ANAHEIM : Stadium’s Youngest Singer, 6, Encores

Christopher Lee Parker, 6, wearing neon green clothes, fidgets and giggles in the huge chair in his father’s office. It’s not until the tiny, red-haired, freckled-nosed boy stands straight and tall and belts out a tear-jerking rendition of the national anthem that you realize this is no ordinary kid.

Christopher, who in June became the youngest person to perform the “Star-Spangled Banner” at an Angels’ game at Anaheim Stadium, gave a repeat performance Sunday at the start of the game between the California Angels and the Oakland A’s.

“He’s back by popular demand,” said Corky Lippert, director of special projects for the Angels, adding that singers rarely are invited to make more than one appearance in a season.

“I couldn’t believe he wasn’t a trained professional. And the fans--oh Lord, I had 10 to 15 calls a day after that; everyone wanted to know when he was going to sing again.”

During an interview in his dad’s office last week, the Cypress boy showed no fear of standing before a few tens of thousands of people, and bursting out archaic phrases like “o’er the ramparts we watched,” and “at the twilight’s last gleaming.”

Christopher’s parents say they first noticed his talent when he sang two summers ago at his sister’s christening. His father considered lessons, but few teachers were interested in a 4-year-old.

Eventually, Dr. Maurice Allard of the Allard Academy in Costa Mesa heard Christopher and became his teacher.

When the receptionist at Allard’s office realized that a reporter was calling, she knew instantly what it was about. “Christopher Parker, right?” she asked. “Dr. Allard loves talking about Christopher Parker.”

And he does. “He’s a genius musically and vocally--and I don’t say that lightly,” Allard said. “And he’s a joy to work with because he loves to do it.”

Penny Parker, Christoper’s mother, said the family is musically oriented; she plays the piano and sings a little, and Christopher’s father, Peter, was a professional musician for years before starting his real estate appraisal company recently.

But they say they didn’t realize the extent of their son’s talent at first.

“He’d walk around singing, but we were just tuned out to it,” said Peter Parker. Still, Parker sent the Angels a demonstration tape of Christopher’s singing, and the June stadium appearance resulted.

“I had to keep listening to it, I couldn’t believe it,” his mother said about a videotape of that performance.

Christopher rolls his eyes and chuckles every time his dad tells a story about him or shows the videotape. Still, Christopher says, he wouldn’t at all mind being a famous performer one day.

“I really like to sing.”