A Song for Everything

Well my show has finished, sad but true! Actually it finished two weeks ago but then it takes a little while to get back into real life. I was really sad to see this one go, most of the things I do I am sad they finish but this one I wasn't even over yet and the cast and crew were so fabulous that we all just had a great time.  Little Women is such a beautiful story, have you read it? seen the movie? Its not just a story about 4 girls and the nothingness that is their lives but a tale of how these little women become grown women in a time that was still dominated by men.  Lousia May Alcott brings to life characters that are in all forms of life expected by women and traits that are not.  The musical allows us to tell the story set in a different time but through contempory music because the themes still mean so much today.  *Sigh* but it is over, the audiences loved it , we loved it but it is now onto new things! A few new things on the cards so will talk about them...

So it's again been a little while between posts, it seems I am struggling to sit down and write as time is whipping by! I hope you all had a wonderful Easter break I spent mine singing both here in Adelaide and at the Belgrave Convention at Belgrave Heights and catching up with the sister and beautiful niece Bella. How are you coping with the pace of this year?? Anyway as always I am busy singing, learning & doing makeup.  March was a crazy month with a couple of interstate trips, a competition and the beginning of rehearsals for Little Women the Musical which I will be performing in June as Meg the eldest sister. We are having a great time and the cast is fabulous! Its such a wonderful story and the music is fantastic so if you are wanting to attend be on the lookout for info from Therry Dramatic Society click here  or follow the Facebook page here  and I will surely post more info. It seems I am rehearsing like a crazy person at the moment, what with...

Hello! it has been a little while since my last blog post. I know I have been getting the year underway and in January I had a little bit of time off singing so that was nice just to refresh. But it is February and I have been getting back into it. Two weeks ago I sang with Olivia (my sister) at our niece Isabella's dedication in Melbourne. It was a lovely afternoon, dedicating this beautiful little girl back to God. It was also a great catch up time for my family as a big chunk of family lives in Victoria and so we were able to share and eat together and have lots of Bella cuddles. This past weekend I was the special Guest Artist at the Captivated Women's Conference at Collaroy Centre, Collaroy NSW. This years conference was based around John 10:10 "I came that they may have & enjoy life, and have it in ABUNDANCE" so the theme was Abundance. I was then able to share with the women of the conference for about an hour, just about my life, songs that I love...

Well its 2013....Happy New Year!!! I hope that this finds you well and that you have had a wonderful start to the new year. Do you make resolutions? or do you believe you will just break them? I have goals but not necessarily resolutions but it is always good to focus your mind and give yourself a little road map even if you get totally lost sometime there haha! I like new years, its nice to think you can have a fresh start, a clean slate and to start again. I know for me and my family we would hope that 2013 is not going to be like 2012 but one doesn't know what is going to happen and really I am happy to leave that in God's hands as I know, if he wants me to go through it he will get me through it. I am feeling and praying for the people in Tassie who have started this year by losing everything they had to the fires, that was not expected but they do have their lives and I am sure will be cared for by the wonderful emergency services crews. I am praying that this ye...

So as is pretty obvious this wonderful time of year can be pretty busy for singers and performers, there's Carols by Candlelights, carols services, Christmas concerts, Carolling, end of year dinners, weddings and the list goes on (many of which being the reason I have not written for a while :p)!! Having started learning or relearning Christmas music back in September the Christmas period for me is quite a long one but luckily I do love to sing the music and about the story.  This year I did a couple of other Christmas events apart from Soul Factor Gospel Choirs annual Christmas concerts but it was fun to play with the group Brass FX on November 18th for their Christmas concert and then to do the carols at Burnside with them also.  Soul Factor's Christmas concert this year was actually two on December 8th.  We set the hall out in a cabaret style with green and red tablecloths, bows and christmas lights and presented the entertainment while our audiences enjoyed nibbles...

Today I am doing something new. I am teaching a session at the SA Occupational Therapy Combined State & Country Forum on how singing is good for wellbeing. Did you know this? I am sure all those friends out there who are singers and musical theatre performers know it and most people know how music is good for our wellbeing whether we are a musician or not.  What I found interesting is actually looking at it and putting the feelings and benefits into words. For as long as I can remember, I have loved to sing, when feeling down I would put on favourite music and sing along. Or when I felt the situation needed it, sing a soundtrack because just like in the movies, music does enhance a situation, and there is nothing like losing yourself singing at the top of your voice into your hairbrush while dancing like a lunatic......c'mon you can't deny it ;) So I have had to look at songs that make people happy and that are about happiness and wellbeing and how to showcase that to a ...

I know we try to deny it but Christmas is only 3 months away!! Isn't that crazy? It's always funny to start learning Christmas music in September but as a singer you have to start early :) which to me is fabulous because I love singing Christmas music, listening to Christmas music and shopping to Christmas music.  I know I might be a little Christmas crazy but apart from the amazing story of Christ's birth there is also the magic of that time of year. So some of my favourite Christmas carols/songs are: O Holy Night Angels we Have Heard on High Silent Night Gloria in Excelsius Deo White Christmas Ill be home for Christmas Chestnuts roasting What are yours?? I tend to like the songs that are about white christmas's which I have never experineced but am sure I will some day. Although there is something special about an aussie Christmas, hot weather, carols by candlelight, seafood, cricket..... Well this post is not meant to freak you out if you havent st...