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As ek my o\u00eb toemaak, sien ek myself op ‘n verhoog voor ‘n skare mense. Dan wil ek verby dit kyk, maar ek kan nie.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

S\u00f3 beskryf 20-jarige Thomalene Phillips van Strand haar droom \u2013 ‘n jong vrou wie se stem haar gelei het tot ‘n unieke kans om Suid-Afrika by Talent America in New York te verteenwoordig.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillips het onlangs haar goue kaartjie na Amerika verdien toe sy die beoordelaars se asem by Show Your Talent se nasionale kompetisie weggeslaan het. Sy het haar weergawe van Andra Day se “I’ll Rise Up” by Curro Somerset-Wes uitgevoer en twee golden buzzers<\/em> ontvang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Dit was baie opwindend, maar ek moes my emosies beheer want ek moes steeds die liedjie voltooi,” verduidelik Phillips. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Thomalene
Thomalene Phillips by die Show Your Talent- nasionale kompetisie, waar sy haar plek om in Amerika op te tree verdien het.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Haar musikale reis het begin as leerder by Dr. G.J. Joubert Prim\u00eare Skool en by die plaaslike gemeenskapsentrum, die Green Door, waar sy vir die eerste keer erkenning vir haar stem en sangtalent gekry het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Almal het altyd net vir my ges\u00ea ‘jy het ‘n dik stem’, en die woorde was nie altyd lekker om te hoor nie,” s\u00ea sy. “Maar by die Green Door het ek myself vir die eerste keer gehoor en dis waar ander mense my stem gekomplimenteer het.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Met verloop van tyd kon sy nie meer die Green Door bywoon nie en op ho\u00ebrskool het Phillips se fokus verskuif. “Ek het my nie regtig oor sang bekommer nie, want ek het begin jongmens-goed doen,” s\u00ea sy.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haar passie het egter nooit verdwyn nie. In gr. 11 het sy weer die mikrofoon opgetel en ‘n stemafrigter in Somerset-Wes genader. Sy het haar pa gesmeek om vir die lesse te betaal. “Ek het Somerset-Wes toe geloop vir lesse, al het die son gebak en die wind gewaai,” s\u00ea Phillips. “Soms was dit moeilik, want jy voel jy kom n\u00earens nie.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cum laude<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In haar matriekjaar het sy ‘n cum laude-tokenning by ‘n eisteddfod ontvang en suksesvol ‘n oudisie vir SACOPTA afgel\u00ea, maar finansi\u00eble terugslae het verhoed dat sy die volgende fase kon bywoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e1 matriek het sy begin werk, maar vyf maande gelede het alles onverwags verander en sy moes bedank.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ek het nie geweet ek was swanger nie. Dit het net gevoel asof ek gaan doodgaan,” s\u00ea sy terwyl sy skalks lag.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Thomalene
Thomalene met baba Ethan, wat haar aanspoor om haar droom na te jaag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Terwyl sy vir baba Ethan gewag het, het sy weer haar o\u00eb toegemaak en die verhoog gesien. Sy het aanlyn gegaan en van Show Your Talent uitgevind. Dit is ‘n kreatiewe platform waar kunstenaars in ‘n formaat soortgelyk aan America’s Got Talent deelneem.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toe sy haar pa weer vra om te help, het sy ‘n onverwagte bondgenoot gevind \u2013 iemand wat steeds in haar droom geglo het. “Ek het Jennifer Hudson se liedjie ‘I Have Nothing’ gesing en ek het twee golden buzzers<\/em> gekry,” herroep sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dit het haar na die nasionale verhoog geneem, waar haar keuse van “I’ll Rise Up” haar reis perfek verpersoonlik het \u2013 sy het niks gehad behalwe drome nie, en sy moes opstaan om dit na te jaag. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Voordat Ethan gebore is, het ek gevoel asof ek geen rede gehad het om my droom na te jaag nie. Maar ek glo hy is die rede hoekom ek nou moet aanhou \u2013 vir my en vir hom,” s\u00ea sy.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die uitdaging<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Noudat Phillips vir Talent America in New York gekwalifiseer het, staan ‘n moeilike keuse voor haar. As sy volgende Julie wil gaan, moet sy Ethan agterlaat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sy het egter ondersteuning nodig om haar droom te verwesenlik. Die koste is R75 000 \u2013 ‘n asemrowende bedrag vir ‘n werklose enkelouer.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Talent America gee my die kans om voor agente, kunstenaarbestuurders en rolverdelingregisseurs te sing,” verduidelik Phillips.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van ‘n skaam kind by die Green Door tot ‘n jong ma wat op die punt staan om voor w\u00eareldbekende agente te sing, is Phillips se reis een van tweede kanse en ‘n pa wat nooit opgehou glo het nie.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\uf06e Om met Phillips se Amerikaanse droom te help, bel haar by 065\u2009717\u20093316 vir nog inligting.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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