16-year-old Marlana VanHoose, who sang the National Anthem before the UK vs Ole Miss women's game on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.
The Johnson Central student, who is blind and was born with Cytomegalovirus, got a visit at midcourt from UK Women's Head Coach Matthew Mitchell before the game.
"It was really moving," he said. "I told her before tipoff, it really brought tears to my eyes. It was the best performance we've ever had here at Memorial Coliseum. What an unbelievable voice on a little bitty girl like that."
Re: Even I would stand for this...
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:44 am
by Lord Jim
Nice set of pipes
Re: Even I would stand for this...
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:15 am
by Crackpot
Even I would stand for this...
Why? it's not like she could see you.
Re: Even I would stand for this...
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:40 pm
by Sue U
Nice voice, nice job. Notoriously hard to sing, and she did it with style.
Re: Even I would stand for this...
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:57 am
by Guinevere
Well sung, if a bit pokey in tempo.
For pure raw emotion though, I'll take this one -- from earlier tonight -- at the first big event since the bombing (a Bruins hockey game):
