One of Wellington’s former residents will once again take a central role in the Aboriginal Cultural Showcase at the Tamworth Country Music Festival this week.
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Danielle Fogg, who drew national media attention with her rendition of ‘Nanima’, an ode to her former home, will be one the main acts on the Fanzone stage in Tamworth at the annual music concert.
The Foggs moved to Tamworth years ago to pursue the opportunities available there, but Danielle ended last year seeking a highly coveted position at the Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts in Brisbane.
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“I sing almost every day. The end of last year the goal was to get into ACPA up at Brisbane, the performing arts school, so I auditioned for that,” Danielle Fogg said.
Although she’s used to performing in front of massive crowds after her repeat performances at the Tamworth Music Festival, Danielle was stricken with nerves during the long wait for a response to her ACPA audition.
“You can do a face to face performance, but Brisbane to Tamworth is a long way, so I just sent in a video of a couple of performances and why I’d be eligible to participate at the school,” Danielle said.
“The wait is more nerve-wracking than the singing, there are so many people that audition from all over Australia and so it’s a really big deal.”
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Danielle beat out hundreds of other applicants to secure one of the 25 spots available for each of the disciplines but is eager not to be categorised according to her prior work.
“I just sing sort of whatever I relate to, or whatever I feel I’ve experienced before, I don’t have a genre as most people do, I wrote a song about Nanima last year and that was a Blues song and I never really sing Blues,” Danielle said.
“I’m doing an advanced diploma for two years and after that, like any other school, depending on the results, then they’ll invite you to do your masters for four years and that’s pretty good, you just learn a lot of things, instruments, vocal lessons, performances.”
Danielle’s parents couldn’t be prouder of there daughters success so far.
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“Both her father, Anthony and myself are extremely proud of Danielle being accepted into ACPA, it is a huge step forward in achieving her dreams as an aspiring artist,” Neita Fogg said.
“She has her head screwed on properly and knows exactly what she needs to do to make this work.”
“We are extremely proud of our daughter and support her 100%, we’ll be a little lost without our eldest daughter over the next two years, but we are looking forward to what she achieves and what her next steps will be,” Mrs Fogg said.
