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Re: Anthem - Queen of Australia

I think you might have been given the wrong steer on this Phil .The Anthem
when it is used as a general salute or a Royal salute then of course only
the first part is played if the Queen or family is not in
attendance,different to using it as the National anthem. On the subject of
our so called Anthem I wonder what other country would allow their Anthem
to be performed in the wrong time sig(Julie Anthony) or elong-gating the
the last phrase,not to mention all the pop singers variations. I think it's
a bit like metric conversions,the majority of the population have not
bothered to even  learn the words but still want to cut the ties to
England.  "Fickle people"

Ron Grice.
Australia.

P S   See you Sunday.

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> From: Philip Anderton <P.Anderton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Anthem - Queen of Australia
> Date: 01 June 1998 16:03
> 
> 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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> Email: P.Anderton@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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