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1949, 06 Dec 20

Accidental Anthem

Awesome.

It was just a normal start to the game between the Waverly High Tigers and the Portsmouth West High Senators in West Portsmouth, Ohio. Both teams were lined up and the game announcer directed everyone to stand for the National Anthem, but something went wrong. Instead of music, all you hear is silence during a livestream of the game.

The sound system was experiencing some technical difficulties and after several awkward minutes, a man’s voice begins singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

One of the Waverly parents, Trenton Brown, decided to sing the anthem to get the game going after some encouragement from his wife.

“I looked over at the announcer and the music didn’t play and didn’t play and I looked over and he was getting a little frustrated. My wife gave me a little nudge and said “Sing” and I said, “All right,'” Brown told CNN.

Although Brown said he has been singing and playing music most of his life, he had never performed the National Anthem solo.

“There was a lot of awkward silence … and then I started singing and that was it,” he said.

When he finished, he said he sat down and started his eating popcorn and drinking his Mountain Dew.

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1949, 06 December 2020

1 Comment

  1. Kevin Scheunemann

    Great Americans!

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