America Sings (A Bicentennial Salute To America In Music Featuring The Sixth Graders Of Hattiesburg‎)

Tracks A1a to A1c are listed as 1 track on the label: “Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag/Pledge of Allegiance/Star Spangled Banner”. Tracks A2a to A2b are listed as 1 track on the label: “This Land Is Your Land/Erie Canal” Tracks B6a to B6b are listed as 1 track on the label: “America/America, The Beautiful” Track B9a is listed with a typo on the sleeve as “There Are May Flags In Many Lands” Tracks B9a to B9c are listed as such on the label: “Flag Drill Medley/There Are Many Flags in Many Lands/You’re a Grand Old Flag/Stars and Stripes Forever” Notes on sleeve: “The evening of March 4, 1976, in the Clinton Gymnasium of William Carey College, was the setting of what must be termed an experience of experiences. 490 eleven and twelve year old children, the entire sixth grade student body of the Hattiesburg Public Schools, lifted their voices to sing Irving Berlin’s ‘Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag’. The 490 youthful voices swelled as if each voice seemed to out-sing the others. You could sense the emotion in the audience of over 700 parents, grandparents and friends when they heard ‘This Land is Your Land’ and ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’. “The original Bicentennial musical program consisted of 25 patriotic songs and routines in all with narration by one of the sixth graders, Frank Hemeter, who was attired as Uncle Sam. The show was only rehearsed in its entirety on one occasion, the day before the evening of the presentation. “Let’s listen to a fine salute to America with music, you’ll feel proud to be an American.” — James Benett [public relations director] Listed on the labels: Edna Holland P.O. Box 3062 Meridian, Miss. Packaging: Outer sleeve: color print on front, black print on glued-on back. Inner sleeve: no die-cut, white paper. Labels: color print.