Oh, say, can you sing it properly?Most girls are probably too young to remember Roseanne Barr's 1990 spit-and-grab version of "The Star-Spangled Banner," but Rosie is not the only one who has ad-libbed to the national anthem. Aerosmith, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Henddx and others have put their own spins on our country's theme song, despite sometimes uproarious criticism. Well, America's music teachers feel it's high time U.S. citizens sing the song correctly. The Music Educators National Conference MENC: The National Association for Music Education, formerly the Music Educators National Conference, founded in 1907, is an American organization for music educators that provides professional development and advocacy. External links
MENC Music Educators National Conference MENC Mensa of Eastern North Carolina (Local Group #275 of American Mensa, Ltd. gave a demo during the Sept. 10 New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Yankees-Baltimore Orioles game at Camden Yards, where 100 kids led a traditional rendition of the anthem. Seems the crowd needed the lead since surveys show 61 percent of Americans don't even know the second verse! |
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