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The Westernaires 1997 show
season was highlighted by an extraordinary
opportunity for the young riders who have for
years performed under the banner "THE BEST
PRECISION MOUNTED DRILL TEAM AT SPEED
IN THE WORLD." The Denver Summit of the
Eight was a gathering of the leaders of the eight
industrialized nations of the free world to discuss the economic future for the entire world.
From Canada, Japan, Russia, Great Britain,
France, Italy and Germany the leaders and their
wives came to be greeted in Denver by President
and Mrs. Clinton. Days of intense meetings and
bilateral discussions took place and Denver was
truly the center of world power. The last night,
Saturday, prior to a star studded entertainment
produced for the leaders, they gathered with
their wives at the Fort Restaurant near Morrison,
Colorado for a western theme dinner. The White
House requested the Westernaires to provide an
introductory, atmosphere establishing event just
east of the Fort Restaurant. With President and
Mrs. Clinton and the other leaders and their
spouses standing on a bluff, to the theme music
from Bonanza, 35 riders from the Red Team
crested a low hill and swept down across a
meadow with flags flying. They disappeared
behind another low hill and then, to the tune of
Stars and Stripes Forever, burst over the hill and
performed the Firelight Drill. Eight of the riders
carried the flags of the nations present and a
ninth carried the European Union. At the end of
the drill, the flags were presented to the leaders
on the bluff. Later, the President was heard to
remark that the "kids and horses were the highlight of Denver." What a great night in June for
all of Westernaires!
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