We are grateful to those who have gone before for the sort of nation that we are now. We remember the service and we respect the sacrifices. “This is the day, above all days, when we pause to reflect on what it means to be Australian. Instead, we’re going to be isolated at home when, ordinarily, we would be standing together as Australians, at a dawn service or on the side of the road watching a march. “There won’t be any dawn services this year, or marches, or gatherings in pubs. “It’s going to be a very strange Anzac Day,” said John Schumann. A simple but starkly effective concert performance of a little over an hour’s duration, ‘Australia at War’ is a dignified and respectful commemoration bringing into focus the very best of Australian songwriting. The songs are linked by a moving and evocative narrative comprising newspaper reports of the day, poems, letters from the front and sober reflections. “Australia at War – in words and music” – features a suite of Australian contemporary popular songs which, directly or indirectly, commemorate Australians at War. John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew are to “live stream” a national concert performance of “Australia at War” from Adelaide on Anzac Eve, April 24, 2020.
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