Idina Menzel To Sing The National Anthem; John Legend To Sing "America The Beautiful" At Super Bowl XLIX On NBC

NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — IDINA MENZEL will sing the National Anthem and JOHN LEGEND will sing “America The Beautiful” as part of Super Bowl XLIX pregame festivities at University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona on Sunday, February 1, the NFL and NBC announced today. The performances will be televised live on NBC prior to kickoff. More than 112.2 million viewers in the U.S. watched last year’s Super Bowl, the most-watched television program in history. The pregame show, including the National Anthem and “America The Beautiful,” and Super Bowl XLIX will be broadcast worldwide. In addition, actress TRESHELLE EDMOND will perform in American Sign Language the National Anthem and “America The Beautiful.” Menzel will make her Super Bowl debut. She is among many great performers who have been honored with singing the Super Bowl National Anthem including: Renee Fleming, Alicia Keys, Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Whitney Houston, Harry Connick, Jr., Garth Brooks, Natalie Cole, Vanessa Williams, Luther Vandross, Cher, Faith Hill, Mariah Carey, Dixie Chicks, Beyonce Knowles, Christina Aguilera and many more. (See below for a complete list of National Anthem performers from past Super Bowls.) Legend joins VICKI CARR (Super Bowl XI), RAY CHARLES (Super Bowl XXXV), MARY J. BLIGE & MARC ANTHONY (Super Bowl XXXVI), ALICIA KEYS (Super Bowl XXXIX), FAITH HILL (Super Bowl XLIII), QUEEN LATIFAH (Super Bowl XLIV & XLVIII) and LEA MICHELE (Super Bowl XLVI) in singing “America The Beautiful” at Super Bowl. In 2013, JENNIFER HUDSON along with 26 children from the Newton, CT community sang the song in advance of Super Bowl XLVII. The NFL previously announced that KATY PERRY will headline the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show. The pregame and halftime shows are an NFL NETWORK PRODUCTION and will be executive produced by RICKY KIRSHNER. SUPER BOWL NATIONAL ANTHEM HONOR ROLL

SUPER BOWL NATIONAL ANTHEM HONOR ROLL

Super Bowl

Performer

Super Bowl     

Performer

Super Bowl I

Universities of Arizona & Michigan Bands

Super Bowl XXVI

Harry Connick, Jr. (Signed by Lori Hilary)

Super Bowl II

Grambling University Band

Super Bowl XXVII

Garth Brooks (Signed by Marlee Matlin)

Super Bowl III

Anita Bryant (Pledge of Allegiance by Apollo Astronauts)

Super Bowl XXVIII

Natalie Cole with Atlanta University Center Chorus (Signed by Courtney Keel Foley)

Super Bowl IV

Al Hirt (Pledge of Allegiance by Astronauts)

Super Bowl XXIX

Kathie Lee Gifford (Signed by Heather Whitestone)

Super Bowl V

Tommy Loy (trumpeter)

Super Bowl XXX

Vanessa Williams (Signed by Mary Kim Titla)

Super Bowl VI

U.S. Air Force Academy Chorale

Super Bowl XXXI

Luther Vandross (Signed by Erika Schwarz)

Super Bowl VII

Andy Williams & Little Angels of Holy Angels Church (Chicago) Pledge of Allegiance by Apollo 17 crew

Super Bowl XXXII

Jewel (Signed by Phyllis Frelich)

Super Bowl VIII

Charlie Pride

Super Bowl XXXIII

Cher (Signed by Speaking Hands)

Super Bowl IX

Grambling University Band with Mardi Gras Chorus

Super Bowl XXXIV

Faith Hill (Signed by Briarlake Elementary School Signing Choir)

Super Bowl X

Tom Sullivan

Super Bowl XXXV

Backstreet Boys (Signed by Tom Cooney); “America The Beautiful” performed by Ray Charles

Super Bowl XI

Vicki Carr (America the Beautiful)

Super Bowl XXXVI

Mariah Carey (Signed by Joe Narcisse); “America The Beautiful” performed by Mary J. Blige & Marc Anthony

Super Bowl XII

Phyllis Kelly of NE Louisiana State University

Super Bowl XXXVII

Dixie Chicks (Signed by Janet Maxwell);
“God Bless America” performed by Celine Dion

Super Bowl XIII

Colgate University Thirteen

Super Bowl XXXVIII

Beyonce Knowles (Signed by Suzanna Christy)

Super Bowl XIV

Cheryl Ladd

Super Bowl XXXIX

More than 100 representatives from the four branches of the military (Signed by Wesley Tallent )

Super Bowl XV

Helen O’Connell

Super Bowl XL

Aaron Neville and Dr. John with Aretha Franklin & Detroit based 150-member choir (Signed by Angela LaGuardia of Michigan School for Deaf).

