Joanne Dennis (My Daughter) is Wales Singer of the Year

Joanne Dennis (My Daughter) is Wales Singer of the Year

My daughter Joanne Dennis became the Welsh Musical Theatre Singer of the year for 2007 In front of an enthusiastic Grand Theatre audience in Swansea.

Joanne was awarded much coveted commemorative Gower Trophy and a thousand pounds cash prize towards her advancement in musical theatre.

In 2005 Joanne was awarded a scholarship to join the BBC National Chorus of Wales, having previously studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff.
The three adjudicators, Stephanie Benavente, Claire Hammacott and Rosamund Shelley praised the standard at both preliminary round and this final, where they commented that Joanne had raised their performance standards for this prestigious occasion. They also praised the outstanding support given to each artiste by guest accompanist, Jeffrey Howard.

The organising Dunvant Male Choir, under Conductor Jonathan Rogers and accompanist Hywel Evans, supported the event with items from their musical theatre repertoire and previous winner Hayley Gallivan added a classy contribution.A letter from Last year's winner Connie Fisher was included in the programme which encouraged every entrant with her motto: "Climb Every Mountain, 'til you find your dream!" Connie Fisher is now playing as Maria in The Sound of Music at the London Palladium.

From a dads Point of view :-)

Since Joanne was old enough to hold a beat she has been belting out songs from nursery rhymes to rap. Joannes capacity to adopt the presence of each song she sings has never ceased to amaze me, if I was playing Alahna Myles you would think it was her singing in the back of the car Mariah Kerry ha she was there in the car too however the point being as a small person in her car seat her voice was a joy to listen too.

Over the years she has created her own style and through hard work and difficult circumstances she is now living her dream Oh yes, in addition Joanne is an accomplished pianist and also highly graded in the guitar.

As you can see by the fact she was presented with the Gower trophy the hard work and commitment to her dream has made us all very proud.

Way to go Jo I love ya sweetheart

Dadso xxxx

It is also My Son Scott,s Birthday today so happy birthday son i look forward to seeing you home on thursday :-) love ya

I will present Scotts also great rep here soon Scott is a Rugby man Oh yes a fine Celtic Warrior