What To Do When the Mic Goes Out

I hope that one laughing woman got a puck right in the face. Kudos to the rest of the nórmal people!!

brrr.... the chills!

Such a great voice for such a young lady...

Didn't think that it was so uncommon for people to sing the American national anthem. I am in Canada and every event in which I have gone to people sing our national anthem.

Hell at the Toronto FC games I have gone to there is a Welsh guy who even sings the American anthem even though he has no links to then at all (except being his adopted country's neighbour).

@nobuzz - In America it depends on the situation. If the event has arranged a person to sing the anthem, then it is proper to listen to that person without singing. But other times, with no live performer, the audience sings. What is impressive about this is that when the mic went out the audience picked up in unison, where it could be considered a slight faux pas to sing during the girl's performance.

I didn't know in Canada that you always sing.

I'm sorry, every single person in that arena should have been singing with that little girl FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

I hate that the singing of the National Anthem has become a performance number, not group participation. It's something that has changed within my lifetime, I can't pin it down exactly, but sometime in the 90s. Learn the words, learn the actual melody (which, I may say, Elizabeth did a fantastic job with), take out the unnecessary improvisational glissando, sing it in G. Get America singing.

That kid's got some serious pipes.

Neat!

Wonderful!

What a brave little girl, to get up and sing in front of a hockey arena! And THAT song, which is famously difficult to sing. I hope she wasn't too upset about her mic going out. :(

I like to believe in humanity (occasionally ;)), so let's hope that it was a nervous laugh that woman was doing.

I got chills, and I'm not even american. Well done.

Moved to tears. For some strange reason, the American anthem often does that to me although I'm German.

The person that laughed is an ass. That kid did a great job and good for the crowd to support her and pick up and sing with her when the mic gave out.

I'm Canadian, and this is surprising?

The mike quit, but she just kept on going . . . What a little trouper! ^_^

(BTW I am in wholehearted agreement with SnarKatestic, tho)

Go kid, go! The show must go on.

And VERY classy of the audience to chime right in and support her.

Kid's definitely got some moxie to get up there like that; and also a pretty nice voice!

Absolutely heart warming. Go Norfolk !

*woops
AND Elizabeth ! I'm sure you're going to have an amazing career ahead of you.

I was at Fenway Park a few years ago where there was a somewhat mentally challenged young man (with a great voice) singing the anthem prior to the game as part of an awareness campaign. I think he got a little weirded out upon seeing himself on the big screen and couldn't keep it fully together. So the whole park chimed in and sang the remainder of the song with the most enthusiasm I've ever heard for "The Star Spangled Banner".

:-)

Give it a few days, she'll be on good morning america. Thank you internet for another 15 minutes.

Nice post Miss C.

I heard her finish the song on NPR driving home from work today.

Wouldn't work in Oz, no one knows the words to our anthem.

haha, I lol'd

great job to the little girl that kept singing her heart out!!! she did an awesome job

and the laugh was probably just a reaction. probably at the equipment and not the little girl

Most predictable video on Neatorama so far "Ooooooh, GUESS what happens when the mike don't work any more..."!

Like nobuzz, I thought the same thing - here in Canada most people sing the national anthem when the opportunity arises.

However, if that's not generally the case in America, then it was very sweet to hear the audience join in and support the little girl (great voice, little girl!).

That was awesome!

The National Anthem here in England is a godforsaken awful funeral dirge I hope to never hear again. We really really need a new anthem...kudos to the kid. That takes guts.

This reminds me of Forrest Gump when he stood before a sea of people to talk about his war experience and the mic stopped working. People still cheered him on. Thats patriotism for you.

I'm sorry, but anyone criticizing the crowd for not singing from the beginning is a slack jaw, an elitist, or some amalgamation of the two. You listen to the performer sing the song. The crowd shouldn't drown out that person, regardless if it's an adult or a cute and talented kid. Go choke on your cynicism. Who the hell growls at a video of a little girl singing beautifully and then supported by the crowd when a technical glitch threatens to ruing a wonderful and patriotic moment, thereby making it that much more patriotic and wonderful?