SHEA BRACELAND
WESTFIELD – Shea Braceland, of Westfield will perform the national anthem at the Boston Bruins home game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday, March 5.
Braceland, 12, is a seventh-grader attending The Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Comm. Shea has been performing since the age of five with the Dan Kane Singers throughout Western Massachusetts and has performed the national anthem for the NCAA lacrosse semifinals at Gillette Stadium, Fenway for the Red Sox, TD Bank Garden for NCAA 2018 Elite 8 Tournament, and was selected to represent Boston College at 2019 Beanpot tournament at TD Bank Garden.
Braceland also plays lacrosse, soccer, and basketball while excelling in her class work at The Ethel Walker School. Braceland was born in Plano, TX and has lived in Westfield since the age of one.
With the retirement of Garden legend, Rene Rancourt, at the conclusion of the 2017-18 season, the Boston Bruins held live auditions on August 8 to find a rotating group of singers who would perform the anthem at home games during the 2018-19 season. Braceland was selected as a result of her recent performance of the national anthem at the Beanpot tournament on February 4.
