Welcome To My Blog

“Welcome to my blog. I started blogging in March 2013 as a first-year Bachelor of Music student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. I was born in Winsford, Cheshire, in NW England, there is more about my childhood here“

Here are some of my favourite blog post links with my resume.

Charlotte won the Pendine International Voice of the Future award 2018 at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod. She previously won the Audience Prize in the Kathleen Ferrier Bursary Competition; and was Highly Commended in the RCS Jean Highgate Competition; third place in the Hugh S Roberton Scots Song Competition during her second year at the RCS 2013 and was the vocal winner of the Warrington Competition for Young Musicians.

Following five-star reviews in 2017 for her ‘Uccelina’ in Scottish Opera/MIF/Improbable’s immersive opera for babies and toddlers ‘BambinO’ Charlotte continued the role in a tour of Paris organised by the Théâtre du Châtelet and subsequently the Metropolitan Opera in New York for a series of sold-out shows, she joined the second BambinO cast for a Scottish Highlands tour in autumn 2018 and created a digital version with Improbable in 2022.

Summer 2018, Charlotte performed in the inaugural Waterperry Opera Festival’s manor house creation of ‘Mansfield Park’ as ‘Maria Bertram’, and ‘Cunegonde’ in Surrey Opera’s ‘Candide’ at the magnificent cliff-top Minack Outdoor Theatre, Cornwall. She was guest soloist at the Tideswell Male Voice Choir Remembrance Concert on November 11th and sang in the Rachmaninov recital at Pushkin House in Bloomsbury, London. Concluding 2018 as ‘The Plaintiff’ in the one-act G&S Opera ‘Trial by Jury’ for Surrey Opera.

Previous opera roles include Zerlina (Don Giovanni) Manchester; Frasquita (Carmen) Berlin, Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) Italy; First Witch (Dido and Aeneas) Scotland; and Eve (Dove’s:  The Walk from the Garden) and Jessie Jnr (The Little White Town of Never Weary) for Scottish Opera.

Concert highlights included: Soprano Soloist with Skipton Camerata with the irrepressible Ben Crick just before Covid19 lockdown in March 2019 The Dance of the Furies;   “La Dolce Speranza” by Carl Maria von Weber, conducted by Ben Palmer at The Royal College of Music. A Duet at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall with the orchestra of Scottish Opera and as a soloist in venues such as the Buxton Opera House, Gawsworth Hall, and The Edinburgh Fringe.  Purcell’s O Sing Unto the Lord, Pergolesi’s Magnificat and Handel’s Psalm 112 Laudate Pueri Dominium conducted by John Bate.  Messiah soprano solo’s with Northern Baroque Sinfonia and the Salford Choral Society and the Lancashire Chamber Orchestra and Blackburn Music Society at Blackburn Cathedral conducted by Tom Newall.

As one of several students from European Conservatoires, she took part in a vocal masterclass with W. Stephen Smith at the AMUZ centre in Antwerp, Belgium. As a lied duo Charlotte and pianist George Todica experienced a week of intensive masterclasses as part of the International Edvard Grieg Society’s conference in Bergen, Norway, which culminated with her performing songs from ‘Haugtussa’ at a concert in Grieg’s home in Troldhaugen with a helpful travel award from the Hope Scott Trust; the duo then performed at the Leeds Lieder Festival Fringe Concert. Charlotte also sang with pianist Dr. Leslie Howard at the Joint Music Societies Dinner representing the Gustav Mahler Society and a recital of Alma Mahler’s songs at the Royal Academy of Art ‘Women in Music’ following recitals in Catalonia performing alongside pianist Nestor Bayona at the Auditori Municipal Enric Granados, Lleida and at the Musitekton, Barcelona.

Charlotte holds a Master’s in Performance (Voice) from the Royal College of Music where she studied with Prof. Rosa Mannion, Andrew Robinson, and Simon Lepper, and a First Class Honours Degree in Music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, studying under Judith Howarth. She is a dancer passing RAD ballet module at the highest grade whilst at the RCS, BBO qualifications tap and ballet at grade 7, IDTA Ballroom, Latin, Club and advanced level Contemporary dance. She is also a 2nd Black Belt Dan in Karate, winning several National championships.

