Singing Praises..

One of the ways that the Brandon Sunset Rotary Club raises money to support our local causes is to deliver flowers for The Bloombox, a local florist.  My wife and I were doing just that the other day, when we had an opportunity to pause for a coffee at the small shop at the gardening centre where the florist is located.

It was later in the afternoon, and the shop was not busy.  We told the young barista that we were delivering flowers to raise money for our Brandon  Sunset Rotary Club.

“Thanks to you, I was on stage at Carnegie Hall a couple of weeks ago!!”  She blurted.

Angela was from Kenora, and had gone to the RYLA camp at Clear Lake a few  years ago. One of the speakers at that camp had encouraged her to continue with her musical career, and she had a dream of singing at Carnegie Hall in New York  City.  After High School, she went on to get her degree in music at Brandon University, and she had just finished her degree.

A musical group that she was with had been touring the US, and one of the stops was in New York City…Carnegie Hall.  Although the group was not singing there, they did have a tour of the Hall.

She, alone, was allowed to go up to centre stage and enjoy the ambience!

This young woman is furthering her career by doing post grad work at University of Western Ontario.

She credits going to RYLA for sending her on her career.  It was not an ordinary cup of coffee!