The rockets red glare will have a Redhawks flair on Thursday night at Kuykendall Stadium as members of the school’s choir are scheduled to sing the national anthem before the football team takes the field against Emerson.
“As a choir we really wanted to start singing at football games because other fine arts already participate at the games like band, drill, and color guard so we want to also represent Liberty and support the team,” senior Kaitlin George said. “We also want to bring more recognition to the choir program at liberty and we feel a great way to do this is by singing the anthem at games.”
The choir has sung the national anthem at sporting events in the past, but the program has decided to make it a more regular occurrence this school year.
“The choir usually would sing at one football game per year,” senior Hailey Hicks said. “However this year we decided to sing at football and volleyball games so that people get to hear us more often.”
The type of choir and which students that participate can vary from game to game, but the entire choir will be performing on Thursday.
“For this particular game, all students in our choir program are going to be singing the anthem,” George said. “We also feel like this will be a good time for the three different choirs to interact and get to know each other more.”
For senior Brooke Granberry, who made All-Region, singing in front of crowds can be nerve-racking but thrilling nonetheless.
“Of course I feel a little nervous when I perform in front of the whole student section because I know a lot of people there but it’s super fun to get to perform in front of everyone and have everyone cheer afterwards,” Granberry said. “But, the best part about rehearsing and performing the national anthem in front of the school is getting to see everyone’s faces and of course, getting to be with all of my choir friends.”
Hicks shares this sentiment and looks forward to performing for friends and family.
“The best part about performing the national anthem is singing for a bunch of people because it’s super fun to sing with friends for a large crowd,” Hicks said.
