for us

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to play every time we , we do play for

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the audiences around Europe and Africa .

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It's , it's uh , not just uh a job

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for us . It's also , uh what we do .

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It's , it's our livelihood and it's ,

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it's good to be able to share our joy

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and our passion with these audiences .

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And also at the same time , signal the

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fact that we are here and we stand

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strong with our partners and our host

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countries . So in terms of uh

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collaborating with our host nations ,

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uh we see a lot of that in terms of

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band members from other countries , uh

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units , military bands playing with us .

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So they augment us and we play

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alongside them . And whenever I've

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experienced that happening , it's ,

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it's just been an awesome time . And so

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that's a highlight of my time here in

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the band and in Europe , in terms of

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working with our allies , just having

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those that same musicianship and uh

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that experience of playing together

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with the countries around us . It's ,

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it's an awesome experience . I think

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the biggest take away from such

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experiences is when those uh

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soldiers who partner with us , uh they

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get to experience , uh in a , in an

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interesting way , what it's like to be

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an American soldier whilst not being

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one . And so we bring them in , they

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are , they are like family to us for

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that performance . And uh typically we

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keep connections afterwards , we

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exchange our DUIs or Rdis

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and uh we typically like switch patches

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and stuff like that . And so those

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memories do last and we have tangible

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uh remnants of those experiences .