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Kathy will dazzle you as everyone’s favorite Diva-Superstar … Bette Midler.
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Wind Beneath My Wings, Stuff Like That There, I’m Beautiful, The Rose,
You Don’t Own Me, Under the Boardwalk
. . . and an acute, outrageous sense of humor.
Enjoy martini-cool hits of the 50’s and 60’s from the
ROSEMARY CLOONEY and PEGGY LEE songbook!
It’s all extremely, fabulous and hip, you know.
Since 1995, Kathy has delighted in portraying Bette Midler getting her start with Legends in Concert, Las Vegas. From the back of the room, John Stuart was overheard saying “She looks just like her.” as Kathy auditioned. Kathy has both the look AND the voice. She has cavorted as the Divine Diva in Branson, Cancun, Myrtle Beach, San Fran, Bally’s & Trump Taj Mahal Atlantic City Millennium New Years, Japan, Detroit, Berlin, Cologne, Mystic Lakes Minnesota, Basel-Switzerland, Utah, Las Vegas- Legends in Concert, Florida, Escape from OZ in Hamilton, Caribbean Cruise Ships, Mall of America, Banff-Alberta, Spa S/X-Toronto, Stage West Dinner Theatre, Woody’s, ‘The Docks’, Cedar’s, Cruise Line & Barrymore’s “Luv Ball” in Ottawa, and her one-woman Tribute to Bette Show in Hartford, Connecticut…
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Since her first performance at age 16, Kathy has been a busy professional singer, getting her roots as a Voice Major at Humber College in Toronto, and studying with private voice teachers. She was then posted in Ottawa where, after Basic Training, she was the vocalist for the Royal Canadian Air Force 55-piece Central Band for 3 years, where she was also a staff copyist/calligrapher. After Sergeant Thompson’s ‘retirement’, she has done performances numbering into the thousands: clubs, festivals, corporate events, private functions, television, film & recordings working with the finest local musicians.
Kathy established her own band with a repertoire of over 400 songs for corporate and private functions, as well as the Martini Jazz Quartet. She was a founding member of The Singers Guild of Toronto and was elected to the Board of Directors, Toronto Musicians’ Association / American Federation of Musicians for a ’94-‘96 where she was also active on the Public Relations Committee to support live music. Kathy was the editor of the “See the Music” live talent guide. All the while, she has done film work like standing in for Debbie Reynolds…there have been jingles, many for Irwin Toys as the voice of a little girl. She studied animation voice acting in Los Angeles and Toronto, and jazz dance as well as Comedy Improv at Second City and Theatresports Toronto. Kathy was a singing host at Mark Breslin venue “Sing Sing”; and Mark is the owner of Yuk Yuk’s chain of stand-up comedy clubs.
Kathy composed, published and distributed 3 independent recordings on CD, which still receive Canadian airplay, most notably her Christmas favorite “The Gift of Love”. She won a Scarborough Arts Council Award for one of her original country songs. She was featured singing the music of Harry James in the Toronto Jazz Festival, Canada Day ’99 Nathan Phillips Square, and has performed the principal role of the groom’s mother for almost ten years in the hilarious musical comedy improv show “Joey & Gina’s Comedy Wedding” as the tipsy Giovanna Prosciutto. Today, Kathy still sings jazz.
As the president of PURE VOICE POWER, Kathy delivers voice and speech training workshops for the corporate world, for actors and comedians. She is a member of the CE faculty at Toronto’s Centennial College to teach a series of classes 2005 through 2009. Kathy has earned her Advanced Bronze designation as a public speaker with Toastmasters Int’l and is also a graduate of the National Institute of Broadcasting. She held popular classes for people to improve their voice and business communication skills at Toronto's The Learning Annex, as featured on CBC Radio One. Kathy is a Certified Teacher of Adults and recently graduated courses such as Coaching The Gestalt Way and The Psychology of Performance at the Artists’ Health Centre Foundation.
Kathy recently taught a piano computer lab to young students called MusI.Q., as well as some classes for theatre youth students for SuiteLife spring 2008. She has been a private vocal coach since 1992, she is recording her unique singing lesson CD. As Kathy performs her tributes to Bette, her voice is powerful with a sense of humor, and true to Bette’s style.
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