And we had the winter snowfall. I bet most of us remember a childhood where one morning we looked out of the window and saw the world transformed. Different sounds, different sights; magical and in a way mysterious. I’m old enough to remember a winter where the snow and ice persisted for 3 months. Nothing […]
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This week is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week and this year’s focus is “Express Yourself.” The Duchess of Cornwall went as far as to say that children and young people should express themselves through music, drama and art to boost their mental health and find things that make them feel good about themselves. Well in […]
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What are you talking about, aren’t we just stuck in this place? How can I think about the future? Those are fair questions and we know there is a possibility of a lifted lockdown but I bet most people are dreaming about having holidays again or seeing far off family members. Visiting a restaurant, a […]
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Why do I need to train in three subjects? That question has come up a lot over the years. Most young people and indeed professional performers, tend to favour one of the subjects. It may be singing or acting or dancing. Sometimes they feel they can do two possibly well but are weaker in the […]
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Should I become a professional performer? It’s a question I am sometimes asked and there’s not an easy instant answer. I usually say, “There’s what you think. There’s what the people around you think like your family or your teachers and there’s what the business thinks.” Let’s take each one of those and give the […]
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