Singers in Durham

Sandy Smith is a singer and performer from the North East. Sandy has been performing for most of her life and has a wealth of experience in the industry. She shares some priceless advice below.

What do you need to know from an organiser in order to provide a comprehensive quote?

What I would like to know to provide a comprehensive quote is:

Venue - indoor/outdoor - capacity of room
Amount of people expected and age range
Time of set up/performance - how long for performance - how many hours in total expected.
Style required and what exactly they are looking for - the more specific the better

What advice would you give to a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?

Look for their website and live videos - and how professional the videos are. Also:
Experience
Previous clients
What they can offer you
Contact details

Please tell us a little bit about how and why you started the business.

Based in the North East of England, Sandy is an outstanding artiste, who has been singing and performing to audiences for most of her life. Her first Public performance when she was only 5 at Castle Howard, Leeds in front of Les Dawson. After getting the Bug for performing she continued in theatre performing professionally at the age of 9 in the role of Annie at Newcastle Royal. Sandy also competed at a National Level in Gymnastics alongside her formal training in singing and dance, and as she grew, became the triple threat with Singing, Dancing and Acting.

After the death of her Mother at just 11 years old, Sandy went through a challenging time and used her performance in theatre to hide what was going on in her home life. At age 18, she moved from the North East of England to work for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London after her step-parents advised her to “get a proper job”. Sandy used this move to follow her dream and continued performing including some top stages on the West End in London such as the London Palladium. She has had leading roles from Sandy in Grease, Narrator in Joseph, Mabel in Pirates of Penzance.

Please tell us about a booking you've had through Add to Event, how did it go? Would you recommend us to others?

I receive lots of bookings through various platforms and each one has it's own merits and enjoyments. A couple of my memorable ones which truly touched my heart on both occasions was firstly an extremely intimate setting for a 13 year olds birthday party with 5 special guests. The tears and overwhelming response was unbelievable and I will remember this forever. The other on a much larger scale was a Ladies NightCharity Event for Cancer and being part of this alongside people who had both survived and were terminal touched me so much. Having everyone laugh, dance, cry - every emotion possible makes me love my job more and more each day.