Karaoke-Deprived Georgia Residents Will Not Go Quietly Into The Night

A quick follow-up to that post about Lilburn, GA., the town that tried to keep karaoke out of its bars:

More than 100 people packed a city council meeting to voice their opposition to a city law that bans karaoke, dancing, cards and trivia contests at restaurants that also serve alcohol.

Many in the crowd Monday night came to support the Sports Fan Bar & Grill, a local tavern where they go to sing and to play darts, trivia and pool.

Ray Pritchett, a Lilburn resident for 60 years, suggested banning song and games from places that sell alcohol was un-American.

“If they don’t bother our life, liberty or freedom – leave them alone,” Pritchett said to applause. “We need to be doing something to bring businesses into the city rather than running them out.”

And with that, Pritchett was raised on the shoulders of his fellow citizens—an Amstel Light in one hand, an Amstel regular in the other—as a tinny-sounding boombox blasted Neil Diamond’s “America.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Georgia residents oppose law that prohibits karaoke, trivia