O Say Can You See---Please Help Me Get All of The Words!

So I've been announcing at the Texas Little League District 5 Tourney here in Snyder the last two nights.  It hasn't been much drama until last night when the CD player stuck on Disc 1 and wouldn't play the national anthem.

In that moment of panic I had a quick decision to make. One just let the crowd begin to sing it  or two sing it accapella.   I chose two and begin to pray as I sang " Dear Lord, let me remember all of the words!"

I guess I was thinking about all of the Bloopers and tv shows where they show the person messing up on the Star Spangled Banner.

I just closed my eyes and went for it... it worked out fine but I don't want to be doing that every night!

Star Spangled Banner Trouble

It seems that the Chinese may have not played fair in the gymnastics area and another problem area has also arisen. DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT and COPYRIGHT LAWS.

The Chinese may have used the National Anthems of the World ( a compilation cd), including the arrangement by Peter Breiner without permission.  Uh oh... somebody forgot the copyright laws. 

Check the story out here:  Austin American Statesman

Listen to a clip of his arrangement here and here.   See what your think?

Do you think they bought the cd and ripped off the arrangements?

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