[PubliusMM]

It’s a NO from me. There is no reason to stray from the original score.
These a$$clowns who think they know better, simply don’t.
Leave it alone.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

There is no reason to stray from the original score.

This. Once, just once before I die, I'd like to hear someone at a sporting event sing the national anthem as it was originally written, with no yodeling or other "interpretation". Just stand up, belt it out, and get on with the game.

[heartwood]

Every small town fireworks has some local girl who has to jazz it up.

And why is our national anthem a solo show-off performance? Let’s sing it together, straight.

Even I, albeit in my own key, can sing the national anthem.

[eastforker]

I don’t know about this but I do like when Ray Charles sang America the Beautiful.