At the Royal College of Music she was supported by The Kathleen Trust and was an RCM award holder supported by the Charles Jacob Scholarship from the Worshipful Company of Cutlers; the Opperby Stokowski Scholarship; and a personal award provided to the RCM from Edwin and Hilary Custance Green who have also provided her with encouragement, advice and support during her studies. Charlotte successfully auditioned for The Josephine Baker Trust who work with young singers in the early years of their careers.

Her opera scenes have included:

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1,689 thoughts on “Welcome To My Blog”

  1. Charlotte, thank you so much for following my blog. I’ve really enjoyed perusing yours and catching a glimpse of your passion for the arts. I pray that your talents will always bless the world as they are doing now.

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    1. I love your art Collen, the ‘Moms Moms tree’ is beautiful I’d love something like that painted on my wall but I have to keep it white. My Mum’s bought me a massive canvas to play with over the Summer in order to add a bit of colour in the room.
      Best Wishes,
      Charlotte

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  2. Just listened to you – bravo! Beautiful voice, so relaxing to hear. I hope you don’t mind if I write while I listen to you. 🙂

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  3. Hi Charlotte,
    I’m enjoying reading your posts and keeping up to date.
    Thanks for following. Hopefully you may find time in your VERY busy schedule to read my book one day 😉
    Dorinda

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    1. Hi Dorinda thanks for visiting, reading books, other than music and reference books, has gone on a bit of a back burner, this is what I love about blogs I can drop in and read from my phone and iPad whenever I’m travelling or got a spare half hour.

      Best Wishes
      Charlotte

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  5. Hi Charlotte !
    Thank you so much for stopping by and following my blog ! I really appreciate 😃❤
    Great blog you have ! Looking forward to see more your posts😃

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    1. Thank you for visiting, I love your sketches, I sketch out storyboards to help me to remember lyrics and verse orders nothing like your standard.

      Best wishes,
      Charlotte

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  10. I forgot to thank you for following my blog. I also forgot to compliment you on this one. You sing beautifully.

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  11. Hi Charlotte – thank you for following my blog The Reluctant Retiree. I hope you enjoy the upcoming stories. I really like the content on your blog and wish you lots of luck with the singing and studying, GG

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    1. Thanks for visiting, I hope you’re feeling much better now. I love your cruise pictures, I wonder if they have classical singers on cruises? Hmmm 🙂

      Best Wishes,
      Charlotte

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      1. Hi Charlotte – sorry for the delay in reply. Dodgy Internet access. I am back to normal health now, thank goodness. We had some wonderful entertainment from Klapa singers (local folk songs) on our cruise. I have heard classical singers on cruise ships – got to target the right target market eg probably the older cruisers (like me). GG

      3. Charlotte – I went to a dinner concert last night in Salzburg. There were five musicians and two singers, the female a soprano. They sang arias from Mozart (since this is his birthplace). I think this happens in Vienna too. That could be worth checking out. GG

      4. Hi Gwendoline, do you remember the name of restaurant that you went too and I will Google it. A great idea for possible performance slots though thanks for thinking about me. I hope that you are having a wonderful time, how long are you touring for?

        Best wishes 🙂
        Charlotte

      5. Hi Charlotte, try googling St Peter Stiftskeller in Salzburg Austria. Don’t hesitate to let me know if you cannot get a result, We do not return home until late September. Actually we will have some time in England and Scotland in a month or so. GG

      6. Hi Gwendoline, I checked out the restaurant that you gave me the name of. The Mozart concert and meal sounds fabulous and I wonder if something similar could be done closer to home 🙂 I think I will have to do some research.

        When are you over in the UK? I wonder if you are near any of my concerts.

        Warmest wishes
        Charlotte

      7. Hi Charlotte, from 23 August to 6th September in England, then a week in Scotland. London, Cambridge, Kent and Preston. Does any of that match up with you? best regards GG

      8. Hi Gwendoline, this sounds like a real Tour 🙂 I have concerts through the Summer which are mainly in the North West of England and then back to College towards the end of September. When I get all the dates I will post them on my blog as well as my web-site. Enjoy your Summer travels and it is lovely to hear from you again.

        Warmest wishes
        Charlotte

      9. Thanks, I will watch out for the dates. Just to confuse you further – I went to a concert last night in the Spanish Synagogue in Prague. Just a one hour interlude of chamber music with a soprano solo. A mixture of classical, Gershwin and Jewish songs. Similar concerts take place all over Prague, every night…..GG

      10. Hi Gwendoline, this sounds like a wonderful vacation 🙂 I once sang “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” from Rusulka (Song To The Moon). I had to learn it in Czech and I had great time getting the pronunciation as close as possible. It is a beautiful and haunting song.

