Klarinet Archive - Posting 000650.txt from 2001/11
From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com> Subj: Re: [kl] Thanksgiving Music Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 22:30:14 -0500
At 09:48 AM 11/23/2001 +0000, Tony Wakefield wrote:
>I was a bit nervous, not having experienced this celebration before,
>but everyone was appreciative with the 100% American music which I
>provided - all except one item, which upon reading some history about
>American music, came my discovery that the 'unofficial' National Anthem -
>'The Star Bangled Banner' was written by John Stafford Smith, an English
>man.
I don't know where you got the idea it was "unofficial." It is very much
the OFFICIAL US National Anthem!
Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265
If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
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