Amanda is truly an adorable young lady, that has set out to make her mark on Broadway and the music industry. Amanda works hard trying to be the best she can be, to bring everyone some fantastic music. One of the best things when watching her is, you can see very clearly how much fun she is having, and that means everything. She puts all she has into her songs, and delivers them wonderfully.

Amanda started performing at age eight in the Broadway show "Hairspray" at the Lincoln Center in NY.  One of the performances that she really loved was performing in the Off Off Broadway production of, "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs". She enjoyed meeting new people and going to New York City for rehearsals and performances. She has also starred in "Annie", at the Cultural Arts Playhouse. This was a dream role for her, because of all the acting and singing this character has. Coming up very soon you can catch Amanda live at the Apollo on February 15th. To find out more details visit www.amandaroit.com.

Amanda sang in a competition at the Long Island School Media Association, and took home first place here. She also performed at another competition and was runner up at East Northport Idol, it was presented by 94x radio station. This was the first time she sang her very first original song, "Stayin' Up All Night". If you have never heard this  song you are really missing out it is absolutely outstanding! Amanda wrote this song after a sleepover she had with her friends. In the video she truly brought this sleepover back to life. The song and video was brilliantly done. She is currently working on more songs now. If they are anything like her first, we have an absolutely brilliant new star on our hands.

She loves everything about singing, but one of the most special feelings for her is when she gets out on stage and just about to perform, it is so exciting for her. She gets so much inspiration from Taylor Swift. She says, that Taylor teaches her to never give up on her dreams, because one day they really can come true.  With Amanda her dream has a very good chance of coming true, her skills and creativity as a song writer could very easily make her one of the best pop artists out there.  Amanda is a bright and shinny new star on the rise, that others will be looking up to and wishing they could be just like, her!

It is  an honor to have such a brilliant voice as Anastasia here at stars2come.  She sings with such grace and passion that she takes your breath away. Anastasia brings great beauty to the songs she sings, but her beauty with-in is just as great. Her biggest desire is to bring happiness to others trough her music, and to give hope to many people through her great love of charity.   She has given many hours to St. Vincent DePaul Society and Paul's Food Pantry to help those in need. Anastasia loves participating in helping to raise awareness and funds for  charitable groups. Her favorite is St. Judes Children's Hospital in Memphis Tenn. She also gives her time to The American Cancer Society and The American Heart Association. She is an amazing person to give so much, Anastasia truly has a heart as big, as her voice.

Anastasia is remarkable to say the least, with such a great talent for opera and Broadway, to be fully self taught. She has always loved music since a very early age, but she did not really get started into it until she was eight after confiscating her dad's CD of Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli, singing, "Time To Say Goodbye".  This got her started singing, and for her it was only for the fun it. Not long after this they got the movie, Phantom Of The Opera, and she feel in love with the movie, the costumes and the music. She would then sing at all fun family gatherings, and many times you would find her riding her bike singing songs from, The Phantom Of The Opera.

At age eleven she started taking her wonderful voice to the public at places like, Harmony Cafe, and Cup O' Joy's open mic night singing Broadway Classics, Opera, and Crossovers. Here recently she was a part of Parkview Middle School's, "Big Bad Musical" performing as solo and duet. She also has a part in their next musical as Siren. On July 9th she had the pleasure of singing with Josh Groban, she selected the song, "To Where You Are".  Anastasia has gotten some great opportunities to perform, it seems that everyone loves the beauty she brings to the music she sings. She performed twice for the UWGB Chancellors Scholarship Dinner, and then the UWGB Board of Regents. This past January she entered a talent contest called, Coulee Region's Got Talent. This was a unique experience for her. At this contest she received a standing ovation from the crowd and the four judges, and with an almost perfect score was announced the winner. This was very exciting for her, this was her first contest.

Anastasia loves the voices of people like, Sarah Brightman, Josh Groban, and Julie Andrews to name a few. Even though they have incredible voices, what she likes most is the fact they make people happy even today. All these people are great inspirations for Anastasia, but her greatest comes from her family, and her best friend Lt. Col.  John H. Hug. They all inspire her to practice, work hard, and be more focused and to never give up on her dreams. Singing is a major part of her life, it allows her to just be herself, and express her feelings what ever they may be.

Her main goal in life is to make people happy. She loves to watch people smile, sing along, and even cry when she sings songs of the past. She says, it is a very special feeling, it is not about her, it is about the people's thoughts, their feelings and embraces. Anastasia hopes to one day take her music and perform at Carnegie Hall and the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. Another great dream of hers would be to play the part of Christine Daae in the, Phantom Of The Opera or be apart of, The Sound Of Music and Camelot, these would be an excellent addition to her life.

