Vocal life coach Kellie Cadogan is continuing to transform and empower the masses through the power of voice and wisdom.
For a second year, The Vocal Boot Camp was held at Frank Collymore Hall, The City, and hosted students from The Ellerslie School, The St Michael School and Graydon Sealy Secondary School.
The boot camp focused on three components – awareness, preparation and performance.
Students benefited from the school initiative sponsorship which allowed them to also attend the Walkin’ In My Own Shoes vocal showcase on June 8.
Cadogan, who boasts a dynamic range of services – group training, personalised coaching, workshops, productions and live performances – is intent on helping students grow both personally and artistically.
“The workshop really was a crash course into the world of performing, not just from the performance side but from the behind the scenes action and the personal side of understanding who you are outside of performing.
“The takeaway from today would be how important it is for the youth to not get lost in the glamour of performing, but to be aware of who they are and become grounded on the inside,” she said.
To help the students explore their identities and personal values, with the goal of recognising their true selves, special guest speaker and divisional people manager for Courtesy Garage, Stephanie Catling-Birmingham, led the boot camp workshop.
Perseverance
Drawing on her own journey – from starting in a non-profit organisation to rising to a senior human resource role across multiple markets – Catling-Birmingham shared powerful personal stories about overcoming setbacks, including narrowly missing a first-class degree.
She underscored the importance of resilience, perseverance and staying true to oneself, even when faced with obstacles.
“I thought it was very important for us to come out today for the workshop and to be able to impart good vibes to them. And I think it aligns clearly with walking in my own shoes, knowing about yourself, who am I, that underpins
the values, which translates to when you’re going to the world of work, corporate values that you also have to align to. So it was very important for us to show up and to be part of that foundation for them,” she said.
Own skin
Entertainer Terencia Coward ( TC) also shared wisdom with the students as she herself is a student of the boot camp, having sought help from Cadogan after sustaining damage to her voice.
“The project Walking In My Own Shoes really and truly is to help people to be comfortable in their own skin,” Coward said.
“And she has this thing where she says, everybody can sing . . . with the right amount of work. You’re not going to be a Beyoncé; you’re not going to be a Whitney Houston – but you are going be able to sing as your own person and with your own voice.
“So that’s really what this is all about, for persons to understand who they are, where they’re at and to be comfortable in that space,” she said. (CS)
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