When actress, recording artist, and award-winning singer Mary Millben reflects on her life, she sees a blessed journey marked by what God has called her to do. With a rich coloratura voice that soars with dramatic verve, Mary has traveled the globe, bringing rousing emotion to her rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” She has had the honor of performing for four consecutive U.S. presidents — and very likely in just a few weeks, a fifth one when President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office for his second term.
“Of the blessings of God and the blessings of this country, my life is truly the American dream, as many of our lives are,” Mary said. “When we look, we see not only the hand of God over our lives, but we see also the blessings and the benefits that we’ve received by being an American citizen.”
Breitbart News Entertainment Editor Jerome Hudson recently sat down with Mary Millben — a self-described “Breitbart girl” — who spoke first and foremost about God and country, and how they are the prime inspirations in her life.
Few would believe that a woman who’s enchanted audiences from packed NFL stadiums in the U.S. to the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, once suffered from stage fright. Indeed, Mary recalls being “very fearful to be on stage as a child, and certainly as a young teen.” She credits her “hero,” her mother, a retired music pastor, for forcing her on stages and places that were uncomfortable.
“We had to sing in choir and on praise teams and so I had to learn how to get over that stage fright rather quickly because that was never going away,” Mary said. “But I thank God for my mom because she was perhaps forcing me on stages and in places and spaces that were uncomfortable because she saw the call of God on my life.” […]
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