After Blowing the National Anthem and Disappearing, Ingrid Andress Makes a Surprise Return… Singing It Again, and Getting It Right This Time

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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic If at first you don’t succeed — and if, in fact, at first you misfire badly enough that it starts a national conversation — try, try again.

After a healthy seven-month interval, in this case. Since singing what turned out to be a notorious version of the National Anthem at a high-profile ballgame last July, country singer Ingrid Andress has stayed quietly out of sight, offering an apology and then refraining from subsequent statements or appearances.

But she made a surprise reappearance Friday night, singing “The Star Spangled Banner” prior to a Colorado Avalanche hockey game — successfully. “We’re back, baby,” Andress wrote on social media, captioning a video of herself performing the anthem at Denver’s Ball Arena. “Thank you Avalanche.” Andress was on presumably friendly turf for this unexpected return, making her comeback in her home state of Colorado.

Watch her performance at the game, below. A post shared by Ingrid Andress ••• (@ingridandress) On Friday night, Andress’ posting of her new version of the anthem on social media — which had not been announced in advance — was starting to draw some favorable responses. “That’s my girl!!!!!!” replied producer-artist Butch Walker. ”This is beautiful and you rocked it,” wrote fellow country artist Caylee Hammack.