I guess I’ll never be a performer if I don’t take singing
lessons!” exclaimed 6-year-old Kristen Clark after watching a
Britney Spears documentary on television. Living in rural Ontario,
Canada, travelling to stepdancing competitions province-wide,
Kristen’s focus suddenly changed from wanting to be a dancer to
wanting to be a “performer”.
After enrolling in vocal lessons and
capturing several 1st and 2nd place vocal awards, Kristen hit the
country music venues with a charm and pure yodeling ability that not
many 8-year-olds had exposed. She became known as the “Little
Angel that Yodels” after performing at a Camp Trillium
children’s cancer centre benefit called “Angels Among Us”.
Kristen’s involvement in the
industry sparked her interest in writing and recording so she
recorded her first 3-song CD entitled “New Beginnings” of cover
tunes from three different genres. When she completed that CD she
concentrated on writing meaningful songs that really meant something
to her, thus embarking on co-writing several songs with her parents,
three of which were recorded on her first original 3-song CD called
“Kisses To You”. Two of the songs are true to her life and one
is very fictional. She was quite excited to walk into Music World at
the local mall and see her CD sitting on the “New Releases”
shelf for everyone to buy. She has since grown her sales venues to
include Elite Performance Wear, Moondance, Giant Tiger and Sam The
Record Man. The following November she also contributed to a
compilation Christmas CD for the United Way. As if that wasn’t
enough, she pressed on and wanted to deliver to her fans what they
had been asking her for at her performances—a CD full of country
classics. By June 2006 she delivered her 3rd CD to her fans entitled
“Grand Ole Classics”, a 10-song CD full of classics such as
“Blue Moon of Kentucky”, “I Want To Be A Cowboy’s
Sweetheart”, “Lovesick Blues”, Daddy’s Hands”, “Coal
Miner’s Daughter” and more...
2004 and 2005 saw Kristen performing
at so many country music venues across Ontario that with regret she
dropped her stepdancing involvement in favour of guitar lessons. Her
bookings were constant, attending radio interviews, benefits,
competitions and performances throughout Ontario. Highlights of the
venues she’s performed at are as follows:
• KICX 104FM StarQuest Competition
(top 10 finalist out of 97 bands)
• Canadian National Exhibition (CNE)
Rising Star Competition (quarter-final status)
• Angels Among Us Cancer Benefit
(opening for Caroll Baker) 2 years consecutive
• Private Birthday Party with
world-renowned guitar player Steve Piticco
• Peterborough Liftlock and
Riverboat Cruises (“Kristen Clark—An Evening of Country”
cruise) and ("Kristen Clark's Father's Day Sweetheart
Cruise")
• Bell Walk for “Kids Help
Phone” (Kristen Clark Benefit Concert)
• CHEX TV Newswatch 5:30 Program (Corus
Entertainment) broadcast across Canada
• Stampede Corral (performing with
the Bareback Riders, cross-Canada Battle of the Bands winners)
• CJBQ 800 AM (Quinte Broadcasting)
Live On-Air Performance
• Peterborough Summer Festival of
Lights (crowd exceeded 5,000 people)
• Havelock Regional Country Music
Talent Showdown
• Sin City, Montreal House,
Rosedale Trading Post (with the Blackfly Band)
• KAOS 99.5 Radio Roadshow
• Peterborough Idol Competition
• International Plowing Match
• Havelock Chamber of Commerce
Trade Show
Currently, Kristen thoroughly enjoys
sharing her own originals as well as Martina McBride, LeAnn Rimes
and Miranda Lambert songs for the younger crowds and Hank Williams,
Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline and Holly Dunn songs for the classic
country audiences. She is determined to continue writing songs from
her heart and recently premiered her latest single called “Winding
Road” on “Kids Country”, a NixaCountry Radio show broadcast
world-wide from Munroe, Oregon.
Kristen is making her mark on the
world and continues to hone her vocal skills with Sony recording
artist Tara Lyn Hart. She is continually improving her guitar
picking skills through ongoing lessons and constant practice. She
has also recently taken an interest in being an advocate for
children’s causes and has donated an entire concert to the Bell
Walk for “Kids Help Phone”.
Kristen is extremely excited to be
making her first visit to Nashville, Tennessee in June to partake in
the CMA Festival with one of NixaCountry’s best DJ’s, Maty
Eitner. She will also be performing on a Nashville-based television
show called “15 Minutes of Fame”.
To sum up her achievements in
Kristen’s own words—“I just hope everyone enjoys my music and
I can use it to help kids all over the world out somehow!”
Visit Kristen's Website at www.kristenclark.ca
PETERBOROUGH
Venues
that KRISTEN CLARK has PERFORMED in:
The
Montreal House, Del
Crary Park,
Peterborough
Festival of Lights,
Liftlock
Cruises, Kingswood
Centre,
Sin
City,
Peterborough
Square,
International Plowing Match Peterborough 2006,
Memorial
Centre,
Peterborough
City Hall (Canada Day Parade)
Contact
Information FOR KRISTEN CLARK:
E-Mail: kristenclark8@hotmail.com
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