About Giving

I read this article the other day. (I love to read- I read anything- from chappie papers to billboards, to car registration numbers to boring novels...anyway)It was about a lady who decided to forget her own grief (she is terminally ill if I remember correctly- I love to read, not neccisarily to remember the facts!) and try do good to others...so she wrote this book about 29 gifts. basically it is about doing something nice to/for someone else, everyday for 29 days. the wonderful thing, is that it does not have to be something big...give a hug to an old lady, buy a candybar for the lady working behind the check-out till where you shop, water your neighbours flowers while they are away, without them knowing or asking...stuff lke that. So that really inspired me, cause just last week I had an experience of someone doing something small and unneccisary for me and it really made my day much brighter. I am not much of a good doer as a rule...but I thought I would give this a try...so today I gave money (I do not neccisarily have) to someone who needed it. (probably less than I needed it- but I think that's the point). Apparenly after 28 more of these, my life and how I see myself will change...could only be a good thing I reckon? Will let you know how it goes...

Introduction

Yolandé started doing music at a young age and handles herself very well in both the Afrikaans and English market. Her favorite genre is cabaret, but for corporate functions you can hear her fluently singing in the pop, rock as well as the jazz genre.
As a student at the PU for CHE Yolandé belonged to an amature Student Theatre Group- Alabama Student Company. She toured with them for three years, doing between 50 and 60 shows a year throughout the whole of South Africa. Her time with them proved her to be an outstanding soloist and stage performer.
In 1998 and 1999, she teamed up with very talented songwriter Herman van der Walt and entered the ATKV's talent hunt for young Afrikaans singers/songwriters- Crescendo. (Careers that kicked of with Crescendo includes icons like Anna Davel, Karin Hougaard, Reana Nel, Jak de Priester and many more.) The songs Kaalvoetkind and Pleister made it to the final round (top 3) on both occasions. Music videos for both songs were produced and aired on SABC2.
Yolandé also came 2nd in Beeld's Vuurdoop for songwriters in 2000 with her own composition Misreën, loosing to now famous Mel Botes.
Yolandé has since done a one women show called Blouklip (2002), Doringdraad Blues Café (2001-With Mari Laufs), Nagkantoor (2004/2005- With Jannie du Toit, Mathys Roets and Charlene Truter) Vieux Amis (2008-2009 with Mari Laufs) and has performed numerously at the informal stages at Aardklop and KKNK.
At present Yolandé is busy with a Online Collaboration Album with talented Canadian Songwriter Casia titled Destiny's Fire. Yolandé currently lives in Wilderness with her husband André and 2 sons Aiden and Lennon.

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