by Q. » Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:18 pm
by turk186 » Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:35 pm
Q. wrote:Haven't hosted an Anzac Day for some time.
For those that have done it recently, what is the standard structure of pre-game proceedings?
by Q. » Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:43 pm
by Look Good In Leather » Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:40 pm
turk186 wrote:we have a digger from next door come over
by turk186 » Tue Mar 24, 2015 6:05 am
Q. wrote:I couldn't find much online.
Just found one from the Essendon website though. They list the order of proceedings as:
Recite “The Ode”
One minute silence
Last Post
Reveille
National Anthem
by turk186 » Tue Mar 24, 2015 6:07 am
Look Good In Leather wrote:turk186 wrote:we have a digger from next door come over
An inmate?
by Footy Chick » Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:26 am
Gatt_Weasel wrote:if they (Walkerville) dont win the flag ill run around the block of my street naked :) you can grab a chair and enjoy the view
by Burras » Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:22 am
turk186 wrote:Q. wrote:Haven't hosted an Anzac Day for some time.
For those that have done it recently, what is the standard structure of pre-game proceedings?
Greenies have done Anzac day for the last few years and we generally get teams and umps etc to line up,
we have a digger from next door come over and do the ode followed by silence etc. We have allways had a bugular (spelling) and this adds a really nice edge.
Pretty sure you can download a structure from the RSL website and go by that.
I think we have Elizabeth that day so should be a ripper
by Bluedemon » Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:04 pm
Footy Chick wrote:If the inmate was any sort of decent digger, he wouldn't be an inmate anymore
Greenacres have got one of the best ANZAC day set ups that I've seen in the SAAFL - they do it well.
You would be wise to heed the advice of an expert Q...
by cracka » Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:26 am
by jo172 » Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:28 am
cracka wrote:Just wondering if any clubs & officials are copping any crap for playing on Anzac day. I've had a few complaints & I'm only on our junior committee.
by cracka » Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:33 am
jo172 wrote:cracka wrote:Just wondering if any clubs & officials are copping any crap for playing on Anzac day. I've had a few complaints & I'm only on our junior committee.
Quite the opposite. We've got resounding levels of excitement.
Only disappointed people are in the C/D Grade because they'll miss out on the experience at home.
by morell » Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:47 am
by Mr Beefy » Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:49 am
by Footy Chick » Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:52 am
Gatt_Weasel wrote:if they (Walkerville) dont win the flag ill run around the block of my street naked :) you can grab a chair and enjoy the view
by jo172 » Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:00 pm
morell wrote:At risk of being howled down...
I'm not a massive fan of playing footy on ANZAC day. To me ANZAC day is the most sacrosanct day on the calendar.
I can't stand the football to war correlations. The borderline celebrations of lunacy. The xenophobia.
We should swap our attitudes about Good Friday and ANZAC day around. ANZAC day should be - everything is shut, no one works all day, sombre, reflective, quiet. Good Friday should then be whatever you want day including playing footy, getting on the turps et al.
It makes me tilt my head when I think we have a day where according to the law you can't even sell a beer for an illusionist born 2000+ years ago with little to no influence on our modern day culture, compared to ANZAC day which has turned into a day for terrible VB ads, shitty over dramatised football games and bogan rhetoric - instead of a time to remember the fallen.
/rant
by morell » Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:19 pm
The VB ad where they're all whistling in front the war memorial makes we want to punch the TV. I'd go as far as saying that unless you're not for profit with the specific goal of assisting veterans, you simply are not able to leverage ANZAC day for any marketing purposes whatsoever. AFL, VB, whatever. Make it 100% illegal.jo172 wrote:morell wrote:At risk of being howled down...
I'm not a massive fan of playing footy on ANZAC day. To me ANZAC day is the most sacrosanct day on the calendar.
I can't stand the football to war correlations. The borderline celebrations of lunacy. The xenophobia.
We should swap our attitudes about Good Friday and ANZAC day around. ANZAC day should be - everything is shut, no one works all day, sombre, reflective, quiet. Good Friday should then be whatever you want day including playing footy, getting on the turps et al.
It makes me tilt my head when I think we have a day where according to the law you can't even sell a beer for an illusionist born 2000+ years ago with little to no influence on our modern day culture, compared to ANZAC day which has turned into a day for terrible VB ads, shitty over dramatised football games and bogan rhetoric - instead of a time to remember the fallen.
/rant
Couldn't agree more, the day has become one of commercialized jingoism rather than remembering the fallen.
The AFL (and particularly Collingwood and Essendon) should be ashamed of what they've done to the day. Shit like having the match ball delivered by helicopter is ridiculous.
by heater31 » Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:22 pm
by jo172 » Tue Apr 14, 2015 12:27 pm
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