There’s something unexplainably joyful about witnessing a marching band, and the cheerful music and energetic performance always brings a smile to our faces. With that being said, if we were to introduce to you a marching band featuring only two humans, you probably wouldn’t be all that impressed.
But what if we told you that this band featured some very special guests?
Back in 2018 in the city of Eschwege, a marching band like no other took to the streets. The band consisted of one man and one woman, who wore fabulous outfits and had faces were painted like clowns.
But the real stars of the show were the ones who were walking in an orderly line in between them- eleven brown geese.
As the band plays a cheery rendition of, “When The Saints Go Marching In,” the geese march along in perfect time to the beat, and they look so adorable that people can’t help but stop and smile as they see them.
The band has that kind of joyful energy that is rare to come across while out and about. The woman walks at the front of the line playing a xylophone, while the man brings up the rear with a huge drum kit strapped to his back- and the geese take center stage right in the middle.
You can tell that these geese are experienced performers.
They walk in a perfectly neat line, and although they are enjoying the attention of their audience, they know that they need to focus on the job at hand.
But just where exactly has this unique marching band come from, and how did they become so popular? After doing some research, we found out that the Efteling theme park in the Netherlands is responsible for the awesome geese marching band- known to them as the goose parade.
They have a small troupe that travels around, featuring two human marching band members and a bunch of geese.
The video of the goose parade was shared on YouTube by Reiner Neumann, and since being posted it has received over half a million views from people all over the world. It’s safe to say that this video bought joy into lots of people’s lives, and many took to the comments to share their love for the video:
“Such a beautiful video and the people are all sensible! No one runs in between or scares the animals… If you watch this video, it brings a moment of joy.”
“Don’t know which I like best, the drum majorette, the geese, or the guy bringing up the rear. All have a goofy greatness!”
“I love this! So much that I’ve searched it through Google & found so many more vids of this. It’s so sweet & wholesome in a difficult time, & with humans, that time is ALWAYS. We all need this type of thing everywhere not just Belgium, those lucky people!”
Have you ever seen anything like it before? Scroll down to see the fabulous goose parade in action below.
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