• Pronunciations Are Important To Us

    Pronunciations Are Important To Us0

    Pronouncing a person’s name is important, it is their identity and how people interact with them.  It’s important to P. A. announcers to get names right.  Recently, internationally known P. A. announcer Mike Markham put this thoughts on the topic on electronic paper and speaks to many great reasons we are so adamant we get

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  • When You Don’t Have An Anthem

    When You Don’t Have An Anthem0

    This time of year there are a lot of tournaments that take place with multiple games at the same time and playing the National Anthem gets kind of stale if you do it before every game.  The general rule of thumb is to play the National Anthem before the first game of each session.  A

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  • When the Flag Is Not There

    When the Flag Is Not There0

    With the start of scholastic sports seasons just around the corner, there will be circumstances in which the American flag won’t be displayed.  Broken flag poles, lost flags, snapped ropes, or general oversight can cause the American flag to not be displayed.  How, as P. A. announcers, are we to handle it?  Simple, the US

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