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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1167424" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="color: #C00000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #C00000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">don't care who wrote this, but thank God they did. Every celeb who is going to </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #C00000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">sing the Anthem in public should be made to read this first.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">(From </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Navy Commander (Ret) in San Diego)</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“So, </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">with all the kindness I can muster, I give this one piece of advice to the next </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">pop star who is asked to sing the national anthem at a sporting event: save the </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">vocal warbling gymnastics and the physical gyrations for your concerts. Just </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">sing this song the way you were taught to sing it in kindergarten — straight up, </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">no styling.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">"Sing </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">it with the constant awareness that there are soldiers, sailors, airmen and </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">marines watching you from bases and outposts all over the world. Don’t make them </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">cringe with your self-centered ego gratification. Sing it as if you are standing </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">before a row of 86-year-old WWII vets wearing their Purple Hearts, Silver Stars </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">and flag pins on their cardigans and you want them to be proud of you for </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">honoring them and the country they love — not because you want them to think you </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">are a superstar singer. They could see that from your costume, makeup and your </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">entourage.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Sing 'The Star Spangled Banner' with the courtesy and humility </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">that tells the audience that it is about <u>America, not you</u>.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">And </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">please remember… not everything has to be sung as a Negro spiritual. We'’re </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">getting a little weary of that. Francis Scott Key needs not your </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">help."</span></span></p><p></p><p></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1167424, member: 1246"] [COLOR=#C00000][FONT="Arial"]I don't care who wrote this, but thank God they did. Every celeb who is going to sing the Anthem in public should be made to read this first.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"](From Navy Commander (Ret) in San Diego)[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"]“So, with all the kindness I can muster, I give this one piece of advice to the next pop star who is asked to sing the national anthem at a sporting event: save the vocal warbling gymnastics and the physical gyrations for your concerts. Just sing this song the way you were taught to sing it in kindergarten — straight up, no styling.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"] "Sing it with the constant awareness that there are soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines watching you from bases and outposts all over the world. Don’t make them cringe with your self-centered ego gratification. Sing it as if you are standing before a row of 86-year-old WWII vets wearing their Purple Hearts, Silver Stars and flag pins on their cardigans and you want them to be proud of you for honoring them and the country they love — not because you want them to think you are a superstar singer. They could see that from your costume, makeup and your entourage. Sing 'The Star Spangled Banner' with the courtesy and humility that tells the audience that it is about [U]America, not you[/U].[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"]And please remember… not everything has to be sung as a Negro spiritual. We'’re getting a little weary of that. Francis Scott Key needs not your help."[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444][FONT="Arial"] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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