Cadets to sing at NBA All-Star Game

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The National Basketball Association has asked the Air Force Academy’s Cadet Chorale to sing the national anthem at the NBA All-Star Game in Denver on Feb. 20.

The choir’s visit is part of the NBA’s salute to the servicemembers of the armed forces, and the cadets will be introduced by “The Admiral,” David Robinson.

Mr. Robinson is a Naval Academy graduate who served on active duty with the Navy and played for the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs from 1989 to 2003. With the help of Mr. Robinson, the NBA will honor the armed forces as it honors more than 300 servicemembers and their families during all-star events Feb. 19 and 20.

The game tip off is Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. MST and will be televised to a global audience, reaching 214 countries, including a nationwide broadcast on TNT with the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service taking the game to troops overseas.

The Cadet Chorale is a co-ed choir which has sung for presidents, performed in nearly every state in the nation and appeared on television many times. The choir’s most recent nationally televised performance was at Super Bowl XXXIX, when they combined their voices with cadets from three other service academies to perform the national anthem.