Anastasia is simply and outstanding performer, no matter if it is Opera or Broadway hits she is a delight to listen to. Anastasia not only brings more great music to all, but she adds beauty to the world around her. They joy she gives to the people watching her performances is priceless, and this is what all great artists strive for, the joy it brings to others. Beauty and joy is, Anastasia!

Saige Swinford is spectacular! She is an outstanding performer, vocally and on screen. She done a music video, "These Boots", and her performance in the video was truly amazing, she has so much energy in her performance, she could easily be an actress or a singer. All of her expressions, and the attitude that she brought was like she had been acting for many years, and the song couldn't have been more perfect for her voice. The creators and Saige deserves a huge applause for thier accomplishment.

This beautiful young lady didn't start singing till the age of eight, but her mom says, Saige has been acting since the day she was born. It is obvious that acting does come natural for her. She started off her singing career at a neighborhood performance, where she sang her first solo, "Where Are You Christmas". In the summer of 2011 she loved playing Repunzal in "Tangled, and the fall of the same year she got to play another great part Veruka Salt in "Willy Wonka Jr." She loves doing performances like these.You can bet she was sensational in these performances.

In her community talent show she was in the top 20. Saige may not have won the talent show, but it was still a big win for her, since this was the first time for her to sing on stage with lights. At this show she sang a song from Les Miserable at eight years old. She doesn't know where all her drive for performing comes from, but it always just feels right to her to be on stage. She says, she is always happier when she has a performance to look forward to. Singing and acting lets her express her feelings with her God given talents. She said, that she had been told, that she has a lot of energy behind her voice, but she also says, that the energy comes from having two brothers and a sister. When she was eight she got a guitar for Christmas, and wrote her very first song that night for her 3 year old brother.

Saige is a very sweet girl that believes friendships should be long lasting, and we should encourage each other, not bring each other down. Not only is she very talented, but she is also has a great belief system with-in her, friends should be long lasting. She does not really have any goals set at this time, she is a kid who loves to sing and act. She is perfectly happy just being a kid. This is the way it should be, kids should always put being a kid first.    She may be just a kid, but this kid has talent from head to toe. In the song she sings, "These Boots" it says these boots are made for walking, well Saige is made for performing, and she does it extremely well. She could easily become the next great child star.

Selena is a great pop sensation out of Australia. She has a wonderful voice similar to Selena Gomez. It is very inviting and keeps you focused on the song and not wondering off. This is a great thing to be able to keep someone's attention, that means you have what it takes to be a star. Selena co-wrote a song song called, "A Girl Like You", and it is incredible. This song could easily make it's way up the pop charts. This song was written basically for the people she talks with on twitter. She is a major twitter  bug, and she took ideas from what people had  happened to them and what had happened with her with bullying. Selena left school at fourteen years and finish her education at home due to all the bullying. She wants everyone to feel good about themselves no matter what anyone else says, we are all special.

Selena has been singing for many years, and all the time she has put into it is very noticeable in her tone quality, and her ability to deliver a song effectively.  She has always been involved in school choirs, and eisteddfods, but the most meaningful performance that she has given was for her teacher's wedding. She said, it was a huge compliment to be asked to perform on such a special day, it meant a lot to be a part of something so meaningful. Selena loves the feeling that she gets when she sings. Singing for something like this wedding had to "feel" very special. She truly loves to sing no matter the situation or event, for her it is giving her the chance to forget about the things going on around her. She loves the whole process from beginning to the end, going to the studio and spending all day making music.

Selena hopes to not only continue with her music, but to also pursue her acting career. She says, it would be great to do both. She is planning to come to the US later this year to do some acting courses and see what the entertainment industry is like here. Selena also wants to make music that people can relate to, have fun with, and hopefully make them feel good about themselves. She truly lives and breathes singing and acting.

Selena might not be on every radio yet, but her music is great listening for anyone.  She is super talented with a wonderful gift for singing, and looking to the positive things in life even when things in life are not  going so well. When you tune in to Selena, you are going to love what you hear.

