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Eleven-year-old Harper Gruzins practiced “The Star-Spangled Banner” for weeks, but spectators showed little appreciation when she performed it Saturday at a Major League Soccer game in Dallas.
About 22,000 fans inside the stadium offered some polite applause, and a few boos, but the reaction online has been swift and harsh.
The blog Deadspin called it “the worst national anthem rendition ever,” and people on Twitter weren’t any kinder. Some Tweets characterized her performance as “tragic,” while another said it was worse than that of Roseanne Barr’s, who sang the anthem off-key at a baseball game in 1990, then grabbed her crotch and spat.
Viewers of a video of Harper’s performance will notice that she appeared to slow the tempo of the song, injected many vocal flourishes and had less-than-perfect pitch.
She acknowledges that it “wasn’t my best performance,” but told ABC News‘ Ryan Owens in an interview that the sound of some fans’ horns threw her off-key.
Getting Death Threats Even!!!!
About 22,000 fans inside the stadium offered some polite applause, and a few boos, but the reaction online has been swift and harsh.
The blog Deadspin called it “the worst national anthem rendition ever,” and people on Twitter weren’t any kinder. Some Tweets characterized her performance as “tragic,” while another said it was worse than that of Roseanne Barr’s, who sang the anthem off-key at a baseball game in 1990, then grabbed her crotch and spat.
Viewers of a video of Harper’s performance will notice that she appeared to slow the tempo of the song, injected many vocal flourishes and had less-than-perfect pitch.
She acknowledges that it “wasn’t my best performance,” but told ABC News‘ Ryan Owens in an interview that the sound of some fans’ horns threw her off-key.
Getting Death Threats Even!!!!
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