As I lay my head upon my blue and red pillow, I thank you for the many blessings of today. Please send down your healing hands upon our helmets, grant our opponents a peaceful sooner-than-expected rest this winter, and give us another day to honor our fans. If it is not too much to ask, given our century-long wait for these sweet sweet … [Read more...]
Working 4 the Cubs: Annette Bismarck
One of the benefits of singing for the teams in the Cubs’ organization is that I get to meet fascinating people who work for these teams. Whenever I sing at a new ballpark, I usually leave my seat around the third inning to explore the stadium. A student of architecture and city planning while at Notre Dame, I enjoy comparing the layouts and … [Read more...]
Singing 4 the Cubs: Daytona
Following a year of playing with the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues, Jackie Robinson signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers on October 23, 1945 and was assigned to the Dodgers' AAA affiliate - the Montreal Royals. Five months later, the players in the Brooklyn Dodgers organization reported to the 1946 spring training in … [Read more...]
On the Air: WNDB-AM
Daytona, Florida – Prior to singing the National Anthem for the Daytona Cubs, I had the honor of sitting and talking with Marc Bernier on WNDB-AM radio. Click on the arrow above to listen to the interview. My friend Marc is the former husband of my dear friend and high school classmate Melodye Browning Bernier. Since their family lives in the … [Read more...]
Working 4 the Cubs: Nate Wilder
One of the benefits of singing for the teams in the Cubs’ organization is that I get to meet many fascinating people who work for these teams. When I sang for the Boise Hawks, I had the pleasure to meet Nate Wilder, scoreboard operator for the Hawks. CF: Nate, I know you have a lot of responsibilities in your job -- what do you like most … [Read more...]
On the Air: KTIK-FM
Following an unfortunate microphone malfunction when I sang the National Anthem, Todd Rahr, the general manager for the Boise Hawks, invited me to the press box. I had just finished singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame at the seventh inning stretch when Todd said "Hey, come up to press box and I'll put you on air with our radio announcer. He can … [Read more...]
Singing 4 the Cubs: Boise
When I created this Singing 4 the Cubs campaign, I knew it would take a lot of planning. Assuming I can get an invitation to sing at each of the ballparks (and there's no certainty of that - I only have three confirmed stops on my map), the biggest question is how will I get to those ballparks? Drive? Fly? Singing for the Tennessee Smokies … [Read more...]
Working 4 the Cubs: Wells Ford
One of the benefits of singing for the teams in the Chicago Cubs' organization is that I get to met some great people who work for these teams. When I sang for the Tennessee Smokies, I met Wells Ford who has sold programs at Smokies Park for nine seasons. Originally from Brooklyn, Wells and I talked about NYC baseball and how the greater New … [Read more...]
Singing 4 the Cubs: Tennessee
It's moments before I am introduced as the game's National Anthem singer and I am standing just off the grass, singing the first lines of the song over and over again. Every so often, I blow the note D3 on my pitch pipe. That's the D below middle C, my starting note. Today I'm in Sevierville to sing the National Anthem for the Tennessee … [Read more...]
Publicity 4 the Cubs: The Tennessean
Musical ministry carries Bellevue man from cathedrals to Cubs game Published in The Tennessean - October 6, 2004 Bellevue - With pitch pipe in hand, Bellevue resident Chris Fenoglio stepped onto Wrigley Field. At first, he was completely calm, he said. "Then I felt the jitters, the nervous butterflies." Then Fenoglio began singing the … [Read more...]