A whirlwind of energy and enthusiasm blows through the door, every time Jamie walks in. Jamie is our energetic American woman. Born and raised in Connecticut, USA, Jamie started singing in school with choirs and a dance band. She participated in many musicals.
Jamie became a classroom teacher, and moved to Ireland in 1992 and has lived near Kinsale ever since.
A mother of two, she works with individuals of average to high intelligence with learning blocks such as dyslexia.
Once in Ireland Jamie soon started performing again in various stage productions and joined the Kinsale Opera, and later on the Chorus of Opera Cork, where she was the soprano standing next to me , the alto.
We both, regrettably, had to leave the choir because of other engagements. When I asked jamie if she'd be interested in taking part in the concert, she immediately agreed. It is with great pleasure that we'll be standing next to each other again to sing the soprano/alto lines.
Roos Demol
Married to Haydn Shaughnessy, and a mother of 4, I am number six in a row of ten children in a Flemish family. We were all good singers, and we used to sing a lot. One year we went on holiday to Tirol,Austria, and I remember us all standing in the garden of the holiday home, and singing to the mountains. The neighbours would come on their balcony to listen to us. I felt like a little Von Trap girl then.
We sang at home, at family parties and also in the church choir.
Music became part of the back ground as I grew older and work took over.
It wasn't until I moved to Ireland that I rediscovered that I could actually sing. It happened in a pub in Ballinadee, where, during one of their sing-songs I was put on a table by force and told to sing, I belted out an old Flemish song, the first one I could think of, and felt that I actually enjoyed it.
I soon joined the chorus of opera Cork, which was one of the best things I've ever done in my life. I made a lot of long lasting friends there, some of whom are singing at the concert as well. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, the friendship and support I got from the choir members was heart warming. The women who were there to stand by me will be my friends forever.
I now get tuition from the fabulous Laoise O'Hanlon.
Music made me love Ireland, and I am happy to be able to support Action Breast Cancer together with my friends, through music.
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