# Emmy Opening Act

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmy-opening-act/91683>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 5, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmy-opening-act/91683 "2001-11-05T22:24:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmy-opening-act/91683/1 "2001-11-05T22:24:21Z")

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Who was the trumpeter that played and sang “God Bless America?” It was particularly moving.

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**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmy-opening-act/91683/2 "2001-11-06T03:55:09Z")

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I’m sorry - the song was “America the Beautiful.”