        Enjoy the rest of your trip
        Charlotte

  12. As many have told you and as I feel the need to reiterate, you have a great voice. I don’t know anything about opera but I enjoyed the selections here. Thanks for the follow and I’m glad I set aside the time to drop in for a listen 🙂

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    1. I’m glad you enjoyed my small selection on the blog, the more I’m learning about Opera the more interesting it is becoming, hopefully I can pass on some of this knowledge that I am enjoying through my blog.

      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  13. Go girl!! I’ll be keeping an eye on your progress!! One day, when you’ve sung at La Scala, I’ll be able to say I know they young lady!! 😉
    Thanks for following OMBH… I hope you enjoy your visits! 😀

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    1. Thank you, I hope I can keep the blog interesting enough for visitors to return and you do keep your eye on my progress 🙂 Some of my family have origins in Ireland who settled in Liverpool then moved to Manchester.

      Best Wishes
      Charlotte

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  14. Hi Charlotte, thanks for the follow. Music is probably more important to Britain than anywhere else. When Henry VIII closed the monasteries, he ended arts patronage; only music continued, in part because it was something ordinary people could do, but also because Elizabeth loved to dance. During the civil war lots of fun things were banned; it seems this coincided with a surge in mental health problems and witch hunts – I blame this on the loss of celebrations, and music was of course a big part of this. It is no coincidence that Britain and the English speakiing world are so successful at music. It’s part entertainment, but also a survival stratetgy. Good luck with your studies.

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    1. I was thinking about your fascinating comment when I read a proposal to change the English national curriculum to study music to key stage 3 (age 14) including reading music, and music history. I have written a blog post about it with links back to the original articles. I will be following your blog fascinating history in bite size chunks. Thank you.

      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  15. Hello Charlotte! You have a lovely voice! I don’t know much about opera but I love your selection on the blog. Post more! 🙂 Good luck with your studies.
    Thanks so much for stopping by at Sugarfree Sweetheart and for the follow. I wonder how you stumbled upon it! Best, Priya

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    1. Hi Priya, thanks for dropping by and for contributed by leaving a comment as I do appreciate it. My Grandmother is a diabetic and I passed some of your tips and recipes on to her as she misses her treats 🙂

      Warmest wishes and I hope that you can drop by again soon.
      Charlotte

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    1. You are most welcome, please drop by again if you have some spare time. I am so pleased you enjoyed my singing and keep up with your own creative works.

      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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      1. I know the feeling. I look forward to more comments on my blog, too. So, take care! Remember to breathe. 🙂

  19. Good luck Charlotte! your blog is really a nice initiative to share your energy and passion for music. Very inspiring and fresh!

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    1. Bonjour Dao, I love the translator on our blog, I’d like to get one of those on my blog. I learn French for the first time in year 3 of my course although I have learnt a couple of French songs such as The Flower Duet which is just the most beautiful song to sing with a friend.

      Amities (best wishes I hope),
      Charlotte

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  20. Thank you, Charlotte, for visiting and following my blog. I’m now also following yours. You have such a beautiful voice. I wish you all the success in your future endeavors.

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    1. Hi Linda, my Dad’s Uncle Alf who lived in New Zealand did all the leg work on the ancestry of the Hoather line of our family. It was so interesting, there were lots of big families with eight or nine children. Good luck with the research.

      Best Wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. Thank you for your good luck wishes I appreciate you leaving a comment, it reminds me to visit blogs that I enjoy to read. Yesterday you asked if readers had “a good night’s sleep”, last night I didn’t 🙁 and I had to be up for work at 7am this morning. I’d spent a full day rehearsing from 10:30am to 09:30pm for a big show at Gawsworth Hall with the Tideswell Male Voice Choir and other young singers. It was very hot but a great day – very exciting, but I mustn’t have switched off properly as I had a quick shower and jumped straight into bed when I got home at 10:30 pm.

      Warmest Wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. Thank you for your support, I love your photographs where is Unicoi State Park ? We are putting some new pictures on my website soon that my Dad took on Saturday, he is moaning he hasn’t got enough kit 🙂 I’m going to round up all of the great photography blogs I’ve seen so that he can get some ideas.

