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LifeStyle The Indianapolis Star THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1985 PAGE 30 OOO 30 Days In May says. "It doesn't take a lot of practice." And. there aren't a lot of complicated changes as in the national anthem. But it has its own hazards. With a song known by heart by so many Hoosiers (the Ballard McDonald, James F.

Hanley classic has been' around since 1917), its a critical crowd that hears the lyrics go awry. Of course, such slips are quickly forgotten. Unlike almost everything else at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the singing of the traditional song on Memorial Day is one of the few things on whidi no statistics are kept. Even for top track historians, like Bob Laycock, the singers are most often an undefined part of the faded past "I keep track of the drivers and the says Laycock, "but not the singers. In fact, I don't even think their names are included in the old programs very often.

The programs are usually-printed up before the singer is even named." RACK WAGS will tell you. however, that though the Indianapolis "500" is one of the. world's more dangerous sporting events, not a' single singer of Back Home Again ever has been known to suffer an injury during that part of the -program other than perhaps a blow to the ego. To the best of anyone's knowledge, neither has a singer ever been disqualified for sliding into the wrong note, or for missing a shift to a higher octave. What is recorded is that the gentle strains of "gleaming candle light, still shining bright and "moonlight on the Wabash," have warmed' the hearts of a few million race fans, past and present, and are likely to keep doing so ad -infinitum, regardless of who sings it So, while the subject of crooners and moonlight quickly fades from the minds of those -who moments later watch whistling projectiles begin to streak down the Brickyard's old backstretch, you can be sure of one thing: They're all glad to be back home, again, in, Indiana.

By DAN LUZADDER STAR STAFF WRITER T1 HERE ARE some who say that when it A comes to singing Back Home Again in Indiana at least the way God meant it to be sung you could scour the nation and not find anything better than the basement baritone of Jim Nabors. Indeed, when perfect white clouds sail across blue skies May 26. and a gentle breeze out of the fourth turn lifts the familiar lyrics over a crowded infield, it may well be Nabors who satisfies tradition with one last bit of audible serenity before racing engines scream to life. But as of this moment, even as the finishing touches are being put on this year's Indianapolis 500 Mile Race schedule, no one is quite sure who is going to sing Back Home Again in Indiana. Oddly enough, for a tradition that's gone so long unbroken, it's become almost a tradition in itself to put off naming the singer until almost everything else is done.

"We don't know who's going to do it just yet," says Jack O'Neal, safety director for the "500." "Last year we didn't know until about 24 hours before the race. We called Nabors, though, and a couple guys flew down to North Carolina at 11 o'clock the night before to pick him up. He was glad to do it He loves to come up here and sing that song." TOOK A little string-pulling that night to find accommodations for Nabors in the race-crowded city. But someone was persuaded to give up a motel room and the next morning, as the former Comer Pyle wrapped his vocal cords around the new mown hay." the pre-race balloons lifted off precisely on schedule. Tradition was served.

Of course, over the years, things have not always gone so smoothly for the singing of what has become the traditional, if not the official, anthem to the world-renowned Hoosier racing classic. There have been at least a few "crackups" recorded in the ledger of unwritten records of that somewhat elite crew of vocalists who have faced the microphone on Memorial Day morning. In 1971 the late Pete DePaolo who 46 years earlier had piloted a Duesenberg into Victory Lane with a record smashing average of over 100 mph was facing the challenge of singing Back Home Again But DePaolo, say those who were there, was so moved or just so glad to be back in Indiana that he clutched. Emotion choked his voice to the point he could barely speak, let alone make it through the Old standard. "That was the same year," says O'Neal, "that Eldon Palmer drove the pace car and ran into the news photographers' grandstand.

If we'd have known what was going to happen, we'd have had DePaolo drive the pace car, and Palmer sing the song." NLIKE THE difficult terrain of the Star Spangled Banner. Back Home Again in Indiana is a more forgiving tune. Still, many a polished craftsman has had to steer carefully through it, so as not to let a slip of the tongue cause a loss of traction on the chorus' familiar refrain. Dick Dunscomb, Purdue University director of music and chairman oJ the "500" band selection committee, doesn't recall all the famous voices to have sung the famous Hoosier song. But most readily memorable, he says, are Dinah Shore, Phil Harris and, of course, the ever-popular Nabors.

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