The Talented Cafe

 I am a voracious reader. In fact, I was the eight year old kid that held up the checkout line at the public library; begging the librarian to please, please, please make an exception in my case, allowing me to take home more than the 6 book limit.  (She did! Sweet thing!)  If allowed, I could devour about 8-10 books a week.  I still love reading and the ingredient list on a cereal box will do in a pinch (can anybody tell me what BHT and Niacinamide are?). My favorite writers are J.K. Rowling, Rita Mae Brown, John Grisham, Elmore Leonard, Harold Robbins, Terry McMillan, J. California Cooper and Sydney Sheldon. (Not listed in any particular order.)
     My life is all about creating; it always has been! At the tender age of seven, I began a long professional singing career as a member of the original cast of Sesame Street, lending my singing voice to the soundtrack albums and featured televised songs for about 10 years. I was one of the kids who recorded the Electric Company theme song (with actors Irene Cara and Todd Graff) and have sung in over 70 jingles for everything from Jell-O to KFC and in the animated Christmas special, Frosty’s Winter Wonderland. I sang on many educational compilations for Macmillan House. As a bilingual child I was lucky enough to land many other voiceover jobs, some of which I sang in Spanish and English- most notably “Sing” with The Carpenters. After a hiatus lasting many years, I returned to the studio and the stage- opening for the late Illinois Jacquet’s Big Band and opening for and performing with the late Dizzy Gillespie, a neighbor and close friend of the family who I considered my uncle. I enjoyed a successful run at cabaret and jazz clubs in NYC, New Jersey and in Paris, France, while a student at the Sorbonne.
     My love for performing arts extends beyond vocalization. I previously hosted and produced my own cable TV show for 5 years and have appeared on It’s Showtime at the Apollo and as a guest on the Montel Williams Show. My creative work includes production design for award winning films, and for popular television. I love to act and am presently in development of an electrifying Broadway musical with some exceptional and celebrated talent. It is slated to open in the near future.

     I live in New Jersey, with its rich history and beautiful shoreline. Still, like Daphne, the ocean beckons and my secret ambition is to visit every beach in the world before I pass into the collective consciousness once again.

By the way you want a really good video, check this out, the most controversial video and the jury are still out! 

 Gerbals

You cannot write a script like this can you? But, somebody did… hehehe!

This is Priceless

Well I enjoyed it

Many professional performers work freelance and are, therefore, self-employed. The Corps of Army Music is currently the UK’s largest employer of professional instrumentalists offering a career up to the age of 55. For orchestral players, employers include ballet, symphony, opera and chamber orchestras some of whom will be large enough to employ musicians on full-time contracts. These employers will also employ people on a freelance basis to play specialist instruments, for certain performances and to cover absences, e.g. for those on maternity leave.

Self-governing orchestras, which tend to be less financially secure than the bigger orchestras, will employ musicians on a regular basis, but tend to pay their musicians as freelancers rather than as salaried employees.

There is also occasional work offered by independent fixers for choral society performances, recording sessions and outdoor performances. Freelance musicians or permanent staff can take on this ad hoc work.

The most common employers of singers are opera companies, as there are very few professional choirs. This can lead to other employment opportunities as many of the larger choral societies employ opera singers for solo and oratorio work.

Methinks he was a crazy man?

Cologne, Germany
08 May 2007 01:32
A man cut off his own head with a chainsaw after stabbing his 70-year-old father to death in their apartment in the German city of Cologne, police said on Tuesday. The body of the offender (24) was found headless when police raced to the apartment Monday after an emergency call, apparently from the dying father, had been broken off in mid-sentence. Alf Willwacher, a senior prosecutor, said an electric chainsaw was next to the son’s body. “We do not believe any third party was involved,” he said. Neighbours said the father and son had been reclusive since the death of the mother, allegedly by suicide, several years ago. — Sapa-dpa What do you think?

Full Time Content Writer Required.

DanceEast is looking for teachers to start weekly work from September 2007, teaching the following styles and ages:

• Creative Dance:  Ages 7 – 11 years, 11 – 14 years
• Jazz:  Age 10 years +
• Hip Hop:  Age 10 years +
• Contemporary technique: Age 16 years +
• Parents and Tots

Competitive hourly rates with reasonable travel reimbursements available.  

CRB disclosures dated within the last two years essential.

Subsidised Child Protection, Safer Dance Practice and First Aid training available.

Please send CV’s to Emma Reed, Northgate Arts Centre, Sidegate Lane West, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3DF, or e-mail to emma.reed@danceeast.co.uk. 

Deadline for applications Friday 25 May 2007

The position of Community Dance Artist and other teaching opportunities in the eastern regional Centre for Advanced Training (Ipswich) will be advertised shortly.  Please contact DanceEast for more information on 01473 639230, or regularly check their website www.danceeast.co.uk.  

Call us if you’re interested