I first heard this video of Sydnie Christmas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqb6pPYQm1Y&t=760s about a month ago and it did something for me that I will try to explain in this blog post. I have been around music since I was just a young boy. My stepfather had his own country and western band that he performed full time for nearly a decade and a half. I wasn't into country music like I was rock and roll and Motown but being able to listen to the full gamut of popular music at that time helped me to appreciate special songs and outstanding performers. I am far down the road from those early days so hearing performances that actually touch my soul are few and far between.
Enter Sydnie Christmas. I just happened to scroll past the video on YouTube and then paused after I saw that the video I am including in this link said that she won Britain's Got Talent. I backed up to it because I was just curious enough to know what is popular in 2024. In the video there are the three songs she sang in order to win. The first was Tomorrow from Annie. I watched her stage introduction and performance with a bit of awe. Especially her personality and how it infectiously enhanced her singing. I then was treated by her semi final performance of her rendition of Sinatra's My Way. Wow, explosive to say the least! I was blown away to my core.
Sydnie Christmas is such a real beautiful person that for me she reminds me of what life is all about. Inspiration is such a inadequate word yet close at least. Her winning version of the song Over the Rainbow was unique and delivered as perfectly as possible given the human condition. I will never be the same person since almost scrolling past her performances on BGT. I am thrilled that I got to see the magic that is Sydnie Christmas. I have called her a Cinderella story and I am not wrong one bit. She is why we all should strive to hope no matter what befalls us. It is nice to be alive and see her incredible no one to someone journey. Thank you Sydnie Christmas for touching my heart with your voice and character.
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