Our National Anthem at the olympics . . . .

[Uncle Fiesta]

Sir Cliff would have to improve on his performance at the Jubilee though ...

[JimN]

OK, an unusually long introductory drum roll (which could easily have five seconds shaved off it).

It would then be less than sixty seconds long.

I'd do the editing myself if they asked me.

JN

[drakula63]

Sir Cliff would have to improve on his performance at the Jubilee though ...

Why? 'Macca' clearly didn't!!!!

On the plus side; Team GB seems to be doing rather well so, good, bad or just average, our National Anthem is currently being played more than most...

[dave robinson]

I picked up somewhere that for timing reasons someone decided all national anthems should take no more than 60 seconds. I wonder if this may explain it? Remember the old days when you didn't want a CCCP gold because the old Soviet Union anthem went on and on....

Ours is forty seconds, the USA's runs for one minute ten seconds, Jamaica's is one minute . . . . . . . . not convinced at all that this is the reason.

[roninnes]

Dream on
Ron

[dave robinson]

Dream on
Ron

Dream on - what exactly ?

[Paulps]

Dream on
Ron

Dream on - what exactly ?

I thought it was called "Dance On"

[cvfilms]

What I can't understand is that why the announcements at the London Olympics where first read out in French and then English?
Rob

[noelford]

Because the cheering after an announcement in English would have drowned out the French translation?

[Mike Honey]

the modern olympics were first thought of by a frenchman and since then it has become traditional for all announcements to be in french and english unless the host countries language is not english!! the reason french was used first at the london games is because it was a condition laid down by the IOC; its all on google!!

mike