Super Bowl XVI

Diana Ross

Super Bowl XLI

Billy Joel (Signed by Marlee Matlin and Jason Hay-Southwell)

Super Bowl XVII

Leslie Easterbrook

Super Bowl XLII

Jordin Sparks (Signed by A Dreamer)

Super Bowl XVIII

Barry Manilow

Super Bowl XLIII

Jennifer Hudson (Signed by Kristen Santos)

Super Bowl XIX

Children’s Choir of San Francisco

Super Bowl XLIV

Carrie Underwood (Signed by Kinesha Battles)

Super Bowl XX

Wynton Marsalis

Super Bowl XLV

Christina Aguilera (Signed by Candice Villesca)

Super Bowl XXI

Neil Diamond

Super Bowl XLVI

Kelly Clarkson (Signed by Rachel Mazique)

Super Bowl XXII

Herb Alpert

Super Bowl XLVII

Alicia Keys (Signed by John Maucere)

Super Bowl XXIII

Billy Joel

Super Bowl XLVIII

Renee Fleming (Signed by Amber Zion)

Super Bowl XXIV

Aaron Neville

Super Bowl XLIX

Idina Menzel (Signed by Treshelle Edmond)

Super Bowl XXV

Whitney Houston

About Idina Menzel Tony Award-winning icon Idina Menzel has a diverse career that traverses stage, film, television and music. Menzel’s voice can be heard as Elsa in Disney’s global box office smash Frozen, in which she sings the film’s Oscar-winning song “Let It Go.” After Menzel’s performance of the multi-platinum song at the 86th annual Academy Awards, she made history as the first person with both a Billboard Top 10 hit and a Tony Award for acting. Menzel earned her first Tony nomination as Maureen in the Pulitzer Prize winner Rent, and won the award for her performance as Elphaba in Wicked. Other notable roles include Rachel Berry’s mother, Shelby Corcoran, on the hit television show Glee as well starring opposite Susan Sarandon and Amy Adams in Disney’s Enchanted. Menzel starred in her own PBS special, Barefoot at the Symphony, with an accompanying live album of the same name, and her highly successful international concert tour recently included a sold-out performance at Radio City Music Hall. She will embark on a worldwide tour in 2015 that includes Asia, UK and North America. The North American leg begins July 7, 2015 and includes famed venues such as Jones Beach in New York and the iconic Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. In addition to cast albums, Menzel’s prolific recording career includes the solo albums I Stand, Here and Still I Can’t Be Still. Her first-ever Christmas album Holiday Wishes, released October 2014 on Warner Bros. Records, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Holiday Albums chart, broke into the top 10 on Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and received rave reviews. Menzel can currently be seen on Broadway as Elizabeth in the original production If/Then, for which she earned critical acclaim and her third Tony nomination, and performed “Always Starting Over” from the musical at the 68th annual Tony Awards. For more information, please visit www.idinamenzel.com. About John Legend Ohio-born John Legend is a critically acclaimed, multi-award winning, platinum-selling singer-songwriter. His work has garnered him nine Grammy Awards, three Soul Train Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the BET Award for Best New Artist and the special Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. A graduate of University of Pennsylvania where he studied English and African-American literature, Legend participated in a wide range of musical activities while in college. During the same period, Legend was introduced to Lauryn Hill, who hired him to play piano on her track “Everything Is Everything,” and shortly thereafter he began to play shows around the Philadelphia area, eventually expanding his audience base to New York, Boston, Atlanta and Washington D.C. After college, Legend was introduced to then up-and-coming hip-hop artist Kanye West, who quickly signed Legend to his G.O.O.D. Music imprint and hired him to sing vocal hooks on some of his music. Legend started gaining momentum through a series of similar collaborations with established artists, adding vocals to an impressive list of chart-topping hits including West’s “All of the Lights,” Jay-Z’s “Encore” and back-up vocals on Alicia Keys’ 2003 song, “You Don’t Know My Name.” Legend’s debut album, Get Lifted, was released in December of 2004 through Columbia Records. The critically acclaimed album spawned the artist’s first hit single, “Ordinary People,” and scored Legend multiple Grammy Awards in 2006, including Best R&B Album, Best New Artist and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. The follow up was 2006’s platinum-selling Once Again, which brought Legend another Grammy, Best Male R&B Performance, for his single “Heaven,” and included collaborations with Kanye West, will.i.am and Raphael Saadiq. Legend’s next release was 2008’s Evolver, led by the hit single “Green Light” featuring Andre 3000. His 2010 collaboration with the Roots, Wake Up, won the Grammy for Best R&B Album a year later. Legend’s highly acclaimed fourth and most current studio album Love In the Future debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 Chart and garnered a 2014 Grammy nomination for Best R&B Album. Produced by Legend and longtime collaborators Kanye West and Dave Tozer, the album’s break out hit, “All of Me,” is John’s highest selling and charting song to date, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, #1 on both Mainstream Top 40 and Rhythmic charts, and earning a 2015 Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance. Most recently, Legend won his first Golden Globe Award for his song “Glory” with Common, that was featured in the film SELMA. Throughout his career, John has worked to make a difference in the lives of others. In 2007, he launched the Show Me Campaign (ShowMeCampaign.org), an initiative that focuses on education as a key to break the cycle of poverty. The 2010 BET Humanitarian of the Year award, the 2009 CARE Humanitarian Award for Global Change, the 2009 Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award from Africare and the 2011 Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year Award recognize Legend’s efforts and leadership in this arena. John sits on the boards of The Education Equality Project, Teach for America, Stand for Children and the Harlem Village Academies and co-chairs the Harlem Village Academies’ National Leadership Board. About Treshelle Edmond Treshelle Edmond is a deaf actress who has guest starred in two television shows: House, M.D. and Glee. She also had a prominent role in a successful Deaf West Theater production of Spring Awakening. Born in San Bernardino, California, she attended school in Birmingham, Alabama and in Los Angeles, California where she was an All Star and All American Cheerleader. As a member of the All Star cheerleading team, Treshelle cheered in the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. She regularly does community service with various organizations like the Foundation for Junior Blind and the Zuma Beach clean up program. She has received awards from the City of Los Angeles for her dedication to the DEAFestival-Los Angeles and her contributions to the deaf and hard of hearing community. 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National Association of the Deaf and PepsiCo Select Treshelle Edmond to Bring ASL to Super Bowl XLIX

