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Strange rendition of National Anthem on display at Oilers Kings playoff game
It was a jarring start to the Edmonton Oilers- Los Angeles Kings Game One of the Stanley Cup finals where the star-spangled banner was performed by The Harmonica Class from the Korea-Town Senior and Community Center.
Several members of this community centre took part by playing the entire Star-Spangled Banner through harmonicas while many fans at Crypto.com Arena provided the words as they sang along while the group performed.
Harmonica Class performed before for the Kings against Bruins
This group returned to the arena after they performed the star-spangled banner during the regular season when the Boston Bruins came to Los Angeles to play against the Kings on March 23rd.
It was the first time in NHL history that cultural event for Koreans was held. The team decided to hold the event to show Korean culture an it was promoted as K Town Night.
Several members of the group mentioned that they were honored to perform the national anthem in front of that many fans on the harmonica to start the game.
Not all fans were pleased with choice of performance
Some former players including Paul Bissonnette of Spittin Chiclets appeared to be not amused with the launch of game one of the Oilers Kings Stanley Cup playoff game.
Some fans even felt it wasn't needed for the national anthem and others quipped that the harmonicas were used as a distraction to the Oilers as the team fell quickly 2-0 early in the game.
The Oilers are continuing to recover from several major injuries that have plagued the team for the past several weeks and many fans are wondering if this will spark an issue with team chemistry as players come back from their wounds.
It remains to be seen if the harmonica group will come back for another rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner but in the meantime, the Oilers need to get back on track and hopefully turn things around through Game One.
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