Music: The Stars and Stripes Forever
Self-tutoring about music: the tutor shares a couple of finds about the famous Stars and Stripes Forever.
Since I was a kid, I’ve known The Stars and Stripes Fovever to be one of America’s best loved band compositions. Just to clarify: I’m Canadian, yet still familiar with it. The Stars and Stripes Fovever was written by John Philip Sousa in 1896. It’s America’s official march, by act of Congress, 1987.
Interestingly, in show business, The Stars and Stripes Fovever is known as a “disaster march,” meaning it is played, all of a sudden, to signal an emergency to management without panicking the spectators (who, presumably, aren’t aware of its significance). The Stars and Stripes Fovever served that function in 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut, when a fire broke out during a live circus. Merle Evans led the band.
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Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, Campbell River, BC.
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