MOORE, Oklahoma (KOCO) -- At a Southmoore football game on Thursday, a 7-year-old girl named Scout lived out her dream of singing in front of a huge crowd.
It takes a lot of guts to sing the national anthem publicly, much less do it when youโre 7 years old. KOCO 5 caught up with Scout Terrel at the game and asked her how long sheโs been a pro at this.
โUm, about four years now,โ Scout said.
And her biggest motivation?
โMaking people happy,โ she said.
Despite the long lyrics in the song, she acted like it was no big deal.
โMy mom, every day, would be just singing in the car, and I would follow along with her,โ Scout said.
The young singer has come a long way to get to this point. In 2018, she was diagnosed with a life-threatening blood disease called hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, or HLH.
But after lots of treatment, she beat her disease and has been in remission since 2020.
Sheโs got bigger dreams than just singing at a high school football game.
โMy dream is to sing at an OU game,โ Scout said.