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/ Bassoonist Mark Ortwein performs the National Anthem before an Indiana Pacers game on May 11, 2021 If you went to see the Indiana Pacers play the Philadelphia 76ers this week, you witnessed an important moment in music history. Bassoonist Mark Ortwein performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. According to Ortwein's YouTube post, this was the first time that the National Anthem was performed by an electric bassoon at an NBA game. Watch his history-making performance below. The Pacers defeated the 76ers 103 to 94. Ortwein is on the mu...

Posted at 3:48 pm on December 19, 2020 by Brett T. The Dalton School is an independent K-12 day school located in Manhattan, so it’s a relief to know this list of demands isn’t from the faculty of a public school system (although it might as well be, seeing as they’re looking in Seattle to make white teachers atone for the “spirit murder” of black children). Colin Wright relays a report by “Campusland” author Scott Johnston that teachers at the Dalton School, founded by progressive educator Helen Parkhurst in 1919, are making a lot of demands in service of “anti-racism.” 1/ ...