Marie-Pier is a true award winner in musical theater. The amazing voice she has for theater keeps taking her to new heights, and the people of Canada are taking notice, and you can bet Broadway will take notice soon! In 2009 at the Kiwanis Music Festival, in Ottawa she took home first place in the 10 and under musical theater category.  Winning first place here meant that she was moving on to trophy night, here she took home, "Star Of The Future award. The same year at Kiwanis, she was honored with "Orpheus Operatic Society Award", as well as a scholarship from the "English Speaking Union of Canada". In 2009 as well she went to Sainte-Hyacinthe Quebec for the Quebec Ontario Youth Music Festival, here she won first place in music theater 10 and under, first place in Regular Vocal Solo 10 and under, second in music theater 12 and under, and second in Open Category 12 and under. Marie-Pier has really made her mark on Canada, and hoping to one day make her mark on Broadway.

Marie_Pier has liked musical theater from the start. When she was nine years old she started musical theater with ASNY Productions (Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet). This really gave her the bug for musical theater. At this production she played, Officer Barrel in Urinetown. She loved it! In 2010 she earned the star role in, Annie. She was very excited about this, because this was the first time she was awarded the lead role in theater. In 2011 in Oliver, she played the Artful Dodger. She chose this for the experience and Dodger is a great character to play. She had a lot of fun with these productions, but for Marie-Pier every show is a great experience.

Kristin Chenoweth is her inspiration for music and musical theater. She likes her because, she can sing, dance and act, but in many different styles. Marie-Pier would love to meet her one day, and see her on stage. For Marie-Pier, music is a great way to express her self, and get her emotions out. She just loves to sing Broadway tunes, because it lets her become the character, and sometimes when she gets into a really sad song she gets so rapped up in it that she will start to cry. This is real passion. She does hope that her dream of being on Broadway will come true. She believes that anybody who has a dream works hard and pushes their selves,  can full fill their dreams, if they truly want it. Marie-Pier certainly wants her dream and works hard to make it happen. Someday down the road, you will walk down the streets of Broadway and you will look up and see in big shinning lights, Maire-Pier.

Alexey Poblete, is only nine years old and can already play the drums better than most of the great legions out there today. This is talent at it's very best. She keeps time, and never misses a beat. When you watch her it is very obvious that she is nothing but, "happy", all the way through anything she plays. There is not a band out there that wouldn't love to have her for their drummer. Alexey, is the coolest! drummer out there.

For someone that has been playing just over two years, she is remarkable to say the least. Alexey says, that she likes beating the drums, and it is cool being a female drummer. The drums are the only instrument she cares about. Since she started playing drums, she has played on stage with some amazing people. She played on stage with Patti LaBelle, "Lady Marmalade". She also played Djembe on a song with Stevie Wonder. These are two of her favorites because there were a lot of people there watching. She does play yearly with the Next Generation Drummer All Star Band at the Long Beach Jazz Festival.

There are many great drummers she looks up to for inspiration some of these include, Eric Singer, Neil Peart, Dominic Howard, and of coarse her drum teacher, David White just to name a few. She would love to get to play with MUSE, and Kiss with Eric Singer. When she plays kiss she comes complete with make up and all. She does play drums for a couple of bands, AC Generation, and her brother and dad's band.

For Alexey, her dream is to be the best female drummer, and to become a professional drummer. Well I think she has this covered. There are many great drummers young and old, but for a nine year old to play like this, Alexey just climbed to the top. She is in a position to where she could play with any band out there right now. She is sensational, and you are now looking at "The Next Greatest Drummer Of All Time", Alexey Poblete!

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Alaina is a very talented young lady, with many awards and TV shows to back it up. She has a wonderful voice, and it is always a pleasure to listen to her sing, whether it is country or oldies she delivers them very well. She presence herself on stage like a pro, and is always dressed like a true star.

At just four years old she made her very first stage appearance with a live band at the Outback Music Shed in Danville Al. Calvin Terry was the bass player, (brother of the famous fiddle player Gordan Terry). She sang, Daddy's Girl to over 150 people, and when she stepped down Calvin said, WOW! I have never seen anyone keep time so well. She was just four. Alaina has come a long way since then with many performances all over.  On another occasion she was called on stage unexpectedly at the R.O.P.E. Summer Spectacular by former WSM 650 and Grand Ole Opry announcer, Keith Bilbrey. He called her on stage to recognize her as the youngest member of R.O.P.E., then out of the blue he asked her to sing something, and of coarse she did. Alaina sang Loretta's "Your Looking At Country", and received a standing ovation. This was a night when many of the great legions sang, such as Mark Chesnut, Stonewall Jackson, Charlie McCoy, and Jack Greene just to name a few. Alaina and Jack were the only two, to get a standing ovation that night. This turned out to be one of the best nights of her life.

