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Old 02-01-2007, 09:47 AM   #1
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A first in the NHL, a 13 girl from Northern Alberta will be singing the national anthem on Saturday Night in Cree. Apparantly every time she does the anthem the home team wins, a little Saddle Lake karma...
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Old 02-01-2007, 10:54 AM   #2
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While I'm all for supporting ideas such as this, I'm kind of supersticious and like Heather to sing it every time.
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Old 02-01-2007, 12:42 PM   #4
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Maybe the Girl from Edmonton should sing the Anthem in Edmonton?

If she's not wearing a flames jersey I won't be impressed, in fact, I'll be unimpresed.
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Old 02-01-2007, 01:00 PM   #5
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I think this girl did the anthems a few times for the Edmonton Cracker-Cats last summer. She was excellent in Cree, mediocre in English.
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My first fata (conroy?) creating thread...sweet! How about a cube?
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Didn't Susan Aglukark (sp?) sing it in some native tongue last week on the back half HNIC?
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Interesting, considering that Cree is spoken in northern Alberta. You would think a Blackfoot language would be more apropos for Calgary, but there are a lot of Flames fans in northern Alberta so I guess it works.
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Interesting, considering that Cree is spoken in northern Alberta. You would think a Blackfoot language would be more apropos for Calgary, but there are a lot of Flames fans in northern Alberta so I guess it works.
Maybe they don't have a Blackfoot singer but Cree is spoken from Alberta to Quebec and Hobema isn't that far away. Saulteaux and Ogibiway are also close languages to Cree and they're spread from B.C. to Ontario. Great idea, hockey is a big part of native culture.
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Maybe they don't have a Blackfoot singer but Cree is spoken from Alberta to Quebec and Hobema isn't that far away. Saulteaux and Ogibiway are also close languages to Cree and they're spread from B.C. to Ontario. Great idea, hockey is a big part of native culture.
Yes, I know the Cree language family is widespread across Canada, I was just wondering why they wouldn't have someone singing in the local language. But I guess this is more about the young singer getting a big chance to shine rather than the team specifically going out to find someone to sing in a native language for the novelty.

Does it reflect badly on the Oilers that Calgary is the first to introduce a Cree anthem singer?
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I would rather here it in chinese..
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Would have been nice if CBC had shown it, but I guess the early game went to a shootout...
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Does it reflect badly on the Oilers that Calgary is the first to introduce a Cree anthem singer?
I don't pay much attention to the Oilers, but doesn't the fat guy sing every anthem?
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Would have been nice if CBC had shown it, but I guess the early game went to a shootout...
Yeah it did.

I am really hoping CBC shows maybe a bit of it during the intermission. Give the girl some air time.
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all this hype for no reason
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Yeah it did.

I am really hoping CBC shows maybe a bit of it during the intermission. Give the girl some air time.
they did show some of it during Hrudey behind the mask. she has a pretty strong confident voice for a young person
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What do you mean?
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