[Old Retired Army Guy]

She joins a long line of flubbers of the National Anthem. The producers of these events need to dispense with Solo vocalists in favor of a band playing the anthem with an Honor Guard and if the fans want to sing along, fine.

[Allegra]

The producers of these events need to dispense with Solo vocalists in favor of a band playing the anthem with an Honor Guard and if the fans want to sing along, fine.

There are plenty os trained vocalists who can actually sing the song, remember the lyrics and present it in the way it was written, without some egotistic stamp on it.

Maybe the producers should be looking for these people instead of insisting on having celebrities do it.

[TheRightGuy]

She joins a long line of flubbers of the National Anthem.

my granddaughter, a high school sophomore, has performed the National Anthem, solo, a capella, at several Mizzou sporting events ... never botched the words

< /proud granddad brag>