[Dixielandjazz] Re: Our National Anthem

[Bill Haesler]

Dear Paul,
Look what I found!


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'America the Beautiful' replaces national anthem at game

 =A0 Tuesday, October 22, 2002  
  
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(10-22) 16:16 PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- 
Baseball planned to trade "bombs bursting in air" for "amber waves of grain=
" at
the World Series Tuesday evening. 
Crooner Tony Bennett was scheduled to sing "America the Beautiful" instead =
of
"The Star-Spangled Banner" to kick off Game 3 at Pacific Bell Park. 
"It's pretty uncommon, it's rare, but it's been done before," Dominic Balsa=
mo, a
spokesman for Major League Baseball, said of the organization's decision no=
t to
play the national anthem before the game. 
He pointed out that Ray Charles sang "America the Beautiful" to start one o=
f the
World Series games between the New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks la=
st
year. 
Also on the bill Tuesday was Val Diamond, of the long-running San Francisco
musical show "Beach Blanket Babylon," who planned to sing "God Bless Americ=
a" in
the 7th inning. 

Kind regards,
Bill.