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Kathy Shane. What can we say?  She has turned her gypsy and Irish roots, her passion for creativity, her somewhat limited attention span, and her three-decade long love affair with music into a lifestyle, a career, and a labour of love.

"I thrive on diversity and the ability to be efficient, proficient, have fun and be CREATIVE all the while."

"My chosen areas of expression are VOICE OVER (demo available here); SINGING/MUSIC (samples available here); and the art of ACTING (BFA from the U of C as a performance major in Theatre).

Please email me for upcoming dates or bookings."

-- Kathy

The Creativity Channel: In Sept 2008 I founded a mentorship class which I teach and/or host for a small group of kids on Sunday afternoons throughout the year. It's a creative performance-based class for kids from 8-12"ish". We explore creativity in many of its facets. It's geared towards kids who have an interest in the biz and/or a love of things creative.

Some of the things we've gotten up to:

• Voice Over: We've visited several production houses (voice over studios) in Calgary and have worked with scripts and on mic.  We've produced voice over demos for the kids to be able to email to the studios as a calling card.
• Singing: We've had guest vocal pro Johanna Sillanpaa teach a master class (www.johannamusic.com), and we've worked on mic technique and performer vs. audience aspects.
• On Camera Work: Tom Jackson (www.tomali.com) has been in many times and talked to the kids about the biz; we work on acting for the camera (vs. stage), and getting in touch with emotional life of characters.
• Improv: Lots can be gleaned from improv, and the kids love it!  I studied with Keith Johnstone (www.keithjohnstone.com) in university and we've had Loose Mooser Burhan Syed bring his bag of tricks to the classes as well.
• Intro to Puppetry: With Steve Jarand (www.stevejarand.com).
• Intro to Comedy: With Roman Danylo (www.romandanylo.com).
• Intro to Painting: With Dean Stanton from Sunalta school mural, Science Centre, Talisman Centre etc etc etc fame  (www.albertaartists.com/dean/stanton.html)
• Intro to Cartoon Voicing: With Jonathan Love and Brad Belden (www.toonvox.com).