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Heather Youmans is an American principal and session singer. Opening for a UNICEF benefit concert in 2005, featuring Sting and Natalie Cole, cemented Youmans' future goals for the stage. Opportunities arose with 20th Century Fox motion pictures, both as a singer and songwriter, and Youmans has had a long running association with Disney (since 2005). Youmans completed a tour of China, ''Disney 100 Wonderland'' in 2024, and enjoys singing the national anthem for professional sports teams (MLB and NHL); video . Video footage of her Youmans' anthem performances have gone viral twice.
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'''Heather Youmans''' is an American singer-songwriter, actress, tap dancer and journalist, her work has been featured in ''American Songwriter'' magazine,<ref name="American Songwriter 2019"/> [[Forbes|''Forbes Women'']] and ''Parade'' magazine profiled her career and music in 2020.<ref name="Brunner 2020"/><ref name="Whitmore 2020 Shine"/><ref name="Headliner Magazine"/>
a video depicting her delivery of the national anthem and dealing with acoustic delay effect of a large stadium (Oakland Coliseum) went viral on social media in 2021.<ref name="Fowler 2021 l599">{{cite web | last=Fowler | first=Kate | title=Woman Reveals Shocking Reality of Singing in a Stadium With Sound Delay | website=Newsweek | date=2021-07-01 | url=https://www.newsweek.com/heather-youmans-reveals-shocking-reality-singing-stadium-sound-delay-1605905 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620092724/https://www.newsweek.com/heather-youmans-reveals-shocking-reality-singing-stadium-sound-delay-1605905 | archive-date=2023-06-20 | url-status=live | access-date=2023-11-28}}</ref>
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