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Re: Anthem - Queen of Australia

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Subject: Re: Anthem - Queen of Australia
From: Adrian Drover <saxhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 23:36:26 +0100
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On 02 Jun, Larry White <eljaywhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.

The best arrangement of the British national anthem I have ever heard was
played by an American band at the end of their "West Side Story" concert.
This was the Stan Kenton 'mellophonium' Band during their tour of the UK
in the '60s.

Adrian

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