{"id":1569,"date":"2023-07-01T16:47:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T14:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2023-07-01T16:47:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T14:47:45","slug":"no-one-was-willing-to-sing-the-national-anthem-so-one-high-schooler-took-off-his-helmet-and-grabbed-a-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=1569","title":{"rendered":"No one was willing to sing the national anthem, so one high schooler took off his helmet and grabbed a guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are very few things that get the blood flowing quite like a passionate rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner.<\/p>\n<p>Just ask anyone who watched the performance of Jackson Dean Nicholson, a senior defensive end at Arundel High School, Maryland, a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not talking about his in-game performance, mind, but rather his pre-game delivery of the national anthem. It not only wowed the home crowd, but has also wowing thousands of internet denizens over the years to boot.<\/p>\n<p>As per reports, Nicholson was left with a decision to make after realizing that there was no one else prepared to sing the national anthem prior to his school\u2019s game. Of course, he could have let the school play a recording over the loud speakers, or alternatively let the crowd belt out the tune themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholson, it would seem, is cut from a different cloth though. Prior to the start of the match, the high schooler stood alone in the middle of the pitch, armed only with an acoustic guitar and a microphone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/high-school-anthem-1-700x355-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/high-school-anthem-1-700x355-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/high-school-anthem-1-700x355-1-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><br \/>\nCredit \/ YouTube<\/p>\n<p>He promptly gave one of the best versions of the U.S. national anthem we\u2019ve ever heard, so it\u2019s no surprise that the video has turned out to be a viral hit that has returned to popularity time and time again.<\/p>\n<p>The video was first uploaded back in 2018, and the fact that it\u2019s still equally relevant and equally impressive now is testament to just how well Nicholson can sing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very cool. I probably knew 90 percent of the people sitting in those stands, and they had no idea I was doing it \u2018til I brought my guitar out,\u201d Nicholson explained to the Baltimore Sun at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the breathtaking performance below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jackson Dean National Anthem\" width=\"820\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ecdW0RY9nBM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Whilst he might have been kitted out as a senior defensive end for his five minutes of fame, it\u2019s music that\u2019s Nicholson\u2019s true passion in life. He\u2019s been writing and singing songs since he was a freshman, and was working on his own album around the same time he went viral.<\/p>\n<p>Given that there\u2019s already a pretty famous guy named Jack Nicholson, he wisely adopted the stage name Jackson Dean.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his football career, Jackson said back in 2018: \u201cThis is my last year, then I\u2019m done. I\u2019ve got until January, I\u2019ll have all my credits done, and I only have to be enrolled for this semester. I got a waiver by my principal and she\u2019s very supportive of what I do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to go for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Best of luck, Jackson!<\/p>\n<p>We simply can\u2019t get over how good Jackson\u2019s performance was, and we want as many people to see it as possible.<\/p>\n<p>If you thought Jackson\u2019s effort was brilliant, share this article to show your support!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are very few things that get the blood flowing quite like a passionate rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner. Just ask anyone who watched the performance of Jackson Dean Nicholson, a senior defensive end at Arundel High School, Maryland, a few years ago. We\u2019re not talking about his in-game performance, mind, but rather his pre-game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1572,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569\/revisions\/1572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}