      Best Wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. Thank you for your compliment Sam, I couldn’t have done the recordings without Danielle playing for me that day and she suggested it and I was very grateful that Tim at RCS came in to record it too. I make cards with my Mum usually thank you cards I have so many people to thank for helping me, I just love it when they appreciate cards I make up. I especially liked your giant paperclip flowers they’ll be coming to a card I make this weekend for my Grandma’s birthday so that I don’t forget.

      All the best
      Charlotte

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    1. Thank you for leaving a lovely comment on my blog. Good luck in your cheese making and new shop how exciting. Perhaps you should play classical music to your cheeses to help them mature gracefully 🙂

      Best Wishes
      Charlotte

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  25. Thank you kindly for your follow! I am adding you, and will have to listen to your recordings later. You have a beautiful site here, and I’m sure your spirit and voice as just as beautiful.

    Blessings!

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  26. Hi Charlotte, Thanks for following my blog.You have an incredible voice. I really like your blog will look forward to following your journey.Good luck with your studies.

    Best Wishes Janice.

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  27. I wish you the best of luck in following your dreams! I’m a singer too, (not opera tho, Kudos for taking on such a challenging genre) and I know it requires dedication and hours of rehearsal to succeed. Also, thank you for following The Brass Rag. Come back and see us and comment often!

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  29. Hi Charlotte! What a pleasure to meet you in the blogosphere. The purpose of my blog is to provide savvy techniques for busy, talented, health-conscious single folks (like you!) so they can feed themselves well. To have a Scottish sporano lass following my Canadian blog just brings a song to my heart. Best of luck in your artistic endeavours. A brave and exciting path you are on. Susan

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    1. Thanks for visiting and commenting Susan, I too enjoy blogging and the connections I make. I’m not a great cook to be honest I don’t enjoy the time it takes up, I like to pop something in the oven and it be ready in 30 minutes without too much watching 🙂

      All the best and I hope that you can call back and visit with me again soon
      Charlotte

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  30. Thanks so much for becoming one of my followers after seeing my drawing “Gidget.” I wish you the best with your singing career.

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    1. Hi Nancy, you have some lovely images of your work on your blog. I love the gold leaf designs when I go back to Scotland after the summer I must blog my textile pictures I created to brighten up my room with some cheap frames from Ikea.

      Best Wishes
      Charlotte

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  31. Hi Charlotte! Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for giving me the follow. I look forward to rummaging around your blog to read about your love for music and opera. Hope you are having a wonderful day 🙂

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    1. Hi Jordan, I did have a wonderful day yesterday thank you. I caught up with some friends that I haven’t seen for a while at the Gawsworth Hall practise day. We are doing a “Les Mis” spectacular and the music is just lovely to sing.

      Hope that you do get the chance to come back and visit again soon 🙂
      Charlotte

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  32. Your voice is amazing and I hope that you realize your dreams! Pretty cool what just your voice and a piano can create! Thank you Charlotte for stopping by my blog and for the follow!

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    1. Thank you for stopping by and your lovely comment. I love your site, I was introduced to yoga at the Conservatoire and just love it 🙂

      Best wishes and I hope that you can visit again soon
      Charlotte

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  34. Hi Charlotte, thanks for popping by and following amuteforamuse. I’ve listened to your voice and it’s amazing. Following you so I can see you go on to fulfill your dreams.

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    1. Thanks for your support it is great to make contact with so many wonderful people. I love to read the opinions on the blogs that I follow, so keep up the posts 🙂

      Please come back and visit again soon.
      Warmest wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. That is the beauty of blogging, you connect with new people and share your experiences. Keep on with your posts and I hope that you can call back and visit again with me again soon.

      Warmest wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. Hi, I love your doodle image, I hope your move went well in the end and that you’re happy and settled. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

      Best Wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. Hi Donna, thanks for dropping by, your juicer stories reminds me of an enterprise project I organised at primary school, I persuaded my Mum to let me borrow her blender to make juices and smoothies. Everything went really well, I was taught how to use it safely so felt very important being the main operator, we sold lots and raised money for the charity and I was being so careful because it was a glass blender that I insisted on packing up myself. I washed it carefully and put the top on it, only I hadn’t secured it properly so when I picked it up as I was leaving it dropped and it smashed – oh oh! Luckily it was safety glass so it was a clean break!

