Sage advice indeed....
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WreckWench
, Jan 21 2014 08:06 PM
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#1
Posted 21 January 2014 - 08:06 PM
Before the start of ANY EVENT --- the next NFL, baseball, NASCAR season, etc.-- perhaps all team owners should be sent the following:
From a Marine Corps Colonel in Afghanistan.
"So with all the kindness I can muster, I give this one piece of advice to the next pop star who is asked to sing the national anthem at a sporting event: save the vocal gymnastics and the physical gyrations for your concerts. Just sing this song the way you were taught to sing it in kindergarten - straight up, no styling. "Sing it with the constant awareness that there are soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines watching you from bases and outposts all over the world. Don't make them cringe with your self-centered ego gratification. Sing it as if you are standing before a row of 86-year-old WWII vets wearing their Purple Hearts, Silver Stars and flag pins on their cardigans and you want them to be proud of you for honoring them and the country they love - not because you want them to think you are a superstar musician. They could see that from your costume, makeup and your entourage. Sing 'The Star Spangled Banner' with the courtesy and humility that tells the audience that it is about America, not you.
Francis Scott Key does not need any help."
Semper Fi
From a Marine Corps Colonel in Afghanistan.
"So with all the kindness I can muster, I give this one piece of advice to the next pop star who is asked to sing the national anthem at a sporting event: save the vocal gymnastics and the physical gyrations for your concerts. Just sing this song the way you were taught to sing it in kindergarten - straight up, no styling. "Sing it with the constant awareness that there are soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines watching you from bases and outposts all over the world. Don't make them cringe with your self-centered ego gratification. Sing it as if you are standing before a row of 86-year-old WWII vets wearing their Purple Hearts, Silver Stars and flag pins on their cardigans and you want them to be proud of you for honoring them and the country they love - not because you want them to think you are a superstar musician. They could see that from your costume, makeup and your entourage. Sing 'The Star Spangled Banner' with the courtesy and humility that tells the audience that it is about America, not you.
Francis Scott Key does not need any help."
Semper Fi
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#2
Posted 22 January 2014 - 01:48 PM
YA THINK???
#3
Posted 22 January 2014 - 05:05 PM
This is outstanding and I couldn't agree more!!
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#4
Posted 23 January 2014 - 05:31 AM
NOTHING stops us (yet) from being able to send this to our local area teams and events asking that they request/require the talent they have paid to sing to do so respectfully.
Remember... the squeaky wheel gets attention... lets start squeaking about important things!
Remember... the squeaky wheel gets attention... lets start squeaking about important things!
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#5
Posted 25 January 2014 - 03:47 PM
I've found that when I go to "less major" sporting events (e.g., AHL Hockey games) the people who sing the National Anthem do it the way it was intended. I think it's that the people singing the Anthem at things like NFL games want to be remembered, albeit poorly, in some cases.
Rick
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Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
~Edward R. Murrow
Edited by Hipshot, 25 January 2014 - 03:49 PM.
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