As President Pranab Mukherjee looked on, a murmur of excitement rippled through the crowd as the buglers began the fanfare. Even the camels on the steps of the north and south blocks and the horses that flanked Vijay Chowk on either side stood in quiet dignity as the bands began marching to the spunky tune of "Kadam kadam badhaaye jaao". Each band rolled in with their own special compositions.
The rigid discipline of the square formation by the pipes and drums bands suddenly gave way to complicated circles, spirals and serpentine formations. The orderliness of the wave formations was in their symmetrical beauty, as the bands effortlessly moved from quick to slow marches, even forming a reel at one point.
The ethereal beauty of their music was quickly followed by the smart and popular bands of the navy and air force. Clad in blue, black and white, the band marched to several original compositions, but received the loudest applause for "Sound barrier" composed by master warrant officer VA George.
However, the real show-stealer was "Dhola re dhola" by the military bands. Composed as an "echo", the tune was first heard from the ground where the band stood, and then echoed back and forth from the north and south blocks. The haunting melody kept swelling from the band and echoed fainter from the two blocs, leaving the crowd in thrall. Composed by major general KN Bhatt and major N Hussain, the composition ended with a swelling of the music, accompanied by a spontaneous standing ovation by some in the audience.
As the sun dipped behind the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the drummers thundered in unison, throwing their drumsticks in the air and catching them flawlessly, to the wild applause by the crowd. The performances came to a close as the tubular bells at the two blocs tolled to WH Monk's hymn "Abide by me". Even as the buglers sounded the retreat at the end of the ceremony, the national flag was lowered to the strains of the "Saare jahan se achha" in the background.
A collective gasp of appreciation spread through the crowd as the Rashtrapati Bhawan was lighted up with rows of lights. Bathed in the golden glow of the stunning lighting, onlookers laughed with delight. Brothers Manoj and Manish Sharma, who had brought their three-year-old sons to the function, couldn't contain their excitement. "This is the first time we have come and wanted to show the kids how it is like. They liked the horses best though they were excited by the lights as well," said Manoj.
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