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These girls are awesome! I have hopes of one day going to Korea to check them out live aaaah to dream ;-)
Isn't this video awesome? The theme is one of like a gothic fairy tale, almost Richard Burton-esque.
I LOVE Ella! I also felt compelled to post some interesting information I saw on Wikipedia, no matter the adversity you can overcome! Trust yourself, trust your abilities and then just do it.
In 1932, her mother died from a heart attack.[3] Following this trauma, Fitzgerald's grades dropped dramatically and she frequently skipped school. Abused by her stepfather, she was first taken in by an aunt [5] and at one point worked as a lookout at a bordello and also with a Mafia-affiliated numbers runner.[6] When the authorities caught up with her, she was first placed in the Colored Orphan Asylum in Riverdale, the Bronx.[7] However, when the orphanage proved too crowded she was moved to the New York Training School for Girls in Hudson, New York, a state reformatory. Eventually she escaped and for a time was homeless.[5]
She made her singing debut at 17 on November 21, 1934 at the Apollo Theater. in Harlem, New York. She pulled in a weekly audience at the Apollo and won the opportunity to compete in one of the earliest of its famous "Amateur Nights". She had originally intended to go on stage and dance but, intimidated by the Edwards Sisters, a local dance duo, she opted to sing instead in the style of Connee Boswell. She sang Boswell's "Judy" and "The Object of My Affection," a song recorded by the Boswell Sisters, and won the first prize of US$25.00.[8]
OMG this is my favorite classical piece - whenever I hear this I imagine that I am playing the violin with such ferocity, with the wind blowing furiously around me
Gypsy Kings Music for the soul - always a great pick me up!
