Coyotedroppings
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I’ve been wondering same about everyone that doesn’t care, one way or the other.
Patrick Lauder out as official anthem singer, (Update: Now named "Anthem Singer Emeritus")
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Bonsai Tree
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Opening night was tonight. Beethoven’s Fifth. Beautiful.
Bondurant
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Nice. I don't keep up on the symphony schedule as I should. Missed out on a good program tonight. Luckily, I do have a wonderful Deutsche Grammophon collection of Beethoven's First-Ninth conducted by Karajan.
Bonsai Tree
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Nice. On a real 33 1/3 I hope. Still no matter how good the system, live is live. My uncle was a violinist with the Chicago Symphony under Fritz Reiner. Grew up with concert music
I go to anywhere between 2-5 a year usually....and during the anthem I’m usually thinking “why do I have to get up and take my hat off now, I just want to watch hockey.” I respect Amurica and all, just don’t really see what it has to do with a sporting event that isn’t some kind of international tournament. At least half the players on the ice usually aren’t American. It’s very weird.
It just goes to show you how some fans love his singing.
An anthem singer is part of the fabric of tradition in the NHL. Since the team hasn’t had the stability or the winning traditions (yet) you all haven’t seen how valuable an anthem singer is to a team. Witnessing an anthem during the playoffs in Canada (Seen it in Vancouver during the playoffs and international competition) or a place like Chicago is an amazing thing to witness.
rt
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rt
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You have to recognize that you are in the extreme, extreme minority on this right?
I’ve never met or even heard of anyone who places this much value on the anthem singer. No one else is this outraged.
Bondurant
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I went to games in Chicago when the United Center was a dead zone. This was in the 21st century. Hawks games aren't the best example for "fabric of tradition" in this regard.
Tom Polakis
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The Coyotes could employ the worst possible anthem singer, and I'd still go to my dozen games per season. Having said that, Lauder has been one of the very few exceptionally good things about the entire organization. Nobody sings both anthems better. His replacement will invariably be a parade of insufferable "America's Got Talent" types, but whatever, I'll still go to the games.
rt
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This is the reasonable anti stance. The statement Lauder himself shared in recapping the team stance is the reasonable pro statement in this argument. Anything more extreme than either of those positions, in either direction, is just a little...weird.
My thoughts exactly. It's like being forced to go to church. Which is really how these extremists treat the anthem.
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Exactly what traditions are worthwhile about this cursed franchise? What pre-Meruelo tradition makes the Coyotes remarkable, outside of losing games and the entire hockey world wanting our team somewhere else?
Don't be overdramatic. Patrick isn't.
I went to Canucks and Ducks playoff games and the greatest World Cup game I’ve ever seen in Vancouver with this lineup in the middle of the summer:
http://es.pn/2clpMel
Not being overdramatic. Tradition has been built and now it’s being eradicated.
Bondurant
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Good for you. Still does not support your claim that the national anthem + Hawks games are a "fabric of tradition".
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Please list these traditions so that we may join in the outrage.
moosemeister
5,000 strong
Being outnumbered by Midwest and northern teams fans
low team payroll
Hour plus drive to the stadium
losing culture
relocation talk
Ready for the challenge
Anthem singer
Skilled players leaving
rt
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Why are you being so evasive on answering your claim about the eradication of these traditions. You’ve been asked directly about half a dozen times now to support your claim and your refusal to even acknowledge the question is highly suspect, to say the least.
Matias Maccete
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Howling and the white out are all I can think of. The white out isn't really ours anyway, and many here have suggested replacing it. I doubt Maruelo wants to ban howling. Yeah, not seeing this eradication of traditions, partly because we have so few.
It’s not even a huge range I don’t think (then again my vocal range is nearly three octaves so I’m biased). Star Spangled Banner has a range of an octave and a half. A lot of anthem singers pick a bad key. I Canada is just one octave though.
Bonsai Tree
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Crap. You have an operatic range at 3 octaves. Can you really sing at the top and bottom of your range? And you know how rare 3 octave ranges are. That’s why common folk can’t sing the Banner. They either sacrifice the top or the bottom.
_Del_
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There's probably an eager audience for this tripe on BoH, you know? Maybe generate your faux outrage there instead?
The hormones (since I’m transgender) as well as a lot of practice really helped fortify my upper range but took away about two semitones out of the bottom of my range. Before I used to be a nice and rich bass (very resonant nearly down to two octaves below middle C). Now at the E or F I’m quiet but still fairly rich. Can’t dream of the deep C anymore. On the other hand, I used to struggle to get up to E above middle C and it was shrill and sounded bad. Now I can sing first tenor or even second alto parts with a nice, sweet resonance. Bb above middle C is around the top of my range that actually sounds okay but I can go two whole steps above it (it just sounds like crap so I don’t).
