[LINK] RFI: Waltzing Matilda at the Olympics

[Tom Worthington]

At 06:14  8/11/00 +1100, Roger Clarke wrote:

>...It appears that Slim Dusty's at the Closing Ceremony was only one rendition
>of 'Waltzing Matilda' ... Can anyone give me a lead on any of the others, 
>please?

I asked "Mr Internet" (aka Google), who responded with:

"...As did the nearly 4,000 people at the Ryde Aquatics Leisure Center. 
About 50 of them wore green and yellow frizzy wigs with shirts saying 
"Giddy Up, Aussies," on the front and "Australian Women's Water Polo 
Olympic Cheer Squad," on the back. They broke into Aussie chants and sang 
"Waltzing Matilda" as their team took control of the match.",  Women's 
Water Polo Debut: 
http://www.texaco.com/support/olympics/docs/features/womenpolo.html

A more careful search may produce others.

ps: "Advance Australia Fair" 
<http://www.acs.org.au/president/1996/epubs/austfr.htm> was sung  during 
Olympic rehearsals by myself for some SOCOG PR people in the Media Center, 
as they didn't know the words. See my forthcoming book "Olympic Runner - 
Web Of Shame".  ;-)


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