[Dixielandjazz] Super Bowl National Anthem

Martin D. McKay macjazz at comcast.net
Mon Feb 7 08:23:04 PST 2011


As a school music teacher for many years, I have learned to check and see
what is on the other channels when one of the "pop stars" is singing the
National Anthem. It works real well.

Mart (Designated (non) listener)

Martin D. McKay

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Harry Callaghan
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 10:58 AM
To: Martin D. McKay
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Super Bowl National Anthem

Good point, Ron............let's get someone drunk before they attempt to
sing it at the next sporting event.  Shame that Foster Brooks is no longer
with us, I'll bet he could do one helluva job on it..

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:

> On the other hand, if a bunch of drunken Englishmen could successfully 
> sing it, why can't we?
>
> Ron L
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen G 
> Barbone
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 10:12 AM
> To: lherault at bu.edu
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> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Super Bowl National Anthem
>
> Awful? Perhaps.
>
> But then what can we expect since the melody is an Old English 
> drinking song?
>
> Would we prefer a drunken choir of 50 singing it in an English pub? Or 
> is it time to change our National Anthem to "America The Beautiful" or 
> something that makes more musical sense.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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