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Laurie Young

Laurie Young was born on April 26th 1986 in London, England. She moved to Canada at the age of four. Laurie began singing ever since the moment she could talk. At the age of six Laurie began to study music. She studied the theory of piano and also began to learn how to play the piano. She did many group performances vocally and instrumentally in elementary school concerts. In eighth grade she was introduces to the Alto Saxophone at the age of 12 and continued to play for two years thereafter. While studying Italian in elementary school Laurie was invited to sing with the Schola Conotorum directed by Franca Di Giovanni, an Italian Choir, she performed in concerts with the Schola Conotrum such as the "Concerto di Natale" at the Columbus Centre in December 1997. In the summer of 1998 Laurie was invited to sing with the South African choir who were invited to honor Nelson Mandela's visit to Toronto at the ACC on septemmber 25 1998. This was a very memorable and honourable moment for Laurie. In That same year Laurie Auditioned for the Etobicoke School of the Arts in order to major in music Instruments for the Alto Sax and Musical Theatre. She was accepted in February 1999, during her years there laurie gained knowledge in the art of performance in a theartrical environment. She did many theatrical musical performances with her fellow classmates. In 2001 she practiced witht the Charactors Group Troop in preparing to perform the musical (__tits and Ass____). On March 11, 2001 Laurie did her first public solo performance at the age of 14 at the Womens Internaltional Celebration hosted by Today's Canadaian Black Women it was located at First European's Restranutant in Toronto. In her last year of high school Laurie performed in and helped produce and write a small musical called "Love Gone Wild" inspired by the novel 'Cheaters' written by Eric Jerome Dickey. As well she was the Director of ESA's 2003 Black History Celebration in which combined solo and group performances by Laurie. She also helped write and produce this assembly.
Laurie began writting music when she was 14. Growing up she was a lover of the work of Whitney Houston. As well as the great work of artists such as Stevie Wonder, Billie Holiday, Reberta Flack. Today she listens to a wide variety of music. At the end of 2004 Laurie was given the amazing opportunity to record her first demo album. In June of 2005 it was completed entitled ' Love, through my eyes'. All three songs were wriiten by Laurie.

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The Mighty Cheeks

This Duo seriously have an addictive quality! Their tunes are very americana, with a ska twist, making you want to keep on listening. Kristinas voice is intuitively intoned, and the lyrics take me home every time I hear them. Garys uncanny ability to create new and vibrant riff based rock puts a smile on my face, however, the familiarity also makes me reminisce, which makes a perfect compliment to Kristina. These two just spent a year hiatus in Hollywood where they honed their skills and discovered that there is no place like home. The musical potential here is emormous and I can't wait to work with them again.

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