{"id":407,"date":"2008-12-09T13:18:51","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T13:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/12\/cactus-cuties-national-anthem.html"},"modified":"2008-12-09T13:18:51","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T13:18:51","slug":"cactus-cuties-national-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/12\/cactus-cuties-national-anthem.html","title":{"rendered":"Cactus Cuties &#8220;National Anthem&#8221; YouTube hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QKCVS57j284&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/QKCVS57j284&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object>I normally don&#8217;t pay attention to those &#8220;check this video out&#8221; chain emails, but for whatever reason I opened one from a friend with a video of some girls singing the National Anthem. (See video above.)Wow, I was blown away by the amazing harmonies and vocals! So I did a little digging and found a story in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lubbockonline.com\/stories\/031108\/loc_255728882.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal <\/a>identifying the girls in the video as Baylee Barrett, 13; Blaire Elbert, 11; Andi Kitten, 11; Tatum Lowe, 11; and Madeline Powell, 8 &#8211; known collectively as the Cactus Cuties. The video was shot by Madeline&#8217;s grandpa, Ty Cooke, when the girls performed in February before a college basketball game. (Contrary to what the emails say, these girls aren&#8217;t sisters.)The Cactus Cuties list their line up now minus Lowe (not sure why) but the foursome have been getting a ton of attention, thanks to the YouTube video. They&#8217;ve appeared everywhere from major league baseball games to the Jerry Lewis Telethon to the 700 Club.The <a href=\"http:\/\/thecactuscuties.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cactus Cuties website <\/a>is, of course, toally commercialized and the Lubbok news story mentions that the group is working with an LA producer on an indie project. We all know what happens when the music industry gets its hands on a pre-teen; you can kiss that innocent image goodbye and replace it with a big old dollar sign.You can learn more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/thecactuscuties.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cactus Cuties on their website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I normally don&#8217;t pay attention to those &#8220;check this video out&#8221; chain emails, but for whatever reason I opened one from a friend with a video of some girls singing the National Anthem. (See video above.)Wow, I was blown away by the amazing harmonies and vocals! 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