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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. <ref name="Brunner 2020"/><ref name="Youmans 2012 LATIMES"/>{{cite web | last=Youmans | first=Heather | title=Youmans: Heading to Hollywood | website=Daily Pilot | date=2012-01-26 | url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/tn-dpt-xpm-2012-01-26-tn-dpt-0127-youmans-20120126-story.html | access-date=2024-02-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127154132/https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/tn-dpt-xpm-2012-01-26-tn-dpt-0127-youmans-20120126-story.html|archive-date=2023-01-27}}</ref> 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. <ref name="Brunner 2020"/> 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 footage of Youmans' anthem performances have gone viral twice.<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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Youmans tap dancing on [[I Can See Your Voice (American TV series)|''I Can See Your Voice'']] episode 4 (FOX),<ref name="See Your Voice #4"/><ref name="Upadhyay 2020" /> convinced the judges that she is a professional dancer,<ref name="San Diego Union-Tribune 2020" />
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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