Moipei sisters make history with NBA performance
The Moipei sisters perform the US national anthem before the NBA playoff game between the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Clippers on April 26, 2015. PHOTO | COURTESY | ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY
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- The sisters, wearing matching black dresses and Maasai necklaces, performed The Star Spangled Banner, with the large overhead screen beaming the images around the arena.
Three members of the Moipei Quartet made history on Sunday, becoming the first non-Americans to perform the US national anthem at an NBA playoff game.
Mary, Marta and Magdalene sang before an estimated 19,000 basketball fans at the AT&T Centre before the start of Game Four of the playoff series between the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Clippers in San Antonio, Texas.
The sisters, wearing matching black dresses and Maasai necklaces, performed The Star Spangled Banner, with the large overhead screen beaming the images around the arena.
The three sisters are enrolled at St Mary’s University in San Antonio taking Musical Studies.
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