This little lady has won about every kind of award there is, she was the second place winner of the Mark Narmore's Young Songwriters Award, for the first song she wrote at age seven, "He Don't Know". She won a autographed guitar and a gold record, and presented by Mark himself. In 2010, she took home Vocalist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Video of the Year, and Dance of the Year from NACMAI. This is only a very small part of all her awards, and she deserves everyone, she is truly amazing.  Her list of TV appearances is just as long as the awards, Alaina is always in the lime light. She has been on Nashville Spotlight and Music City Gospel Review on channel 19 Nashville, was a regular cast member of Dixie Sonshine TV show. Alaina was also chosen out of 2200 people to be on Shotgun Red Variety show. The show was filmed in Branson Mo. She was invited back for the second season of this show, and they just finished filming the show on the General Jackson show boat in Nashville.

Alaina has had a fabulous journey, and has met some of the greatest legions of country music. She even got to do a show with Charlie Louvin before he past away. She has been fortunate to meet up with people like Jim Ed Brown, and Little Jimmy Dickens. When you are a winner like Alaina you get to hang with the biggest in music. She has earned everything that has come her way. She might be a little cowgirl, but when it comes to music she brings it in a very big way impressing all who listen. Be sure to follow her on her road to the legions at alainawiley.

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This is a sensational group of girls, the seven of them make up P.S. Dolls. When they hit the stage they will amaze you with their music and dance. They are well choreographed, and when they are performing their timing is right on the money.

They have been performing together since May 2011, and their chemistry is like they have been together far longer. The girls have really enjoyed being a group, they love interacting with others girls their own age, and if someone messes up, the others pitch in to help with dance steps or lyrics, no one puts anyone else down they work and help each other to be the best they can be. They have truly become close friends. Three of these girls gave some great insight to how different they are, but has found one common ground doing what they love to do, perform, and the common ground is, P.S. Dolls.

Sporty Doll, got her start at performing through theater in a play called, Anatomy of a Woman at age seven. Then at age nine she was in a play that she will never forget called, Neva Give Up. She played a girl named hope that was taken away from her family because of drugs, and went through the foster care system, and later met her mom again. This was a real story about challenges kids face when parents are involved with drugs. Her inspiration for music comes from some of the greats in music like, Micheal Jackson, and Aretha Franklin, because they started young and their music makes a difference in the world. Sporty has also been writing some songs, and all he songs come from everyday life that kids face, like school, homework, and friends. All of this has given her a great foundation to take her to the next level with the P.S. Dolls.

Pinky Doll, when she first started performing it was not on a dance floor or in front of a mic, but in fashion. She was three years old when she started fashion, she was doing shows for John Blassingame's New Day Associates at Newark International Airport Marriott, with a production company called Just For Kids. Now she loves performing with the Dolls. The most current show they did was at Newark Museum to promote, "Stop The Violence". They sung their first original song "Ready" for the first time and the audience loved them. It was in front of kids their age, and the parents came up to them and complimented them for having fun and putting on a appropriate children's performance. Pinky gets a lot of her inspiration from Beyonce and China McClain. She likes Beyonce because of her music and that she is a entrepreneur, she has her own fashion line, and that is what Pinky hopes to be able to have herself one day. Pinky is also starting to write songs. She has a couple of songs that she wrote coming up on their EP. The songs that will be on the EP are, "Rock Da World", and "Jump The Beat", these are special to her because this was her first attempt at writing and the group liked them as well making her feel really good.

Diamond Doll, she started performing when she was eight years old, at a show performance where she has her vocal lessons, Biryukov Academy of Arts & Music. She also really enjoyed the Newark performance. Diamond has been doing great vocally, in 2011 she came in second place for Musical Theater at the Mid Atlantic Musical Theater division. She has also made her way to TV, and has been in three commercials so far. Her latest commercial that she has filmed was for Bristol Meyers Children's Hospital which will air this month. Her inspiration for music comes from Justin Bieber, she says, his songs make her feel happy.

These girls may have all started in many different ways, but their individual talents has come together to help form an incredible group. The success of the P.S. Dolls just might be the great individuality there is with-in the group. They all put everything they have into the group, they work hard at being the best and it shows very well in their performances. They all hope that the group will be big one day, and to take home an award, while at the same time making a difference in the world. They certainly have everything it takes to make it. This is a group that will appeal to all audiences. The P.S. Dolls are truly outstanding.

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