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OT: My Son Performed the Anthem Last Night; UPDATE..YouTube Link

IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,503 ✭✭✭✭
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My now 21 year old son, performed the National Anthem last night for the AAA Lehigh Valley IronPigs on a saxophone. This is the 5th consecutive season he has performed there and we always "time" his performance when the Orioles AAA club, the Norfolk Tides come in. I taped the performance on my iPad and will upload it to YouTube in the near future.

Prior to the performance with Pigs HOF manager Ryne Sandberg in the background:

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The actual performance

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Thanks for looking

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  • YogiBerraFanYogiBerraFan Posts: 2,390 ✭✭
    Very cool!
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    That's great! Please congratulate him for me.
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  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    Awesome!
  • Foo3112Foo3112 Posts: 1,961
    Very Very Cool.

    Please let us know when you upload the video. I would like to check it out.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
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  • Scottiec2288Scottiec2288 Posts: 911 ✭✭✭
    Thats awesome
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,067 ✭✭✭
    Awesome!
  • scmavlscmavl Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭
    Not to detract from your thread (that's awesome for your son... and SANDBERG!!!) but I played the anthem on electric guitar at our local Class A minor league teams game back in 2009. It was nerve wracking, as I'm not a "solo" performer, usually having a band behind me. It was still a lot of fun and the sound bounced around the stadium like crazy!

    My only pic (Southern App League HOF Manager Joe Mikulik in the background... not quite a Sandberg)

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  • pmcollectourpmcollectour Posts: 1,211 ✭
    That is great. Congrats to you and your son.
  • mccardguy1mccardguy1 Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭
    I remember seeing these posts the last 5 years. It seems like it is not a baseball season until you post pics of your kid playing the anthem. Congrats and it is a great tradition you guys have going there.
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  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    I remember the post from last year too. Pretty cool, congrats again to your son!!!

    Maybe next year you can sing while he plays in the background. image
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  • psychumppsychump Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭
    Gives me goose bumps!
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  • backbidderbackbidder Posts: 237 ✭✭✭
    Hey! I was there last night!

    He sounded great!! I even commented to the buddy I was with that he sounded really good.

    My daughter played the anthem there a few weeks back with her hand bell choir.
  • KennyHKennyH Posts: 31 ✭
    Awesome! How proud you must be.
  • calaban7calaban7 Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭
    Job well done !!!! --- Sonny
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  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,745 ✭✭✭
    That is great! Congratulations to both of you.


    Thanks,

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  • LodiBrewFanLodiBrewFan Posts: 564 ✭
    Very cool!
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  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,503 ✭✭✭✭
    As an update, I finally was able to get this performance up on YouTube should anyone want to watch it...

    Sax Anthem

    Thanks for looking!

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  • MantleMarisFordBerraMantleMarisFordBerra Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭
    Just checked out the YouTube clip, very nice! Very smooth!
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