Voice Above the Crowd
The Voice Above the Crowd is a comprehensive instructional manual about sports public-address announcing. It is intended for active sports public-address announcers, individuals who are interested in becoming sports public address announcers, and the individuals who are responsible for hiring and assigning sports public address announcers. The purpose of The Voice Above the Crowd is to improve the level of professionalism of sports public-address announcing and to promote national uniformity.
The Voice Above the Crowd addresses the major aspects of a sports public-address announcer's duties and responsibilities. Checklists and sample scripts, as well as examples of proper and improper announcing are included. Basic information for 14 sports that sports public-address announcers need to know is also covered.
The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association, National Junior College Athletic Association and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics endorse The Voice Above the Crowd. The information and guidelines contained in this publication are approved for announcing high school, junior college, small college and amateur sports at all levels.
Accompanying the manual is a 34-minute CD that addresses key points about sports public address announcing, and includes announcements demonstrating the proper and improper way of announcing. The CD is voiced by Bob Davis, radio play-by-play announcer of the 2008 NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Champion, University of Kansas Jayhawks, and the Kansas City Royals.
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