Charity serenades

So I wanted to put my singing talents to good use and raise money for charity at the same time;)

I thought it a very fun concept that would lighten up the office gloom, and the office would just have to donate any amount they pleased to Ons Huis.

In total I did 3 serenades. I would have done one everyday if I could have, cos its actually a lot of fun and it does lift peoples' moods. Like the second one I did for an employee at Ogilvy. The lady I was due to serenade, it was her birthday. She has a senior managerial position there, so obviously its a very stressful job but on this particular day she was more stressed and maybe the fact that it was her birthday compounded it.

It was a surprise serenade, and after she got up and walked away crying. I thought that maybe I had upset her. Other co-workers walked after her and i followed, and while she was crying she started smiling lightly. So they were not tears of sorrow or joy, but more of relief. She had been having such a stressful day, it was her birthday which compounded it further, so she was holding all this stress and tension inside instead of being happy to celibrate another year of life. So something during the serenade must have warmed her heart and relieved all the pressure she was keeping on herself. I did sing "Smile"(though your heart is breaking, even though its aching...) so it was an apt choice.

The other 2 I did were at SABC and DraftFCB, also ladies' birthdays. So I had brought smiles to some peoples' faces while raising some money for charity.

I will be auditioning for Idols again this year!

Jokes, Im destined for bigger things and singing is not my strongest point ;)