Backing up my claim of Tonga's love of marching bands, I stumbled across this excerpt from an article about the coronation preparations.
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The New Zealand Army’s director of Music, Captain Leanne Smith, says rehearsals for the coronation have been taking place with other defence force bands.
“We’re actually forming a massed band of all the visiting bands here. Ther’s the Tonga Defence Service Band plus the Royal Australian Navy Band. The US Marine Band from Hawaii and ourselves from New Zealand. It is going to be fantastic. We have started rehearsals already and its going to sound really mighty.”
Captain Smith says they’ll play well known marches, and new works that have been composed specially for the coronation of King George Tupou the fifth.
(http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=41102)
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this time, I'll get some pictures.
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ABOUT THE DUKE OF OTTAWA
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- I volunteered with a Canadian NGO called VICS to teach history at 'Api Fo'ou College in the Kingdom of Tonga. I taught from January 2008 to Dec 2009, and the experience changed my life.
Topic | Tonga | Canada |
| Official name: | Kingdom of Tonga | Canada |
| Capital: | Nuku'alofa | Ottawa |
| Area (Thousands of km2): | 0.747 | 9,985 |
| Population (millions): | 0.100 (2007) | 33.1 (2007) |
| Population density (per km2): | 134 (2007) | 3 (2007) |
| Urban population (%-2007): | 24 | 81 |
| Gross national income (GNI) (per capita): | US$2,170 (2006) | US$36,170 (2006) |
| GNI purchasing power parity (PPP) (per capita): | US$8,580 (2006) | US$34,610 (2006) |
| Structure of GDP (%-2006): | ||
| 29 15 56 | 2 31 67 | |
| Ecological footprint (global hectares per person-2003): | N/A | 7.6 |
| Human development index (HDI) ranking: | 55th of 177 countries (2005) | 4th (2005) |
| Gender-related development index (GDI) ranking: | 53rd of 157 countries (2005) | 4th (2005) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | 65 (1970), 73 (2006) | 73 (1970), 80 (2006) |
| Mortality rate under 5 years old (per 1,000): | 50 (1970), 24 (2006) | 23 (1970), 6 (2006) |
| Adult literacy rate (% 1995-2004): | ||
| 99 99 99 | 99 99 99 | |
| Population using improved drinking water sources (%-2004): | ||
| 100 100 100 | 100 100 99 | |
Time Difference: +18 hours from Eastern Time
Physical Distance from Ottawa: 12,380.3 kilometers
We are the Band. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. Your musical and instrument distinctiveness will be added to our own.
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