Cole Jacobson
Orioles followers are used to seeing Corridor of Famers at Camden Yards — simply not Corridor of Famers like this.
However such was the case in Baltimore on Wednesday, when famend whistler Chris Ullman got here to the stadium to whistle the nationwide anthem earlier than the Orioles took home a 6-1 win towards the Crimson Sox.
The video speaks for itself. However who’s the particular person behind the viral clip?
According to his website, Ullman is a four-time worldwide whistling champion, together with being a 2012 inductee into the Worldwide Whistling Corridor of Fame. Past his competitions, notable whistling experiences for Ullman have included serenading George W. Bush and Dick Cheney within the White Home in the course of the former’s presidency, whistling the nationwide anthem at sporting occasions together with however not restricted to Wednesday’s sport and performing with 10 totally different symphony orchestras.
Regardless of his whistling prowess, although, Ullman does have a day job. Outdoors of his musical present, he’s a communications skilled, writer and inspirational speaker. At present, he’s the President of Ullman Communications, a strategic advisory agency, and he additionally beforehand served as Director of International Communications at The Carlyle Group, led communications on the White Home Finances Workplace, ran the general public affairs workplace on the U.S. Securities and Alternate Fee and was spokesman for the U.S. Home Finances Committee.
Ullman, who has written two books, has a spouse, Kristen, and lives along with her and their three youngsters in Alexandria, Va. And for what it’s value, he does listen to music with conventional lyrics, too.
All in all, Ullman is a contemporary Renaissance man — and we are able to all maintain our eyes out for which stadium he is perhaps hitting subsequent.