Oh Canada

[RockyMTblue2]

Someone in a thread was asking about Kis singing her national anthem, so from Courant:

Post-game she emphasized what a thrill it was to blast it out.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Okay, that was a little thin for a thread, so I'll share Fruit Loops and The Bun:

 

[Plebe]

Is there no footage available of Kia's anthem performance?

Fun fact: My high school's fight song was set to the tune of the Canadian national anthem.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Is there no footage available of Kia's anthem performance?

Fun fact: My high school's fight song was set to the tune of the Canadian national anthem.

Not that I can find, but I did run into this which I never saw before. Kia's college signing day montage:

 

[RockyMTblue2]

And since I haven't seen this put up yet:

 

[Gus Mahler]

Is there no footage available of Kia's anthem performance?

Fun fact: My high school's fight song was set to the tune of the Canadian national anthem.

Mine was set to the Notre Dame fight song. Ugh. It's a great fight song, without question. But every time I hear it in a Notre Dame game I wince.

 

[Plebe]

Mine was set to the Notre Dame fight song. Ugh. It's a great fight song, without question. But every time I hear it in a Notre Dame game I wince.

Oh gee. I'm sorry to hear that.

I should correct myself. The "O Canada" melody was for my school's "alma mater"; the fight song was something else.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Just to finish this spasm of all things Kia:

 

[huskyd]

The least heralded of her freshman class, Kia becomes among the all-time Huskies--along with, of course, the Gabulous One. Lucky us!

 

[Sonny44]

 

[Plebe]

Another fun fact on the Canadian anthem:

A line in the opening verse — a reference to "all thy sons" — was recently modified by Parliament to make it gender-neutral:

'O Canada' Gets a Gender-Neutral Version

 

[bags27]

too easy. should have added to "all thy sons": "all thy moons"
After all, Canada kinda moons the U.S.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

The bilingual performance of O Canada that was sung before Montreal Canadians games in the '70's was a classic. Singer was Roget Doucet.

 

[Puppy Love]

It's going to be a shame if she doesn't have a career in broadcasting some day.

 

[LasVegasYank]

Having had season tickets to the Hartford Whalers for many years, I heard the Canadian anthem many times. The best renditions of both anthems was by a guy named Tony Harrington who had a terrific voice and didn't attempt to jazz up the songs, he simply sang them. He was extremely popular.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Having had season tickets to the Hartford Whalers for many years, I heard the Canadian anthem many times. The best renditions of both anthems was by a guy named Tony Harrington who had a terrific voice and didn't attempt to jazz up the songs, he simply sang them. He was extremely popular.

He did pretty good with this one too:

 

[CTBballfan243]

Another fun fact on the Canadian anthem:

A line in the opening verse — a reference to "all thy sons" — was recently modified by Parliament to make it gender-neutral:

'O Canada' Gets a Gender-Neutral Version

How ridiculous. I’ll stick with singing the anthem the way it was originally written.

 

[Phil]

Mine was set to the Notre Dame fight song. Ugh. It's a great fight song, without question. But every time I hear it in a Notre Dame game I wince.

I can't believe how clueless I was when I was young (no this is not an invitation for smart alec remarks)

I knew my high school song and sang it for years. Then sometime late in high school I happen to be watching Notre Dame game and heard their school song. My first reaction was that I couldn't believe they stole our song then it hit me.

Yeah, I wince as well.

 

[Phil]

How many people noticed that the US national anthem was sung incorrectly in Toronto? I noticed one error, but Danny said there were others.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

When I was teaching in East Lyme, CT, and I had money, I would save up all year and in the summer tour MLB Ballparks!
Pick an area like TX or West Coast, or SoEast, and either drive to closer stadiums or fly to far ones.
When I went to Canada for Toronto Blue Jays and then Montreal Expos I was amazed at how patriotic the Canadians are!
When their National Anthem is played everyone is blasting away as loud and proud as they could!
It gave me chills, how patriotic Canadians are!
In the USA some people are walking around, hats on, not singing! A lot of Americans don't realize how fantastic we have it here!

 

[Husky fanatic]

When I was teaching in East Lyme, CT, and I had money, I would save up all year and in the summer tour MLB Ballparks!
Pick an area like TX or West Coast, or SoEast, and either drive to closer stadiums or fly to far ones.
When I went to Canada for Toronto Blue Jays and then Montreal Expos I was amazed at how patriotic the Canadians are!
When their National Anthem is played everyone is blasting away as loud and proud as they could!
It gave me chills, how patriotic Canadians are!
In the USA some people are walking around, hats on, not singing! A lot of Americans don't realize how fantastic we have it here!

Isn’t teaching and money an oxymoron?

 

[BroadwayVa]

Someone in a thread was asking about Kis singing her national anthem, so from Courant:

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Post-game she emphasized what a thrill it was to blast it out.[/QUOT

Who in this wide world would not expect Kia to know and sing gustily---O'Canada
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee

Read more: The National Anthem Of Canada - O Canada Lyrics | MetroLyrics

 

[BroadwayVa]

He did pretty good with this one too:

AMEN..

 

[stwainfan]

a Canadian.

 

[Lynx23]

Don't think Kia was actually out front and center singing the Canadian National Anthem at the Duquesne game but there was this a few years ago....