The Church at Commonwealth Games

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   Hi all,
I have just finished watching the Opening Ceremony of the 18th British Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Very spectacular for those who have not seen it. A surprise highlight was seeing The Church,  an Australian Prog-Related group, take center stage and play their most well known piece "Under The Milky Way" in front of a stadium crowd of 80,000 and to an estimated world-wide television viewing audience of 1Biillion people. What fantastic exposure for this group which has been playing together and has produced many quality albums over the last 3 decades. Their performance was excellent and integrated seemlessly into the Opening Ceremony proceedings. It was great to see a Prog Group up in the limelight of this great sporting event. 

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valravennz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: March 20 2005 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 2546	Topic: The Church at Commonwealth Games Posted: March 15 2006 at 08:09
	Hi all, I have just finished watching the Opening Ceremony of the 18th British Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Very spectacular for those who have not seen it. A surprise highlight was seeing The Church, an Australian Prog-Related group, take center stage and play their most well known piece "Under The Milky Way" in front of a stadium crowd of 80,000 and to an estimated world-wide television viewing audience of 1Biillion people. What fantastic exposure for this group which has been playing together and has produced many quality albums over the last 3 decades. Their performance was excellent and integrated seemlessly into the Opening Ceremony proceedings. It was great to see a Prog Group up in the limelight of this great sporting event. Edited by valravennz
	"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp

Heptade Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: May 19 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 427	Posted: March 15 2006 at 11:45
	That's pretty cool. A lot of people here don't think the Church are proggy. I think they are wrong. But I'm a Church fan.
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tdreamer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 03 2006 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 267	Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:17
	I followed the Church since the Starfish album they are indeed a great band and deserve more recognition .