*I was about ten when I started gathering friends to sing and perform in front of our elementary school. We would sing songs from the current K-Tel albums.
2. Who was/is your biggest musical inspiration?
*Aretha Franklin
3. Where do you make your home?
*North Vancouver
4. Do you have any pets?
*Sadly, no pets currently. We had a sweet little maltipoo until 2020 who lived to be just shy of 18.
5. What is the best concert/gig you have ever done?
*Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Canada Day in 1996. We were told there were 50,000 people there that day. I felt so proud to be a Canadian.
6. What is the best concert you have ever attended?
*Earth Wind And Fire
7. Do you have an all-time favourite song?
*It is so hard to choose, but I think it would be "Best Of My Love" by The Emotions (I LOVE 70's music)
8. What musician would you still most like to work with?
*Michael McDonald
9. If you weren't a singer what would you be?
*A novelist
10. What is your favourite thing about Vancouver?
*driving over the Lion's Gate Bridge and remembering I live here. It never gets old.
~Vickie van Dyke
Midday Host