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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Hayley Westenra ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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█████▄ ▐█▌▐███▄ TITLE: Pure ▄███▌▐█▌ ▄█████
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▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: Universal ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
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▄▄▀▀ ▄██████▀ RIPPER: Sir t-K Supreme ▀██████▄
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▀██▄ ▀█████▌ 0hr 53min total- 76.8mb ██████▀
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█▓ ▀▀██▄ ▀██▄ RELEASE DATE: 2003-07-00 ██▀
▀▓▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▓▄ RIP DATE: 2003-07-30 ▄██▌
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Pokarekare Ana 3:18 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 Never Say Goodbye 3:13 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 Who Painted The Moon Black 3:38 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 04 River Of Dreams 4:20 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 Benedictus 3:48 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 06 Hine E Hine 5:06 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 07 Dark Waltz 4:18 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 08 Amazing Grace 3:40 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 09 My Heart And I 4:17 ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ 10 In Trutina 2:18 ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 11 Beat Of Your Heart 3:13 ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ 12 Across The Universe Of Time 3:42 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ 13 Heaven 4:09 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ 14 Wuthering Heights 4:13 ▀█████▄
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ When you're in the presence of beauty ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ it's not something you have to think ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ about. Whether it's aural or visual, or in ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Hayley Westenra's case both, you tingle ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ with the feeling that your soul has ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ been touched. ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ True talent is equally indefinable. You ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ can pontificate about perfect pitch, ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ analyse the cadence of every note, wax ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ lyrical about the feast before you, but ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ you know when people come along and say ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ they love to listen to their CD every day ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ that something special has been ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ communicated. ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ A voice like Hayley Westenra's can be ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ nurtured and guided through maturity, ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ but its source belongs to nature. Born ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ into a family of singers - her ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ grandparents on both sides sang in pubs ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ and on the radio - Hayley's perfect ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ pitch was noticed by a schoolteacher when ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ at the age of six she performed in a ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ school Christmas play. ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ She is now 16, a major artist in her ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ native New Zealand, with a performance ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ portfolio that includes the Royal ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ Philharmonic Orchestra and Russell ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Watson. Hayley's voice so inspired New ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ Zealand opera diva Dame Malvina Major ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ she offered to tutor her. For Hayley, Dame ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Malvina has become a mentor and muse. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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█████▌ ███▌ With so much happening so quickly you ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ would expect a precocious teenager to ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ be the result. Hayley is neither ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ arrogant nor falsely demure, just a young ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ woman with the regular passions of ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ someone her age and an irregular ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ ability to express herself beyond her ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ years. ▀█████▄
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▐█████ ▐█▓ She knows that to put a song across you ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ have to first understand what it is ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ saying, then get inside it and express ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ its emotion to your audience. It doesn't ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ matter whether it is an operatic piece in ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ French, German or Italian (languages ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ she's studied), or English or Maori, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ she makes sure she is aware of every ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▐█████ ▐█▓ Hayley has broken new artistic ground ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ in her choice of songs for "Pure", her ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ first international CD release. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ "Before, I was singing show tunes and ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ light classical music. It was all one ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ genre, whereas now I've got a lot more ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ variety. I'm going to more extremes ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ with proper classical pieces and poppier ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ songs. Making this album has broadened the ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ way I sing, I've developed different ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ singing styles." ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Hayley sees herself as primarily a ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ wish to put herself into a stylistic ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ corner, and on "Pure" she explores the ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ worlds of pop, traditional Maori choral ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ singing, and gives a new freshness to ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ well-known classical repertoire. The ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ album's producer Giles Martin enrolled a ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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█████▌ ███▌ this, including his father, legendary ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Beatles producer Sir George Martin, all ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ of whom contributed in achieving the ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ album's unique appeal. Hayley is ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ (Isaac, Sophie and Hayley), Hayley is ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ adept at piano, violin and ballet. Her ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Gerald and his wife Jill naturally ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ encourage their children, but insist ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ they're not pushy stage parents. They are ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ facilitating their children's artistic ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ wishes whether it is dancing, music or ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ acting, not the other way round. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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█████▌ ███▌ who understands how crucial it is to ▐███ ▐█████
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▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ major new world star. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Gerald Westenra first witnessed their ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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▐█████ ▐█▓ have to be forced to practise, Hayley ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ took every opportunity to perfect her ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ talents - quickly adding piano and ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ recorder tuition to her violin lessons, ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ and learning to read music by the age of ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ seven. It was also around this time that ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ her passion for Musical Theatre began ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ to take shape. By the age of eleven, ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Hayley had appeared in over 40 stage ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ productions, sung on TV shows and ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ performed in major concerts. "It's a ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ really great feeling," recalls ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 16-year-old Hayley, "when you're on ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ stage you are in darkness and then you ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ step out into the lights and it is like ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ you've moved into a different world". ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▐███▌▄█████▀ In 2000 Hayley recorded a demo album, ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ mainly as what she called a "memento". ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ This personal souvenir - just 1000 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ copies were pressed - unlocked the key ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ to her future. On the day the ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ recording of the CD was completed, ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Hayley and her younger sister Sophie ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ (both vocalists, violinists and pianists ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ while younger brother Isaac plays the ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ flute), busked in their home town, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Christchurch. The pair quickly drew an ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ enthusiastic crowd. "A woman asked us if ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ we'd recorded anything." The young ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ busker's fan was a journalist with a ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ local television station and Hayley ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ soon appeared on air. The appearance ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ captured the attention of a leading New ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Zealand concert promoter Gray Bartlett, ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ and a deal with Universal Music New ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Zealand soon followed. ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
