As you might expect, there could be communications issues between a 47-year-old man and a seven-year-old girl.
When Vernon91Ƶs Hannah Bird, seven, asked Canadian country music superstar Gord Bamford, 47, if she could sing Bamford91Ƶs song Drinking Buddy with him, Bird meant right there and now at the fan meet-and-greet prior to Bamford91Ƶs concert at the Kelowna Community Theatre Thursday, July 13.
Bamford, however, thought different.
91ƵAre you shy to be on stage?91Ƶ Bamford asked Bird, attending the concert with fellow big Bamford fan Ella, her five-year-old sister, mom Allana Bird and grandmother Kristine Lidstone, all from Vernon. The sisters were decked out in pink T-shirts that read 91ƵDrinking Buddy.91Ƶ
91ƵNo,91Ƶ replied Bird.
When Bamford broke into the song 91Ƶ which came out in 2007, a decade before the Bird sisters91Ƶ births 91Ƶ during his concert set, he caught Bird91Ƶs eye and motioned for her to join him on stage.
91ƵShe had been dancing in the middle of the aisle and he gives her the finger to come up on stage,91Ƶ said mom Allana. 91ƵShe was lifted onto the stage, and she kept dancing. When it came to the chorus, Bamford placed the microphone in front of her and she belted out the chorus word-for-word.
91ƵIt was hilarious and cute.91Ƶ
Bamford gave Hannah a shout-out on stage and had his lighting crew put the spotlight on her. Bird was sent multiple videos of the fantastic fan-singer moment.
91ƵShe91Ƶs been walking around with a pen now in case she91Ƶs asked for her autograph,91Ƶ laughed Allana.
It was the first concert for the Bird sisters, who are both huge fans of the Australian-born, Canadian-raised Bamford. When their parents surprised them with the Kelowna concert tickets, the girls broke down in tears.
After Hannah91Ƶs literal 30 seconds in the spotlight, the sisters are even bigger fans of the multiple award-winning country star. Bamford has won 26 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards, has multiple Juno Award nominations, and is a multi-time winner of Nashville91Ƶs Country Music Association (CMA) Global Country Artist of the Year Award.
91ƵThey bought pictures of Gord prior to the concert, they haven91Ƶt taken off their Gord Bamford concert T-shirts and all of his songs are on repeat,91Ƶ said Allana.
roger@vernonmorningstar.com
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