Airman’s daughter opens for Lee Greenwood

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  • By Staff Sgt. Michael O’Connor
  • 319th Recruiting Squadron Public Affairs
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AFPN) --  Six-year-old Jordyn Tabury opened a concert for country-music artist Lee Greenwood during a military appreciation day concert at Six Flags in Agawam, Mass., on June 14.

Jordyn sang “God Bless the USA” to more than 1,000 people at the concert. She is the daughter of Staff Sgt. Peter and Bernadette Tabury, a recruiter with the 319th Recruiting Squadron in Bristol, Conn. Her parents, grandmother and 2-year-old sister, Madison, were among people who gave Jordyn a standing ovation after she completed the song.

“Jordyn is going to be one the next rising stars in the music industry,” said Cory Myers, talent scout for a radio station in Hartford, Conn. The station’s staff selected Jordyn to sing through an online contest.

Her parents said they were very excited to hear that Jordyn was going to set the stage for Greenwood.

“I was so sick to my stomach one minute, and ecstatic the next,” said her mother. “I don’t think she understood the enormity of it … but boy, I sure did! It just seemed too good to be true.”

Singing since she was 2 years old, the soon-to-be first-grader said, “It felt good to be on stage singing in front of everyone. I was a little nervous, but I think I did good.”

“When I watched and listened to her sing the Greenwood song on stage, it was absolutely amazing to me,” said her father. “Of course … I’m biased, but really, it’s just the most amazing thing to see her in action. I get choked-up, and my heart swells with pride every time she performs.”

Greenwood has toured with the United Service Organizations and received an American Spirit Award for his contributions to the Air Force recruiting mission.