Who is singing the National Anthem for World Series games in Atlanta
Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band performs onstage at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre on October 09, 2021 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Braves are rolling out the red carpet for the first World Series games being held at Truist Park. It is getting a little Southern star power to help kick off the weekend in Atlanta.
Friday, Zac Brown, a life-long Braves fan and lead singer of a band with his namesake will perform the national anthem, likely wearing red along with tens of thousands of other Braves fans expected to attend Game Three. This is not the 43-year-old Georgia native's first time performing at the 4-year-old stadium, his band was part of the 2018 post-game concert series.
The American Legion Steve Young Deer Post 143, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will present the nation's colors as well as the EBCI tribal colors. The post is the first Native American post in the country and proudly honors all veterans both Tribal and American.
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Singer Jordan Fisher sings the national anthem during an MLB game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 30, 2017, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Singer, actor, and dancer Jordan Fisher will perform the national anthem as a member of the Frog-X parachute team flies the nation's colors into Truist Park. Fisher is known for his TV roles in "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" and "Liv and Maddie" and has appeared in two FOX special presentations: "Rent: Live" and "Grease: Live". He also is known for his various roles on Broadway.
The 27-year-old Birmingham native is known to root for the Dodgers, who the Braves defeated in the NL Championship Series to make it to the World Series.
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A member of the Frog-X Parachute Team glides in for a landing on the field prior during the pre-game ceremonies of the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame exhibition football game between the New York Giants and the Buffalo Bills played at Fawcett Stadium
The Frog-X parachute team is a veteran-owned extreme aerial parachute demonstration team. Its veteran members have proudly carried the colors into hundreds of sporting events and special ceremonies across the country and have performed skydiving shows for hundreds of thousands of people.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - AUGUST 25: Lauren Alaina performs during the 14th Annual Academy Of Country Music Honors at Ryman Auditorium on August 25, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for ACM)
Award-winning country singer and Georgia native Lauren Alaina will have the honor of singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" on Sunday. Alaina grew up a Braves fan watching games with her dad. She was excited to play at Truist Park in 2018 along with Jason Aldean, Hootie & the Blowfish, and Luke Combs and said she even got to meet Chipper Jones. She was spotted back at the park on the three-year anniversary of her performance earlier this year once again rooting on the Braves.
Game Three, Four, and Five will take place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Truist Park in Atlanta. Game time is scheduled for 8 p.m.
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