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From:  "Jocelyn Gooch" <jocelyngooch@h...>
Date:  Fri Apr 14, 2000  3:17 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] The Voice of a (Greedy) Angel



I just saw Charlotte on the Jay Leno Show LATE last night. She is now 14
years old, and sounds sweet, looks sweet, and wobbles like an opera diva put
out to pasture. Poor thing!

>From: Ian Belsey <Idbelsey@y...>
>Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
>To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [vocalist-temporary] The Voice of a (Greedy) Angel
>Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 23:40:35 +0100 (BST)
>
>
>
>Just to clarify about Charlotte Church and her
>fabulous wobbling jaw (Ha! Ha!)
>
>She had that even at the start when all of this hype
>with Sony etc started. On an English documentary, her
>teacher was interviewed, and there was Charlotte
>having a lesson, and yes, you've guessed it, the jaw
>was wobbling away.
>
>I find it absolutely extraordinary that this teacher,
>and her subsequent one with Sony has done nothing
>about it. And, to say don't worry! Well, they would
>say that 'coz a quick buck is being made and the poor
>girl is on the scrap heap soon, you mark my words.
>Although I wouldn't call her voice astounding, I would
>disagree with other listers who call it unexceptional.
> Most 12 year olds to my mind don't sound like that.
>Having said that, why do these idiot coaches she's
>got, make her sound like a clapped out 45 year old?
>It's quite beyond me and very distressing.
>Interesting in the Julie Andrews parallel. The
>difference though is that Miss Andrews had an
>excellent teacher in Lilian Styles Allen who certainly
>would not have let Miss Church get away with her
>oddities!
>
>Just a comment which had to come off the chest! Not
>sure why?
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Ian Belsey. Voice technician. Bromley, Kent, England
>ps. Actually, Charlotte is not a bad little actress.
>Maybe she should do a bit more of that and give her
>poor voice a wee rest?
>
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