No, on average, the number of marchers would be about 160 to 170, depending on the number of teams. They have the support staff as well, and the band happened to be there that year, which brought our numbers up. I would say that it's normally about 170 marchers, and 90% of them would be first-time marchers. That's one of our basic rules. We want to see at least the team captain and the second-in-command be experienced marchers who have been there before and know the training, but the rest of the team should all be novices so that as many people as possible from the Canadian Forces can participate over time.
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