I attended the final performance of the XVII. It was sold out (I was saved by a lady whose friends did not come, she sold it for the original price of 400 kč). I am attaching a PHOTOGALLERY of the songs and a PHOTOGALLERY of the exhibition about the history of the Sokol Slet on the Square of Peace in Prague. It also reminded me of my participation in the All Sokol Sets in Zurich, Toronto, Paris and Prague.
As always, they were great men. For me, the most powerful moment of the falconers' performance was when the falcon idea rang out most eloquently with the final falcon circling, great music and amazing reaction from the audience. A recording of the whole performance in iBroadcast CT. The singing of "Who are God's warriors", plebeically followed by Karel Gott and his "Time of roses". Flight of the falcon, I also did not find in the recording of the live broadcast of CT? I'll ask CT for an explanation. I hope I was wrong.
There were no flagpoles, the mayor of Sokol wore a civilian suit, 12 songs were played as if at a disco, with no introduction or introduction of the songs, the chiefs did not speak, the politicians got the floor, the president did not come, no classical, Sokol marching music was played...
Jiri Hanak put it in a visionary way. We can only speculate whether today's situation is uncontrolled or controlled? It is a true picture of reality - moral and cultural decline, the decay of the country and the whole society. The former mayor of Sokol should go to jail, but it is unlikely that she will. Many Sokol units have lost their property. The corrupt mafias in the state administration and wherever there is great wealth continue their work of destruction. The gradual destruction of the Sokol brand is followed by its moral destruction. If it goes on like this, only the name will remain without content, idea and eventually the name will disappear.
If we do not admit the truth about our history and our character, we will get what we deserve. The sad thing is that even the public broadcaster CT is complicit in this manipulation.
We blamed our parents for allowing the communists to rule. Future generations will blame us for allowing it to continue under the criminal communist regime.
A country that has destroyed its own elites cannot expect a good future. Winston Churchill: "Blood, sweat and tears await us!" We can rise and fall, but those who do not fight have already fallen and deserve their fate. Can we still restore the principles of Sokol education, which has proved itself fully, as well as the timeless system of Tomas Bata?
I have known many great Sokol men and women at home and in exile abroad, many of them from the First Republic. I had the opportunity to know what a real Sokol was and its values. I am writing this text on their behalf, in the name of their memory and legacy.
I am a former member of Sokol Lucerne, Sokol Zurich, chief of Sokol Lucerne, Swiss County Sokol and participant of many Sokol gatherings abroad.
In no way do I belittle the participants of the rallies, their performances, the work of the trainers and organizers. The majority cannot know and understand what is really going on behind the scenes, just like the rest of the population.
I recall the words of Jan Masaryk: "Communism is 10% ideology and 90% tactics."
Jan Šinágl
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