CLAYTON-- Chris Kiser, a West Clayton Elementary School Music teacher who served in the Gulf War, will videotape a class of students singing the National Anthem in front of the American flag and then on National Anthem Day, September 14, broadcast the video over the school's television broadcast system so that the entire school can sing it together. The activity coincides with The National Anthem Project, the campaign to get America singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" while spotlighting the important role music education plays in giving Americans our patriotic voice. A recent Harris poll shows that two out of three American adults don't know all of the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" and many more don't know which song is our anthem or why it was written. Many of those who do say they know the words say they learned patriotic songs in music class.
