Lyndon Slewidge (born 1954 inSault Ste. Marie, Ontario)[1][2][3] is a retiredOntario Provincial Police officer. He is also a singer who specializes in national anthems. He was the official anthem singer for theOttawa Senators ice hockey club between 1994 and 2016[4] and is familiar with at least 13 national anthems.[3] In 2023, Slewidge performed the anthems for the first time since 2016 during the Ottawa Senators 2023-24 home opener.[5] Slewidge typically ends an anthem with asalute, a wink and athumbs up sign (or, in the playoffs, with waving a towel).
Slewidge spent his childhood in Sault Ste. Marie where at age 9 he won theKiwanis Music Festival for his singing talent. His career in police work began there in 1975. Prior to moving to the Ottawa area, he lived inSault Ste. Marie, Ontario where he first sang national anthems for theSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. He has last been stationed inSmiths Falls at the OPP's Eastern Region Headquarters. He has received theService Medal of the Order of St John with 1 Bar.
In 1992, astronautRoberta Bondar arranged for Slewidge to record the American and Canadian national anthems. She took the recordings aboard her flight on NASA's Space ShuttleDiscovery (missionSTS-42). Bondar's home city is Sault Ste. Marie, where Slewidge was stationed at that time.[2]
{{cite news}}:|archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) References Slewidge's effect on aFlorida Panthers player.To welcome back Lyndon Slewidge in his first game since a surgical procedure, fans gave the Ottawa anthem singer a standing ovation.
There's no two ways around it: the guy is a national treasure.
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