America in the Key of G
One voice for a national song that all can sing:
Siegel has asked the Solana Beach City Council to support lowering the key for the anthem. His petition decrees “that whenever audiences are asked to sing our national anthem, it be played and sung in the key of G major.” The proposal has been placed on the council agenda for June 15.
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Siegel’s efforts locally have met with varying levels of enthusiasm. Before the San Diego Padres moved this year into their new stadium downtown, he called the staff member in charge of lining up national-anthem singers.“She stiff-armed me,” he recalled. “She said she preferred to bring in outside singers, and wasn’t in favor of having the audience sing it.”
An outrageous slight! The key-change makes sense to me. I love nutty local cranks (no offense Dr. Siegel!)
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Chuck said on Sunday, June 13, 2004, 19:16
Sounds like just another person who when faced with a challenge fights as hard as he can to lower the bar. Just keep the song the way it is.
Joe Crawford said on Sunday, June 13, 2004, 19:30
I always enjoy these Don Quixote type people though. In this instance, it’s the spirit of the crank, the eccentric. But I also think this is the spirit that compels whistleblowers to do their truth-telling. Sometimes, the oddball cause is for something really worthwhile.
I *heart* dissent, even for its’ own sake.