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Gene Burrus will again announce games for 2009
Gene Burrus - DPYB Play-by-Play Announcer
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Good Afternoon,
Players, Parents, Grandparents
and welcome to the Del Obispo Fields!
That is how the announcer starts and
not just any announcer, its our own Gene Burrus.
Thats right ours. Just after a few regular season games and the Dana Point Summer Classic this man has entered our collective hearts and become part of DPYB.
After each game, comments and thank yous expressed would make you think a career professional had called the play-by-play action. Well, in fact, it had. Genes broadcasting career spans four decades, starting in 1952 with radio station, KRUX, Glendale, Arizona. His TV career began in 1958 with a local station in Phoenix, Arizona. This was a time for those old enough to remember, a broadcaster on both radio and tv did everything from grand openings of appliance stores to announcing the days headlines. And Gene did, he handled sports reports, commercials, weather, anchor news, interviews and even a dance show or two.
In 1964 he came back to California, where after World War II he had received his education in broadcasting at the Radio Engineering School in Burbank. His career moved from KCMJ, Palm Springs to KCOP, Los Angeles, where he served as a director and was in charge of video tape editing and syndication. Starting in 1974, he worked at several stations, including KOCM, Newport Beach. For ten years, ending with his retirement in 1986, Gene served as a public address announcer at the Tournament of Roses Parade.
With his gracious wife, Gladys, Gene moved to Dana Point in 1986. He now handles everything from Master of Ceremonies duties at Dana Points Whale Festival Parade to calling bingo games at our Senior Center. At age 82, these volunteer assignments give him great satisfaction and to us, the players, parents, grandparents of DPYB the joy of hearing our own play-by-play announcer. Gene Burrus.
For returning teams to the DP Summer Classic, we know you will be happy to have Gene called one of your games. For new teams or anyone who has not have the pleasure of Gene calling the play-by-play action, we know you will enjoy the added excitement
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