A Song for Everything

It's taken me until today to recover really, it was a rather big weekend haha! It's funny how you go through life and great things, big things etc all seem to clump together, it can't be nicely spread out over time. Well that is what happened on the past weekend, don't get me wrong I had a ball but I was rather exhausted come Monday morning. So what was I doing? Well Saturday started with a big rehearsal with the J.D. Lord Band getting ready for our gig Sunday evening. We did have a rather long set list and although Backing Vocals aren't exactly hard they are taxing on your voice (and some of mine are rather high!) plus you are singing over a loud band. Anyway, Saturday arvo/evening I was getting ready for a Ding Productions gig at the Hilton Adelaide. It was fun to be back with this group and doing our "Funhouse" set. Which includes lots of colours, facepaint, dancers, aerialists and an array of music. The prep definitely goes longer than the actual p...

So a bit of time has passed since my last post, actually I feel like this year is running past! Can you relate?? Well lots has been happening since my last post and I'd love to get you up to speed. At the moment my life is made up of rehearsals, work and baby showers it seems haha! Big Fish the Musical opens in about 4 weeks and I am loving every minute of that rehearsal process. I am so grateful for the experiences and opportunities I have had this year and this musical is another of those moments. I love the character I am playing (Sandra), the songs I get to sing and all the people I am working with. On April 24th, Andrew Crispe and Myself sang one of our duets from the show at Broadway Sessions . This is a night that happens once a month, kind of like an open mic night, gives performers of all ages and experience the opportunity to sing something out of a the musical theatre genre. It is always a great night and is rather popular so it was great to ...

Ok so the leaves haven't turned yet but the skies have been a bit greyer lately (plus I always giggle when I sing this song after the Sketch Show skit check it out here ). Autumn is definitely here and as today is the last day of March we are set for a new month. I was reflecting back on the last three months and can not believe how much has happened! First of all I hope you and your family had a wonderful Easter. What did you get up to? Do you have a tradition that you do every year? I was asked this year as the Guest Soloist at Box Hill Salvation Army's Easter celebrations. I truly love Easter music and so it always is such a pleasure to share it with others plus I got to stay and spend time with my sister Lauren, Aaron and Bella. So I had a lovely time away and was really happy with how my voice was. I have been singing so much lately, it was getting tired but it seems it has always been conditioned :) The weekend before Easter was Soul Factor's performances of Powe...

Waiting. We've all done it, we've all been frustrated by it at times, we've all got through it and I am sure we've all asked the question "But, why?" On my walk this morning, I really felt I should write about waiting. Four years ago on this day, my younger brother and his best mate had a car accident. My brother Alex went into a coma and thus began the waiting until 2 days later when he passed away. We had to wait and see how he was, wait to see how surgery went, wait for test results, wait for a conclusion of sorts. Friends and family had to wait for more information. Although this time was painful and numbing, it was in this time of waiting that I grew and I know my family grew as well we also found out our strength. When I look back on this time, I actually am grateful for it. Which to you may sound odd but things like this help us become the people we are meant to. Over those two days, so much prayer and love was spoken, shared, messaged, hugged ...

I have been wanting to write this post for a while, but so much has been happening! So in my last post I talked about Oklahoma and what an amazing time that was, my year had gotten off to a great start! Well other exciting things have happened since. So you may or may not know I have lived in the Adelaide Hills most of my life, I love living there, I like the trees, the fact that you can drive a couple of minutes and your in the country, my family live there and its a bit slower paced. Unfortunately most of my work is in Adelaide and surrounding suburbs and my fuel bill has been huge so I have been thinking I would need to move closer down the hill. As it happens I now have, into a unit in Clapham! It all happened very quickly but it was all very exciting and such a change for me. Now every thing is around 15 minutes away instead of at least 30. Its 5 mins to Soul Factor rehearsal which is crazy but it is nice to get home at a reasonable time. The Lower Mitcham area is where my dad...

"Oh what a Beautiful Morning, Oh what a Beautiful Day......" Well actually its been a beautiful week! I did have the absolute privilege to play Laurey in Oklahoma! presented live on Four Oaks Farm in Littlehampton SA. It was such a beautiful setting to be in everyday, trees, fresh air, animals in the paddocks around and one rather show stealing peacock!! The cast was fabulous, the orchestra amazing and the sound superb (Tim Freedman, Allpro Audio  love your work!!). At the risk of sounding cheesy it was a magical experience. From the moment that Curly rides along the ridge on his horse (an actual horse!) singing "Oh what a Beautiful Morning" people were captivated. It was such a labour of love for all of us, and to see the joy in people's faces was so wonderful. This production was the idea of Emma Knights from Emma Knights Productions and along with some other wonderful people who captured the vision of it all as well, it actua...

Happy New Year!! Wow can you believe that we are in 2016! Last year really flew by and December was a crazy month. How are you feeling after the end of the year? are you ready to start a new one? December was a great month, I was flat out with gigs, rehearsals, work and Mary Kay plus of course Christmas events with friends and family but it was a great month. I do love singing and performing and it is such a pleasure to share Christmas songs with people, to have then join in and leave with such joy. Soul Factor's concert was fabulous! So much fun to perform and a full house to share it with. Our next gig was at the Hallett Cove Carols, which was freezing! And then the Adelaide Carols by Candlelight where some of us where backing Samantha Jade again and the whole choir was in the onstage choir. This turned into an exciting event, because although Samantha Jade got through her first number she actually had tonsillitis and got sicker after so about 20 mins before she was to go bac...