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My role model whom I most admire: Charlotte Church
Mary Lindsey (my
sister) and
I go to sleep every night listening to Charlotte Church’s CD. I also have all of CC’s videos, music books, CDs, and posters (as you can see below). CC became my hero at the age of three, which was when I started to sing. I have followed everything about CC and even drove nine hours to see her at her September 2000 Atlanta concert.
My family says that
sometimes things just must be meant to be because I was blessed enough to actually meet and hug my hero there. Want to hear the story?
Well, it was just impossible to get tickets for that
concert. Mom, Dad, and Grandma tried everywhere and with everybody. This went on and on because they wanted me to see Charlotte so much. Then unusual things started happening right when we were about to
give up, and would you believe we ended up in the seventh row! Well, as the story goes, the day before CC’s concert, we were in the auditorium and asked a props technician
how we could get to see Charlotte in person. She did not know but told us to see the stage manager. When he heard about me he told my parents that CC was not receiving guests but
that if we would quickly go to the end of the stage after her performance, we might get a glimpse of her. I could hardly sleep that night and the next day we were at the concert early.
My family told me that my face was awesome when I first saw Charlotte come on stage, lit up like never before. I never sat so still as I did while she was singing. Just being in the seventh
row from her was a dream. Then when the concert ended, my mother and I ran around to the side stage and the stage manager told me that Charlotte was not seeing guests. I started to
cry. The next thing I knew, CC’s father was standing beside me. He took me with him and I got to see CC’s encore from the wings. Then next thing I knew I was taken downstairs to
CC’s dressing room. Charlotte offered me some candy. That is when I told her about my juvenile diabetes. She was very concerned and made me feel so good when she told me
that she was getting ready to do a benefit in California for diabetes. I know she will help us find a cure.
So that makes her even doubly important to me. |
