Monthly Archives: March 2012

To see a Totally Olivia Tour taster click on link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37cHx6nEiCw

Jaden was inspired by singing£nbsp;legend Olivia Newton-John and the hard work and efforts of racing car driver Emerson Newton-John to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness.

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He£nbsp;auditioned£nbsp;a group of non singers who became known as …

JCGC

JCGC (the Jaden Cornelious Gorgeous Choir) was born from Jaden£rsquo;s idea to get together a group of non-singers from various walks of life, train them to sing and put on a show called the Totally Olivia Tour which is based on songs made famous by the legend who is Olivia Newton-John.£nbsp; The show toured Devon and Somerset to raise money for 3 breast cancer charities/campaigns.£nbsp; This was successfully achieved by the end of April 2010 and in May the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre, Full Speed 2 a Cure and Cure Breast Cancer each received £pound;3,000 making £pound;9,000 in all.£nbsp;

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For the tour JCGC was made up of Jaden Cornelious, Caz Whale, Sue Dent, Bethany Davison, Mike Sim and MC/compare Sarah Anastasiades.

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Jaden’s ‘Why’

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………….But they are rich…what have they got to worry about…..£nbsp; They are beautiful looking …stunning partner…hit albums….movies…..loadsa money….can’t be that bad for them…
That is how the majority of us think when any trial or tribulation is published about a mega star…. So when I read Olivia Newton- John’s auto biography, I was shocked and moved as to how this lady that had it all…lost it all including her father, business,£nbsp;her own health and then her partner….and what did she do…….. she never said ‘why me’ and she wrote a song called not gonna give in !!!!! The higher in life you are the further you have to fall…….Olivia never fell. She fought and thrived and turned all of life£rsquo;s crap into a spiritual, life changing journey….. It put a lot of what I was going through at the time into perspective and gave me an overwhelming sense of wanting to do something….. I felt proud to be an ONJ supporter…not just because of her music, BUT because of the role model she has become and how, despite her own demons, still fights hard for health, animal and mother nature’s wellbeing and is still releasing albums when others have long since given up……. I wanna be like her when I grow up !!!!! I wanna follow her example NOW!!!!

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Her story made me wanna achieve in life and to do something special and to help anyone/thing that can’t fight for themselves…… So I decided that I wanted to raise money for people suffering … I had done lots of charity work but wanted to do something for the lady that re-inspired me !!! SO I thought that for a male classical singer to pull off a whole evening singing Olivia Newton-John tracks would be a good challenge to set myself…AND… I wanted a backing group of people that weren’t singers and to train with them to develop a great backing sound….. I auditioned…. and found a great set of people that wanted to help…..When you are rehearsing 10+ hours a week for 4 months you tend to start to bond and get to know people ….some of the ladies would sing through tear soaked eyes and shaking lyric sheets …I couldn’t believe that people could be scared to ‘be heard’ I have been nervous about how I will be received but never about opening my gob…. so it put a lot of things into perspective for me and gave me a new appreciation of my ability to sing…..

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Some of these new singers had been through their own people drama that robbed them of a love of self…..domestic violence, illness, bereavement or sheer lack of a positive self image due to years of put downs…. These backing singers…JCGC (Jaden Cornelious’s Gorgeous Choir) have shed many tears, have nearly dropped out several times…but have£nbsp;now started£nbsp;the journey back to£nbsp;self and confidence in their own ability…and a HUGE desire to make a difference in people’s lives that don£rsquo;t have the ability to do it them selves !!!!!.. this has been a HUGE challenge for these people ….£nbsp;and still is……but we are all thriver£rsquo;s and life’s survivors !!!!!

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“You have to believe we are magic….nothing can stand in our way !!!”

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Caz Whale£nbsp; Caz is from Barnstaple in North Devon has since moved to Taunton – and loves to sing! Best known during the tour for her beautiful voice and changes in hair colour!! First blonde, then brunette, black and kind of brownish now but wants to be blonde again!

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Bethany Davison£nbsp; The youngest member of JCGC at the age of 17. Originally from Barnstaple but now based in Plymouth. Beth is currently taking a break from JCGC to concentrate on studying as a first year performing arts student at Bath Spa University.£nbsp;

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Mike Sim£nbsp; Mike is passionate about his music and adapted ‘If Not for You’ for acoustic guitar for the Totally Olivia Tour.£nbsp; Mike is a very talented songwriter and musician£nbsp;and loves to perform his own songs so is a name to watch out for in the future!

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Other helpers to the JCF and JCGC during the Totally Olivia Tour were
Anita Davison, Robert Davison, Nathan Evans, Sam De Ste Croix and Martin Trask

We would also like to thank ALL the£nbsp;businesses who so kindly allowed us to use their venues to host our tour shows

THE TOTALLY OLIVIA TOUR £ndash; raised £pound;9,000 for breast cancer charities/campaigns.£nbsp; Funds distributed in May 2010

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Above are the thank you letters we£nbsp;received£nbsp;from£nbsp;
Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre,
£nbsp;Full Speed 2 a Cure and Cure Breast Cancer.

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The Fire Walk raised nearly 2k for the Caroline Thorpe Childrens Ward and nearly 200 for the NDDH Chemotherapy Appeal.

Over 140.00 was raised by Jaden Cornelious and Friendsfor the Caroline Thorpe Children’s Ward at North Devon District Hospital

The event took place at the Big Sheep family attraction when Jaden was joined by Tamsin Ball,Caz Whale, Sue Dent and Emma Brimmacombe

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Thanks to Sue and Roger for hosting the June quiz night. In all 116.00 was raised so this will be added to the kitty to help purchase equipment for the Caroline Thorpe Children’s Ward at the North Devon District Hospital.

Over 170 was raised at the first JCF quiz night!! Yay!! Well done to everyone who came along to support

A good night was had by all who came to Night at the movies andwe raised 40.00 for the Devon Air Ambulance appeal

Wow look what Sandy, Natisha and Kerrie did ………………

On Sunday 18th July 2010 The Jaden Cornelious Foundation held a musical evening at the Big Sheep, Abbotsham, Nr Bideford, Devon and raised 320.00 for the Jaden Cornelious Foundation
and 48.00 for The Quality of Life Animal Sanctuary.

Sarah the Hostess with the Mostess





The first on stage was Emma Brimacombe from JCGC who certainly knows how to warm the audience up, she sang:

The absolutely stunning Caz Whale from JCGC
entertained the audience with:

Breathe – Taylor Swift
Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
Son of a Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
Who I Was Born To Be – Susan Boyle

The one and only Jaden Cornelious Sang:

Never Far Away – Duet with Caz Whale
(Original Olivia Newton-John £amp; Richard Marks)
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Gladness Crawling –
(Originally Written By Jaden Cornelious £amp; Glyn Maclean)
Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor – Christian Castro
The Prayer –
Duet with Sarah-Louise from Jaden’s album ‘Mi Corazon’Instrument of Peace – Olivia Newton-John
You Raise Me Up – Josh Groban

The Evenings Entertainment

Some of the Children who benefited from Toys to Romania, some of whom have now unfortunately passed away.