You know it's not often that a dance diva gets the chance to sing the National Anthem at a baseball game... but leave it to one of our fave ladies, Amber, to change that!!
The famous hit-maker (and our very first "Diva" on the site, might I add!) had the honor of doing the traditional opening song at the world famous WRIGLEY FIELD in Chicago this past weekend... impressive!!
So impressive that even a veteran club star like Amber was nervous. In her own words, she says:
After resting for 3 hours, I had to go to the Wrigley Field stadium sound-check which is quite scary, as the acoustics are HORRID. Have you ever had a delay on a phone call, where you hear yourself talking back a few seconds off??? That is what a stadium does to you.
The people in the stadium take that moment VERY seriously...almost scary. They all got up and took their caps off and got all emotional. I had to really focus to not have a nervous breakdown, and I am NOT easily nervous when it comes down to my profession. I started shaking like a leaf when I walked up to get started! But I made it and pulled through and kept my left ear plugged up to focus on my voice and pitch as much as I could....
On my way out, I received many many compliments, and the sound guy told me that he appreciated the anthems sung in a well-rounded, traditional manner with the original melody.
I had a blast!
Well, we have to say that we'd be getting emotional, too... cause our girl Amber sounded DAMN good!! If the acoustics were that bad, imagine how she would have pulled it off under better circumstances ;)
Without further ado... here's a clip.
PLAY BALL!,
JOHNNY
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