Julia Dale, 10-Year-OId, Sings National Anthem At NBA Finals (VIDEO)

Local singing sensation Julia Dale treated fans to a rousing rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner before Game 2 of the NBA Finals in Miami tonight.

The 10-year-old Fort Lauderdale native performed so well in her rehearsal three hours before the game that ABC's director made sure she would be part of the national telecast, the Palm Beach Post reports.

She already has a 4-0 record when performing at Miami Heat games. The Heat beat the Mavericks 92-84 in Game 1 of the series.

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Comments

[Gloria Backus]

03:29 PM on 06/05/2011

Unbelievable ! She is great
This proves that to be able to sing our Anthem you need to be practically an opera singer...
Most people, regardless of age, cannot sing it.....the notes are too high !

[Nerdiac]

02:22 PM on 06/05/2011

I feel bad saying this, but that was difficult as hell to sit through. I literally cringed to block some of the sound from entering my ears. I'm no singing expert, but she was straining too hard! I thought you were supposed to sing from your belly, breathing out, not from your nose, holding your breath. Poor thing, some people around her are lying to her. I hope she gets real singing lessons before her dreams are crushed big time.

[Still Posting]

03:06 PM on 06/09/2011

I do not like our national anthem - 'America the Beautiful' is much, much, much better.
But this is one of the few good jobs done on singing that non-sensical song glorifying battle.

[captjoeh]

10:29 AM on 06/05/2011

Julia Dale, with just 3 hours notice, gave, I thought, a wonderful performance by any standard let alone a 4th grader.

For a real treat, I recommend that you listen to her performances of "I could have danced all night" and "I want to hold your hand", both on Youtube and easily found googling her name and part of the song title.

By the way, I understand her parents have arranged for her to take courses in singing, guitar and ballet.

[Julia Spiegel]

07:23 PM on 06/04/2011

woof... she needs to be banned from listenin to christina.

[Mojave Jain]

07:00 PM on 06/04/2011

I don't care how well anyone sings the American Anthem as long as they know the words and the true meaning.

[lucylou]

05:23 PM on 06/04/2011

Shoplifting

[conradap]

03:41 PM on 06/04/2011

she was okay. unfortunately, now the Heat are 4-1 with her singing. cut!

[SweetLemonPie]

02:33 PM on 06/04/2011

For a ten year-old, she sure can sing. She'll get better with age. This is only the beginning for her. Seize the opportunity.

[Krista Matulionis]

11:54 AM on 06/04/2011

SERIOUSLY? Are we really writing in to judge a 10 year old? FIrst, who the hell cares, and Second -yup I would say she has a good set of pipes on her. Get up there and sing if you think you can do better or know better.

[jesserocket]

11:10 AM on 06/04/2011

Don't like to complain about kids but any rational thinking person would agree that sounded ridiculous

[Monk Fresina]

11:01 AM on 06/04/2011

I have taught vocals for many years and believe that this little girl is not only wearing her vocal cords out at an early age, but doesn't sound good. She screams from her chest and breaths in the middle of words.....

[Dhammi]

03:10 PM on 06/04/2011

Sadly I have to agree.

[Still Posting]

03:00 PM on 06/09/2011

She sings from her chest? Where else is she supposed to sing from?

Most vocal instructors are USELESS AND CLUELESS and teach that long disproven diaphragm theory of singing. In reality the diaphragm is the least important part.

Air is expelled from the lungs which may surprise you are behind your ribs in your CHEST. The diaphragm is a muscle and only pushes your lungs to expel air - it does not hold air and cannot manipulate sound.

That same breath is then most importantly controlled by the vocal cords, muscles of the throat, palette and tongue.

The next time you decide to deride a brave young 10 year old at least know what you're talking about.

I hope your lessons are all for free.

[efrallyn]

12:05 AM on 06/04/2011

she's an old soul..well done:)

[tanya11111]

09:39 PM on 06/03/2011

who on earth thought a drinking song would be a great national anthem?

[TXDrifter165]

10:58 PM on 06/03/2011

Do you really think that our Nation Anthem is a drinking song? What country are you from?

[riverhead]

11:13 PM on 06/03/2011

What is the meaning of our national anthem?

[tanya11111]

06:21 AM on 06/04/2011

I don't think it, it is common knowledge, you might want google before you type next time:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm065.html

[DrBulldog]

07:21 PM on 06/03/2011

Here's to your polypoid degeneration at 17, kiddo. Enjoy it while it lasts.

[OnTopicOffTopic]

05:22 PM on 06/03/2011

It brought tears to my eyes