Altissimo Voce helped welcome parents to Westview's 10th Back-to-School-Night on September 13th by singing The Star Spangled Banner. This performance was two-fold as September 14th happens to be National Anthem Day. We wore red, white and blue ribbons to honor this event.
In response to 2004 Harris Interactive survey that showed two out of three Americans didn't know the words to our national anthem, MENC: The National Association for Music Education created the "National Anthem Project: Restoring America's Voice" campaign in March 2005 to re-teach the anthem while raising awareness of the importance of school music. Westview Choir participated in this day by reviewing the origination of the anthem and learning to sing it correctly.
Watch this beautiful and informative video about our National Anthem: The Accurate Story Behind the Star Spangled Banner.
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