Deaf Actress Treshelle Edmond to Perform National Anthem and “America the Beautiful” During Pregame Festivities at University of Phoenix Stadium

NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and PepsiCo announced today that actress Treshelle Edmond has been selected to bring the beauty of American Sign Language (ASL) to one of the most popular sports and entertainment events of the year – Super Bowl Sunday. Earlier today the National Football League and NBC announced that Edmond will be joining Tony award-winning actress and singer Idina Menzel in performing the National Anthem and platinum-selling singer-songwriter John Legend in performing “America the Beautiful” during the Super Bowl XLIX pregame festivities at University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona. “Few things bring Americans together like the Super Bowl,” said NAD CEO Howard A. Rosenblum. “No matter what team we are rooting for, we gather together to share the excitement of the game, the humor of the ads and the passion of the performances that are all such an integral part of Super Bowl Sunday. With ASL as part of the pregame festivities, the NFL and NBC ensure that all Americans including those who are deaf and hard of hearing can enjoy the Super Bowl experience equally.” PepsiCo’s sponsorship of Treshelle Edmond as the ASL artist at Super Bowl XLIX is the latest effort in an on-going partnership with the NAD to advance awareness of ASL and promote inclusivity in media and pop culture. About the National Association of the Deaf The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is the nation’s premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America. Established in 1880, the NAD was shaped by deaf leaders who believed in the right of the American deaf community to use sign language, to congregate on issues important to them, and to have its interests represented at the national level. These beliefs remain true to this day, with American Sign Language as a core value. The advocacy scope of the NAD is broad, covering a lifetime and impacting future generations in the areas of early intervention, education, employment, health care, technology, telecommunications, youth leadership, and more – improving the lives of millions of deaf and hard of hearing Americans. The NAD is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supported by the generosity of individual and organizational donors, including corporations and foundations. www.nad.org About PepsiCo PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $66 billion in net revenue in 2013, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo’s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. At the heart of PepsiCo is Performance with Purpose – our goal to deliver top-tier financial performance while creating sustainable growth in shareholder value. In practice, Performance with Purpose means providing a wide range of foods and beverages from treats to healthy eats; finding innovative ways to minimize our impact on the environment and reduce our operating costs; providing a safe and inclusive workplace for our employees globally; and respecting, supporting and investing in the local communities where we operate. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com. About Treshelle Edmond Treshelle Edmond is a deaf actress who has guest starred in two television shows: House, M.D. and Glee. She also had a prominent role in a successful Deaf West Theater production of Spring Awakening. Born in San Bernardino, California, she attended school in Birmingham, Alabama and in Los Angeles, California where she was an All Star and All American Cheerleader. As a member of the All Star cheerleading team, Treshelle cheered in the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. She regularly does community service with various organizations like the Foundation for Junior Blind and the Zuma Beach clean up program. She has received awards from the City of Los Angeles for her dedication to the DEAFestival-Los Angeles and her contributions to the deaf and hard of hearing community. SOURCE PepsiCo RELATED LINKS http://www.pepsico.com

