The Grand Rapids Barbershop Chapter Great Lakes Chorus sang the US National Anthem on Wednesday Aug 13th 7:00 pm at the Grand Rapids Fifth Third Ballpark for our home team the Whitecaps vs. Lansing's Lugnuts game. 4500 West River Drive, Comstock Park, MI 49321 We extended an open invitation for any area chapter members to sing and root for their favorite team.

It was also Special Olympics Night. For Pregame, two teams of Olympians from Special Olympics Michigan of Southwest MI played a softball game. They were still down on the ball field in yellow t-shirts and gave the chorus high-fives as we entered the field. They then took places at each base and stood at attention as we sang the National Anthem while the park fired loud fireworks during the "bombs bursting in air" part.

It was also Cheerleading Night. High School cheerleading squads from Grandville and Rockford MI each did a cheer exhibition. Grandville won by loudest applause.

There was even be a postgame performance by the Junior High School kids of the Willie Arthur Smith's Marching Cobras of Kansas City, MO.

A scary looking storm with black clouds rolled in but no rain. The evening ended with shutting down the large flood lights and lighting off the big fireworks display.

Whitecaps website report "On an 0-2 pitch with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Audy Ciriaco broke a 1-1 tie with an RBI single to left for a 2-1 Whitecaps victory over Lansing."

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