Worst pregame national anthem ever

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Montreal singer Marcil struggles performing U.S. anthem at exhibition hockey game
Caroline Marcil, who failed twice singing the United States national anthem, gets up after falling on the ice at the beginning of an exhibition game.

The singer was slated to perform the national anthems prior to the United States' 5-4 exhibition hockey win over Canada. However, she sang neither after twice failing to complete the Star Spangled Banner when she seemingly forgot the words.

After apologizing to the crowd, Marcil left the ice and headed back towards the dressing room - to a smattering of boos from the Quebec Coliseum crowd of 7,166 - presumably to get the words.

But when the young woman returned to the ice, the carpet slipped out from underneath her, causing Marcil to fall hard. After lying motionless on the ice for a few seconds, she left on her own and television replays showed a despondent Marcil being consoled in the hallway adjacent to the ice surface.

The carpet came to rest at centre ice and American player Doug Weight and an unidentified teammate skated it back to the area where Marcil, the daughter of Rene Marcil, the past president of Hockey Quebec, was to perform. But by that time she had left the ice.

When Marcil left, the decision was made to proceed with the opening faceoff without the singing of either anthem.

Although he felt bad for Marcil, Canadian netminder Martin Brodeur couldn't help but chuckle about her struggles.

"You've got to give her credit, she came back twice and fell once," he said with a laugh. "It's definitely a different way to start a hockey game than we're used to.

"There was a little bit of humour involved. It was just too bad for her. I was just thinking that I hope she's not on Canadian Idol."

Canadian coach Marc Habscheid, on the other hand, felt nothing but sympathy for the young woman.

"We felt bad for her," he said. "It was just unfortunate."
© The Canadian Press 2005

I watched the film of this and it was pretty bad. I felt really awful for this young lady. She messed up the US national anthem twice and fell flat on her tushie. I'm pretty sure she's probably crying in a lonely dark corner right now.

[Rhydderch Hael]

That is indeed unfortunate. I bet it wouldn't have been so bad if they had taken the time to thaw out the playing field before the game. So much ice all over the place makes for quite a slip hazard, does it not?

[[wcip]Angel]

Hehehe.. Poor gal. Does anyone have the video clip?

[Minionman]

Sounds almost like Naked Gun.

Probably was hard, but these kind of big oops's happen, so Iguess she'll take some time and get over it.

[Quark]

During the NFL Playoffs there was a kid doing the national anthem for the Eagles, he had already done it once for them. He wasn't doing that good of a job, and my friend goes "what, is this kid retarded?" "Yes, actually, he is." :unsure:

[Occhidiangela]

I'm pretty sure she's probably crying in a lonely dark corner right now.

The problem with heading out into the limelight is that sometimes, you look the fool. The bigger the stage, the larger the impact of a faux pas. Sorry that she had such a public gaff, I hope that she can find a few pints of Guinness and laugh about this with her friends.

Occhi

[Mithrandir]

Hehehe.. Poor gal. Does anyone have the video clip?
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From ctv.ca - it's on the right.

I feel really bad for her, that's one of those things people will never forget. I expect three websites devoted to "Falling National Anthem Girl" remixes within the week.

[Lady Vashj]

Oy. The initial humiliation must have been bad enough, but pile on the media attention...television networks all over North America focused on you and your moment of shame... :ph34r: I'd go hide in a cave.

[[wcip]Angel]

From ctv.ca - it's on the right.
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It's like watching a . It's painful and sad, yet I can't look away :P