A Song for Everything

Well I couldn't let this month pass without letting you all know of my niece who was born on Friday July 15th!  Yes that is two new additions to our family within 5 weeks.  Olivia & Jake McCulloch welcomed little Eva Grace and she is a perfect little doll. So small compared to her cousin Hudson but just beautiful. It was so lovely to have both my sisters here in Adelaide for a couple of weeks and to have both of them with children. I collected the set, both a niece and a nephew in one year!  So THIS Sunday is Soul Factor's Concert "A Little Bit of This & a Little Bit of That". I do love these concerts but they are a lot of work! 19 or so songs, costumes, dancing, props, and music all with a smile haha!!  Hopefully yo have your tickets, if not click here!  3pm, Sunday 31st July at Southland Church Pasadena Green Shopping Centre,  20 Fiveash Drive, Pasadena SA .  On that concert, Michael Denholm and I will be giving you ...

It's already the middle of July, can you believe it? And how cold has it been? My goodness, I thought that when I moved down from the hills I would be warmer .....not true. I hope you've been able to keep warm though, I am sure the weather will change soon (fingers crossed!). So we are into the second half of the year and I am in the process of locking things in and of course learning more music! A few things have happened over the last couple of weeks, including me taking on some singing students. I have been thinking about this for a while and decided that now was the time to get back to sharing knowledge and to work with people who want to better their vocal abilities. I am actually kind of excited to be getting back to it and hope that it is something that works. Singing is my passion and I love to share it with others, teaching it is just another way. Soul Factor's mid year concert is coming up on July 31st and this year it is a rather fabulous mix of music! What e...

Usually with tears haha!! Sadly all good things do have to come to an end and on Saturday evening the season of "Big Fish" The Musical had its last bow. But what an amazing time it was! Often you'll get to the end of doing a show (which has taken months of your life up) and think "it's been great but be glad to finish", Big Fish was not like that at all. I have been blessed to do some fabulous shows, with great people and of course when your passion is performing and you get to do it everyday, you don't want to let it go. But from the first rehearsal, we all knew we had something special. The musical itself is a magical journey filled with colour, joy and mythical characters entwined with real life and love, the music although sometimes called unmemorable is just beautiful and not only am I not over it, I can't seem to stop listening to it! Our orchestra was so amazing with the difficult score, and the backstage & technical crew were phenomena...

Well after around 4 months of rehearsal the time has come for us to open "Big Fish" the Musical. Tonight is the Preview before tomorrow Opening Night and I am so excited to share it with audiences and bring the SA Premiere to Adelaide! You may have gathered from other posts that I LOVE this musical and the role that I am playing. Of all the lead roles I have played, this one, Sandra Bloom, is a special one. But I think that has a lot to do with the cast, production team and all those involved with putting this show on. It has been such a wonderful rehearsal period creating something beautiful and for that I feel very blessed. I get to sing some beautiful songs, be a mother and grandmother and have red hair! Plus you don't want to miss my blue Sparkly dress!! If you are trying to decide whether to come to it as you don't know the story or music I encourage you to take a leap and come along. This music had me from the first listen and the story is so full of heart ...

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...