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▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Hayley's self-titled debut recording for ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Universal New Zealand featured an ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ eclectic mix of show music and ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ classical pieces; it went straight in ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ at No.1 in the pop charts (where it ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ remained for four weeks), turned triple ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ platinum and made Hayley the fastest- ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ selling local artist in New Zealand's ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ history. This was soon followed by the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Christmas album "My Gift To You". ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ After hearing her sing, New Zealand ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ opera legend Dame Malvina Major offered ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ to give Hayley lessons. Dame Malvina ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ says of Hayley's voice, "It's ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ absolutely musically true. A lot of ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ young singers have beautiful voices but ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ they have to be guided into that sort of ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ clarity. She has it naturally". ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
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▄ ▄███▄█████▀ The relationship has become close, and ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ invaluable for Hayley. "Dame Malvina has ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ taught me so much," says Hayley. "She's ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ such a lovely person too and helps me ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ in other areas as well - not just ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ technique, but discussing things about ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ my career with me and about performing on ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ stage." ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Hayley smiles easily and her eyes ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ twinkle with enthusiasm as she talks of ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ her passion for singing. "I always ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ dreamed about being a singer but I was ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ quite realistic about what I hoped ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ for. I thought, well, maybe when I'm ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ older I could do part-time professional ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ singing and have a job too. Once I got to ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ the stage of getting a record contract ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ with Universal, that's when things ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ started to get exciting. Now I've got an ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ international contract with the Decca ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Music Group and I'm doing things like ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ singing with Russell Watson - it's ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ really exciting!" ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ "I come from a really musical family", ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ says Hayley. "On my mother's side, my ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ grandma and grandfather used to go round ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ performing in pubs - grandad would play ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ the piano-accordion and piano and nana ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ would sing. On my dad's side, my grandma ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ used to sing on the radio. I guess I ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ inherited some of that musicality from ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ them." Hayley's strong Celtic roots ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ have also influenced her. Her great ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ grandparents emigrated from Wales and ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Scotland while her grandmother originated ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ from Ireland. ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ "It's important for a vocalist to be ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ able to sing in any language", she says. ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ "To portray the emotion in a song you ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ need to have an understanding of what ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ the song is about", she says. "And if ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ the song is in another language then I ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ try to find a translation." Already ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ studying French and German at school, ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Hayley is now adding Italian to her ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ repertoire. ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
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▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Away from the stage, Hayley is a typical ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ teenager. Music is her top priority but ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ she is also keen on netball, swimming ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ and indoor rock-climbing and has ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ represented her school at cross-country ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ running. "Other than music, I also enjoy ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ ballet dancing [she has performed with ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ the Royal New Zealand Ballet], reading, ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ watching movies, shopping and hanging ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ out with my friends! I also like ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ listening to music. My favourite artists ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ are Nelly Furtado, Craig David, Shakira, ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ The Corrs and Vanessa Carlton." ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ During Hayley's whistle-stop visit to ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ the UK in spring 2002, she performed in ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ concerts with Russell Watson in Cardiff, ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Newcastle and Wembley. "We have one of ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ his CDs at home, so to get a call ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ saying 'We'd like you to sing with ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Russell Watson' was like, wow!" ▀█████▄
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▐█████ ▐█▓ Russell returns the compliment. "The ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ first time I met her in New Zealand, I ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ saw this tiny girl and then this voice ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ came out and it was incredible. The only ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ word that I can use to describe it is ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ angelic. I think she's a phenomenon." ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▐███▌▄█████▀ "I'd like to write my own songs in the ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ future", says Hayley. "But for now, I'm ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ looking forward to performing around the ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ world and experiencing singing in front ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ of different audiences. That will be ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ so cool!" ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ "If I could be anyone in the world, I'd ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ actually choose to be me, where I am ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ right now, because I'm so excited about ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ what I'm doing and I'm loving it ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ totally. It's incredible; the ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ opportunities I've been given. I really ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ didn't expect this to happen", she says ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ with wide-eyed wonder. "It is amazing ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ how one thing leads to another." ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Teenage pop sensation from NZ! ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ Recommended tracks: "Who Painted The Moon▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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