      Best wishes and hope you can visit again soon
      Charlotte

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    1. Hi Alexandra, it makes me feel happy that you enjoyed my music.

      All the best
      Charlotte
      P.S. when people used to ask me my favourite colour I always said “rainbow”.

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  40. Your voice is absolutely beautiful! I’m not sure what might have led you to my own little blog, but I hope you find enough time to enjoy it as much as I will enjoy reading yours! I’e only hit a few articles so far, but you bring up some very interesting points.

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    1. Thank you for your lovely compliment, I did enjoy your blog, thanks for linking to mine. Good luck with your road trip, like you I didn’t give myself a back-up plan which alarmed the careers/higher education advisers at school at first, I always think if you’re willing to get stuck in to all opportunities along the way somehow it will come good.

      All the best 🙂
      Charlotte

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      1. I’m quite sure it’s alarming my parents, at the very least! Thanks for the support; I’m glad I’m not the only one willing to dive head-first into a crazy adventure. It seems to be working out for you so far, so my hopes are high!
        The best to you as well 🙂
        Izzy

      2. Hi Izzy, the main thing is to stay focused and enjoy the adventure. Whatever life throws at you I am sure you will turn it into something positive 🙂

        Warmest wishes and drop by again when you can
        Charlotte

    1. Thank you Ken and Agnes for visiting my blog, your photographs are amazing, I loved the colours and the two children waiting for their cue in the wings is a beautiful image.

      Best Wishes and come back and visit again soon
      Charlotte

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  42. Hi Charlotte!
    Fantastic blog! It’s amazing to see where you have visited and hear about your experience thus far. Thank you for following my blog and I look forward to following yours. 🙂

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    1. Thank you for visiting, I enjoyed reading your blog coffeewithcastro. I don’t like coffee though 🙁 make mine an orange squash 🙂 I’m not even that keen on tea. If I do drink coffee it is so milky and full of caramel syrupy I can only manage one.
      Best wishes,
      Charlotte

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  44. Charlotte, you have a lovely voice and I’m very much looking forward to following your adventure. I’m not sure how you found my site, but I’m glad you did. Thanks for checking jeescapes out. Have a great summer!

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    1. Hi Jon, it was your pictures that attracted me to your site and I loved your story about Dot and her photograph. Thank you for your nice words.

      All the best, hope you don’t encounter any bears!!
      Charlotte

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    1. Hi Jo, good luck with your blog and your writing, thanks for visiting mine and leaving me some luck, we all need a bit of luck from time to time.

      All the best
      Charlotte

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  46. You have a lovely voice Charlotte, as a fan of opera (mostly Puccini) I enjoyed your selection of songs. I wish you the best in your endeavors. I will be following your adventures.

    Your fan in the States

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  47. Hi Charlotte, I want to take a moment out my of blog persona to really thank you for following me and to tell you how much of a gifted young singer and artist you seem to be. Keep up the great work!

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    1. My brother is the little comedian in our family, he loves funny you tube videos too, I have forwarded your blog to him ‘cause he’ll love it 🙂 Thank you for your good wishes and the lovely compliment you left for me.

      All the best,
      Charlotte

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  48. Hi! You have a very engaging life adventure to write about and share. I wish you all the best in your work and dedication. You seem to be on your way to fulfill some dreams and experience a lot of joy along the way! You have a wonderful gift to be able to express emotions through your lovely voice.
    Thank you for stopping by my blog and following!
    I’ll be coming back!

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    1. Thank you Gerard, it is a wonderful gift I am blessed being able to do something I truly love to do. Thank you again for your lovely words of encouragement.

      All the best
      Charlotte

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    1. Hi Caitlin, I loved the photo of you and your Dad you both looked so happy, I also loved your rice pudding and blueberry compote idea, good luck with your photography.

      All the best
      Charlotte

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  50. Thanks for following the Beagle Project! I enjoyed reading through your blog and listening to your recordings. For what it is worth (I have no musical skills myself :)) I thought it was beautiful! Good luck following your dream.

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    1. Thank you for the compliment Rob, my brother is thinking about setting up a Geography blog this Summer to explore and write about his subject in more detail, he is 17 years of age and is applying to Universities in the Autumn for an undergraduate geography course, he’s more into Human Geography at the moment. He will love your blog.

      Best Wishes and I hope that if you have the time you will drop by again soon
      Charlotte

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