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Members of the third Marine

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Expeditionary force band played in the

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Japan Self Defense Force Music Festival

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at the Nippon Budokan Arena in honor of

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the victims of the Great East Japan

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earthquake . This year's festival is

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different than usual because of the

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earthquake and tsunami . The gesture

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When I pray I am reminded of that .

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The festival included individual

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performances from each band and

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concluded with a mass performance by

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musicians of all participating bands .

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Mhm . It's like ingredients for a

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gourmet dish . You got all these

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individual ingredients that are good in

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themselves and you put them all

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together awesome . The bands came

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together seamlessly and played not only

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for the audience , but for those who

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lost their lives during the Great East ,

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Japan earthquake . Lance , corporal

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Mike Shanahan Tokyo .