I caught the tale end of a sports segment on the news last night about this girl who, I suppose, was nervous and needed assistance in singing the Star Spangled Banner before some sports event (and this wasn’t peewee football, it looked like a college or pro game). The reason it got press attention was because the coach of one of the teams put his arm around her and sang along to help encourage her — I’ll admit, it was kind of sweet. A few things annoyed me, though… 1) She didn’t know all the words, and 2) she was pretty off-key.
Come on, people! How hard can it be to know the words to our NATIONAL ANTHEM?
Note to self… What the Next Generation of Tredways Must Know: the correct lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner.
4 Comments
bethany Apr 29, 2003 11:43 AM
i hate that song. the melody is annoying and not very singable.
andrew Apr 29, 2003 12:45 PM
you foolish alto. becca’s an alto as well and i’m sure that sure that she’s got a problem with the range too.
rebecca Apr 29, 2003 3:51 PM
after the newscasters last night said it was a difficult song to sing i set out to prove them wrong and have sung it about 6 times in the last 24 hours. i have to start on middle c, then stretch into my upper range for the high c — but it’s not bad at all.
i’m bound and determined to know that if i was asked to sing it on a moment’s notice i could do it justice.
rebecca Apr 30, 2003 8:04 AM
okay, i’m a little ashamed of myself here… the girl who sang SSB was 13! she totally would’ve kicked my butt as a 13 yr old. and it was pro bb game.
i’m finding that it’s easy to write anything off the top of my head (meaning, without thinking it through first) here on my blog. the proverbs definitely has something to say about the man who can’t restrain his speech — and i knew it would be an issue before my blogging began. : /