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Re: Anthem - Queen of Australia

Philip Anderton wrote:
> 
>	 You may not know it, but HRH is also "Queen of Australia". Yep, thought
> you would be surprised. Protocol says that we only should play the first
> bit of this anthem ("God Save.." ). Apparently we are allowed to play the
> second bit only when HRH or her immediate relatives are in attendance. Last
> Anzac Day (war vets commemoration) as part of a ceremony at Dee Why beach
> we were supposed to play only the first bit at the start of proceedings,
> along with the Australian anthem, "Advance Australia Fair".  However the
> crowd of WWII vets decided to continue with the "Send Her Victorious"
> verse. It's not often they get a chance to sing this old favorite and, by
> crikey, they weren't going to miss this one. Of course it was the basses
> who led the way as the band straggled in to provide a dubious and
> unexpected continuation of the music into the forbidden verse.
> 
> At 12:03 31/05/98 +0100, you wrote:
> >On 30 May, Alastair Wheeler <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> 'The Queen' is also the national anthem of Luxemburg, I think.  The
> >> Americans sing some patriotic words to it and call it 'America'
> >
> >..And, I think, was composed by a German.
> >
> >Adrian
> >
> 
> Phil.
> 
> Philip Anderton		 Phone: +61 2 9316 8301
> Warringah Concert Brass
> Sydney, Australia
> 
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GOOD FOR YOU PHILIP,

We have a similar problem here in Canada. How about trying to sing a
National Anthem half in English and half in French. The poor young
children don't really know the words for it is now always sung like this
when done pubicly. Then there are the singers, and I use that term
loosely, who think they must crucify the anthems. We probably hear the
American National Anthem more than we do the Canadian. They feel they
must perform and draw it out, put in trills, turns and whatever their
little hearts desire. We also have some who cannot even sing the tune
let alone remember the words. The Anthems are primarily done in public
at Sporting events and that is all now. We don't even open or close
programmes with them now. 
What about the rest of the Commonwealth and other parts of the world.
How patriotic are you.

Look forward to hearing some of the answers.

Larry White
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