Super Bowl: Jennifer Hudson Will Sing America The Beautiful With The Sandy Hook Choir

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By Mack Rawden
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The National Football League may have had its share of bad publicity this year between the replacement referees and all the head injury concerns, but that doesn’t mean the executives aren’t also capable of great generosity. They announced this morning that they’re paying for twenty-six members of the Sandy Hook elementary school choir and their families to fly to New Orleans in order to perform a very special version of “America The Beautiful” alongside Jennifer Hudson.

According to USA Today, the performance will be broadcast live just a few minutes before Alicia Keys belts out the National Anthem. That means, while the gig will technically happen during the official Preshow, an extremely high percentage of the people watching the game will be tuned in by that point.

2012 might have been filled with unspeakable tragedy for the children who will perform, but this trip to New Orleans should serve as a wonderful reminder for both the kids and the larger community that life also contains plenty of incredible high moments. Whether they walk out onto the field and every single one hits every note or whether it’s an imperfect and pitchy nerve-fest, this moment should be something they all fondly take with them for decades and decades to come.

Pop Blend wishes the youngsters nothing but the best and sends out a serious hat tip to Hudson who, as always, is willing to help out in any way she can.

Mack Rawden
Mack Rawden
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Mack Rawden is the Editor-In-Chief of CinemaBlend. He first started working at the publication as a writer back in 2007 and has held various jobs at the site in the time since including Managing Editor, Pop Culture Editor and Staff Writer. He now splits his time between working on CinemaBlend’s user experience, helping to plan the site’s editorial direction and writing passionate articles about niche entertainment topics he’s into. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in English (go Hoosiers!) and has been interviewed and quoted in a variety of publications including Digiday. Enthusiastic about Clue, case-of-the-week mysteries, a great wrestling promo and cookies at Disney World. Less enthusiastic about the pricing structure of cable, loud noises and Tuesdays.