AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE, BUT NOT AS EASY; ANTHEM SINGERS CARRY ON BALLPARK TRADITION.Byline: Romy Jacobson Daily News Staff Writer In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , a good-sized chunk of the population thinks the closing words of the national anthem, right after ``home of the brave,'' are ``Play ball!'' The American tradition of preceding baseball games with ``The Star Spangled span·gle n. 1. A small, often circular piece of sparkling metal or plastic sewn especially on garments for decoration. 2. A small sparkling object, drop, or spot: spangles of sunlight. Banner'' lives on at Lancaster Municipal Stadium, thanks to courageous amateurs who step up to the home-plate microphone and lead the stands in singing the musically challenging anthem. ``We like doing something with the local people,'' says Bruce Battle, JetHawks public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most manager. ``There's lots of people in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley with musical talent and singing ability.'' The performers, who had to earn their place at the microphone with auditions last week before JetHawks judges, have different reasons for wanting to do so. Cornerstone Community Cornerstone Community[1] is an Australian non-denominational Christian training and mission movement. This article may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. Church music minister James Smith James Smith is the name of: People named James Smith Sports figures
``I direct a complete band and orchestra and also we do extracurricular activities,'' says Smith, 23. ``We're planning on having a night to invite our congregation members. I thought it'd be very cool if their music minister, a staff pastor from the church, would sing the national anthem.'' ``I'm just here to let people know we're here to have a good time and give back to the community. That's what it's all about,'' adds Smith. Even kids will sing. Eight-year-old Nicole Moore, a third-grader at Chaparral Elementary School and Little Miss Lancaster 1997, is no stranger to performing in front of large crowds. She has appeared in the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. productions of ``Annie,'' ``The Music Man'' and ``The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.'' ``I love to sing. I used to take singing lessons but my dad and mom taught me to sing this year,'' Nicole said. ``My friends like Spice Girls. I want to sing the national anthem because it's in the stadium. I've never sung in the stadium before.'' Palmdale resident Kathy Nelson, a 35-year-old mother of three boys, ages 8, 7 and 2, sings at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Sacred Heart Catholic Church can refer to:
``I just thought it would be very neat for my boys to hear me sing it,'' Nelson said. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--Color in AV Edition only) ``I'm just here to let people know we're here to have a good time and give back to the community.'' - Jim Smith, church music minister (2--Color in AV Edition only) ``I want to sing the national anthem because it's in the stadium. I've never sung in the stadium before.'' - Nicole Moore, Little Miss Lancaster 1997 (3--Color in AV Edition only) ``I just thought it would be very neat for my boys to hear me sing it.'' - Kathy Nelson, singer |
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