Welcome back to new day and boy.
Oh boy do we have a treat for you.
The Seattle Mariners often invite people
in the community with extraordinary
voices to sing the national anthem,
but one anthem singer
recently caught our eye.
Her name is Yolanda G of Medina.
She's just nine years old and we we just
had to bring her on so that we could
share her talent with all of you welcome,
Yolanda. Thank you for being here,
my dear thank you for having me.
So what was it like?
What was it singing for the Mariners like?
Ohh well, I sing for three times.
The first time I was really excited because
I had a lot of friends and teachers.
They came to watch my performance but I
was also a little nervous because it was
my first time singing for the Mariners.
Yeah, I can imagine walking out on
the field and seeing all those people,
but I mean you're so brave to do
really fun. Was it fun? Yeah.
Ohh, I'm so excited to hear that.
So you're 9 right now.
How long have you been singing?
I've been singing for four and a half years.
I started when I was in kindergarten.
Ohh, and you just kind of would
sing around and your mom went.
My daughter has a beautiful voice.
Yeah, I love it.
So tell me about how you got
started singing the national
anthem in front of people.
How did that start with the Mariners?
Well, the first time I sang the
national anthem I performed at a
Cascade Horse show and clear Elam.
It was when I competed in.
And a Friday night Derby was taking
place and then I was invited to
sing before the event started
and then the following evening I
also sang for the Grand Prix wow
so you ride horses you sing,
is there anything you don't do?
The answer is no. You do everything.
So I noticed that when you were singing you
had headphones on at the national anthem.
Was that to kind of keep out the crowd
or so that you could still hear yourself?
Those were noise cancelling
headphones because the microphone
at many MLB stadiums it like.
It has a two second delay,
so sometimes it distracts me.
So if I wear the headphones I won't be
able to hear a lot of background noise
so I can focus on my own voice that
makes sense. I I I've experienced.
Wearing my own IFBB Speaking of the MLB,
you is your goal to sing at all
the players and all the teams
throughout your life, right?
Yes, so tell me about that.
What is your ultimate dream
by the age of 18, I want to
have a collection of me singing
at all 30 of the MLB teams.
And you've already done 3,
so you're halfway there. Yeah,
well, maybe not quite halfway, but.
You have one more coming
up this weekend, right?
Yeah, where is that? It's in
Oakland, CA for the athletics,
the A's that would be so cool, alright.
Well, new day this isn't a baseball stadium,
but we wanted to see if you could
possibly sing for us. Would that be OK?
Yeah, OK ladies and gentlemen. Yolanda G.
Ohh say can you see by the sons
early light what so proudly we hail?
At the twilights last gleaming
whose broad stripes and bright
stars through the parallel
lines by or the ramparts we.
Balls were so gallantly
streaming and the right yeah?
Diamond bird stinging
Yay proof through the night.
That our flag was still there.
Ohh say does that star Spangled banner yet?
Order lands on the free.
And now, honey. Stop.