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FLAG WAVING IS A VERY OLD TRADITION THAT START ON THE MEDIEVAL TIME IN ITALY.WERE REPRESENTING THE RICH FAMILY IN TUSCANY.
EACH FLAG IS CARRYING COLOR AND THE CREST OF THE FAMILY.
AND THEY WERE LEADING ALL GROUP, ALL BATTLE, ALL SOLDIER, WHEREVER THEY WAS NEEDED.
AND THEY WERE PROUD TO GO IN, IN FIRST PLACE WITH THEIR FLAGS.
AND THEY USE THE FLAG TO ATTACK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
THE NAME OF THE GROUP IS BAND SUPPORT, FLAG WAVES OF SAN SUPPORT.
SO IT'S, THE TRADITION IS GOING ON IN THE SENSE, UH, IN SAN SUPPORT.
OUR FIRST APPEARANCES DATING BACK IN, UH, 1,438, WE STARTED BRINGING THEM HERE DURING THE WORLD'S FAIR.
WE HAD A A, AN EXHIBIT CALLED THE ITALIAN VILLAGE IN THE 1984 WORLD'S FAIR.
IT'S AN EXHILARATING THING TO WATCH 'EM THROW THOSE FLAGS UP.
AND I KNOW FROM THE COMMENTS I GET, PEOPLE ARE REALLY ENTHRALLED WITH IT.
I GET CONSTANTLY ASKED, WHEN ARE THE FLAG THROWERS COMING BACK? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO TODAY WE HAD A NICE CROWD OF ABOUT 150 PEOPLE, BUT WE'RE HERE AT THE EAST BANK, THE JEFFERSON PARISH, EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY.
NOW THIS IS WHERE WE HOUSE OUR ITALIAN AMERICAN LIBRARY, WHICH USED TO BE DOWNTOWN AT OUR CULTURAL CENTER.
WE LENT OUR LIBRARY TO THIS LIBRARY.
IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL HERE.
NOT ONLY CAN YOU NOW READ ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, BUT THIS ALLOWS YOU TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
AT FIRSTHAND, THE FLAG WAIVERS, IT BECOMES A REAL PERFORMANCE, A REAL SHOW TO ENJOY, TO AMUSE THE PEOPLE THEY FEEL PROUD ABOUT THEMSELVES, BUT THEY FEEL PROUD ABOUT ITALY.
THEY FEEL PROUD ABOUT TUSCANY AND FOR ALL THE TRADITION THEY'RE REPRESENTING.