Alta Anthem

The night of the Freshman Orientation I made a point to go over and introduce Brianne to Morgan Brown, our athletic director at Alta, because he is the one responsible for making sure that the national anthem is performed at the sporting events. I wanted him to know that Brianne was DYING to perform it at the school. Will is his Teachers Assistant and he LOVES him, so when I came over that was the first thing he commented on was how much he LOVES Will!! And he wants him to be his TA next year too! Haha! (And he is going to be too) Anyway, I then introduced him to her and he asked if she was a student and she said no and that she would be NEXT year. He commented that they usually only invite students to do that like the pep band, choirs etc but that if there was an opportunity next year he would let her know. Now fast forward about a week and I get a text from Will, for Morgan,  asking if Brianne could sing the anthem on Thursday night for the wrestling tournament! Apparently he had forgotten to get it covered and needed someone to sing last minute! We jumped on it and said YES!!!

 (You can see Morgan in this picture- he's holding a paper on the far left) So we arrive on Thursday and made sure with Morgan where we needed to be and when and went to a bathroom for a quick run through before she performed. She did an amazing job and right afterward she was approached by one of the referees who told her she did an amazing job and that she needed to come to State tournament to perform! He pointed out the guy in charge and said, "Go talk to him and tell him you want to do it!" and followed that with, "And then The Voice is next" (referring to the popular TV show) which was SOOOO NICE!!

Me being her "Momager" I went right over to that gentleman he pointed out and asked if they needed someone for the State Tournament! And sure enough they DID! We exchanged information and he told me he would get back to me after he checked with the other event planning people. Two days later it was confirmed and she was going to be singing at the State Wrestling Tournament at Utah Valley University! Wow!!! Way to go Brianne!!!!

Here is the video from that night at Alta. My favorite thing is watching Morgan Brown's reaction! I don't think he was expecting her talent! In fact he called me later that evening and was remarking how incredible she was!  He wanted her to come back the very next day to perform at a varsity Basketball game but unfortunately she had already committed to babysit! Otherwise, she would have been there with bells on! Hopefully, more opportunities at Alta will come! :)