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New Super Bowl Travel Packages Available for Indianapolis Colts AFC Championship Win

Bullseye Event Group is taking reservations now for specially priced travel packages to Super Bowl XLIX if the Indianapolis Colts win the AFC Championship. If the Colts don’t play, travelers don’t pay.

Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) January 16, 2015

Bullseye Event Group, announces specially priced hotel and travel packages are now available for Super Bowl XLIX in anticipation of an Indianapolis Colts win in the AFC Championship game, which takes place Sunday, January 18 against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA.

Bullseye Event Group is taking reservations now* for the following hotel and travel packages designed for 1) people who have already purchased tickets to Super Bowl XLIX and 2) people who would like to purchase tickets to Super Bowl XLIX:

Drury Inn & Suites, Tempe, AZ
Located a few miles from the potential Indianapolis Colts team hotel, about a 30-minute drive to University of Phoenix Stadium.
All stays at the Drury Inn & Suites include:

  • Hot QUIKSTART® Breakfast
  • 5:30 Kickback® – Hot Food & Cold Beverages
  • Wireless Internet
  • Soda/Popcorn in Lobby Daily 3p.m. – 10 p.m.

No Tickets to Super Bowl XLIX included:

  • Tickets on Charter Flight from Indianapolis, IN to Phoenix, AZ
  • 3 Nights Hotel Accommodations; Double and Single Occupancy Available
  • Tickets to Bullseye Event Group’s exclusive Players Super Bowl Tailgate pre-game party
  • Airport and Game Day Transfers

Tickets to Super Bowl XLIX included:

  • Tickets on Charter Flight from Indianapolis, IN to Phoenix, AZ
  • 3 Nights Hotel Accommodations; Double and Single Occupancy Available
  • Tickets to Bullseye Event Group’s exclusive Players Super Bowl Tailgate pre-game party
  • Airport and Game Day Transfers

Talking Stick Resort & Casino, Scottsdale, AZ
A luxury desert destination located in Scottsdale offering gourmet dining, spa and the best rated Casino in all of Arizona

  • Home of the Orange Sky Restaurant boasting 360-degree panoramic views of the Valley
  • 3,000 square foot, Open Air Spa
  • Top-rated Golf Club
  • Best Casino in All of Arizona

Tickets to Super Bowl XLIX included

  • Tickets on Charter Flight from Indianapolis, IN to Phoenix, AZ
  • 3 Nights Hotel Accommodations; Double and Single Occupancy Available
  • Welcome Reception Friday Night
  • Tickets to Bullseye Event Group’s exclusive Players Super Bowl Tailgate pre-game party
  • Airport and Game Day Transfers

No Tickets to Super Bowl XLIX included

  • Tickets on Charter Flight from Indianapolis, IN to Phoenix, AZ
  • 3 Nights Hotel Accommodations; Double and Single Occupancy Available
  • Welcome Reception Friday Night
  • Tickets to Bullseye Event Group’s exclusive Players Super Bowl Tailgate pre-game party
  • Airport and Game Day Transfers

Visit http://www.bullseyeeventgroup.com reserve one of these specially priced hotel and travel packages.
*reservation processed only with a Colts win on Sunday.

About Bullseye Event Group
Bullseye Event Group, one of the nation’s leading Sports Travel package provider and event ticket companies, is a secure, official source for travel, hotel, pre-game parties and tickets, Bullseye Event Group is a direct and dependable source for The Colts VIP Tailgate, Super Bowl XLIX packages, The Players Super Bowl Tailgate, the Masters and event tickets, delivering unforgettable experiences to fans. To learn more, visit BullseyeEventGroup.com.

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