In my inbox this morning, I found the following e-mail from a family/church friend:
Taylor, Caleb, Willa and I drove down to the stadium in the afternoon, picked up back-stage passes and were directed to a dressing room. After a sound check we returned to the dressing room where the children practiced a few more times. Caleb and Willa were escorted onto the court and at 7PM the lights dimmed. They stepped out to the center of the court and played the anthem. I stood at court side with my video camera, taking this 2-minute clip. The announcer said there were 24,000 people at the game. Quite an experience for these two. Quite a proud papa watching them!
Nicely done! Papa’s not the only one proud of these two. :-)
Update. I edited the first sentence to clarify that I didn’t write the quoted e-mail. Caleb and Willa are not my children and I can’t claim any credit. I’m just proud.
Update (2/7/2010). The Blazers provided Art with some professional video of Caleb and Willa playing.
Oh, and the Blazer’s beat Sacramento.
Comments
6 responses to “Caleb and Willa King Play the National Anthem”
That's great! I hate Sacramento.
Oh, and your kids were pretty great too.
Caleb and Willa aren't my kids, but I'm proud of them anyway. You're right — they're pretty great!
I'm not much of a sports fan and I don't have strong feeling either way when it comes to Portland v. Sacramento. Sac's my hometown and I live near Portland.
Ah, I see. I think I missed the blockquote in my RSS reader. And, you know, the first sentence of your post.
Yeah, I probably should re-write the post a little to remove the confusion.
Thanx for the post Brent! Caleb and Willa had so much fun, and so did the rest of us.
Before the game, I was asked to sign a waiver form. It was small print legaleze and I’m not exactly sure what it said, but I think my children may now be the property of the National Basketball Association. <grin>
Ho! You probably promised that you wouldn't post video of their performance. ;-D
And if they're property of the NBA, will the NBA pay for their college tuition? Is there any way I could sign one of those? ;-)