When 10-year-old Julia Dale was rehearsing the Star-Spangled Banner before Game 2 of the NBA Finals in Miami, her soaring rendition caught the ear of the man who would be directing the game later that night on ABC. She had done so well, he decided, that the performance would be carried live on the national broadcast.

Miss Dale's vocal sound was captured for the worldwide audience on a Heil PR35 vocal microphone.  The PR35 excels in overall warmth and sound quality, uniformity of its pickup pattern, and its ability to isolate the voice from nearby instruments and other sound sources. 

The young Miss Dale didn't disappoint when she got on basketball's biggest stage: