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Joseph Price Set to Sing National Anthem Tomorrow

July 9, 2011 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
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NORWICH, CT - The Connecticut Tigers are proud to announce that Joseph Price will be performing the national anthem prior to the Tigers game tomorrow afternoon against the Brooklyn Cyclones, with first pitch set for 1:05 PM.

During the 2011 baseball season Price, a professor of religious studies at Whittier College, is performing the national anthem for more than 100 minor league baseball teams in 40 states. By early July he had sung "The Star-Spangled Banner" in 60 ballparks on a route that has taken him from California through Texas to Florida, and then throughout the South and Mid-Atlantic states before cresting in New England.

Already, Price holds the distinction of being invited to sing the national anthem for more than 30 Major League games in stadiums throughout the country, including Wrigley Field, Comiskey Park, Candlestick Park, Coors Field, Dodger Stadium, and Angel Stadium, among others.

Price and his wife Bonnie are making the five-month trip in their RV, on which they expect to log about 15,000 miles. Throughout their travel he and Bonnie are blogging about their experiences. Accounts and pictures of their anthem venture are regularly added to the project's website, which will also provide the itinerary for the tour, a calendar of games, and directions to ballparks: www.anthemtour.com.

"There are several distinct parts of the trip that I have enjoyed," Price notes. "I have been thrilled to share my love of the anthem in so many different communities and to see how fans respect a traditional rendition of the song. I have also been delighted to observe how a community's values are reflected in its ballpark. And, of course, I have been excited to see the incredible panoramas of the American landscape and the grandeur of its cities."

Currently on sabbatical, Price is researching and writing Perfect Pitch: The National Anthem for the National Pastime, a book on the history and performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at professional baseball games.

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