Vanelis ¨Live¨ in Puerto Rico

Vanelis was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 13, 1983. Music and performing has always been a part of her life, with the earliest home videos of her singing starting at the age of three, at the age of nine her family packed up and moved to the states starting off in Ohio. It was there that her middle school choir teacher noticed that there was a special talent that needed to be cultivated which lead to Vanelis auditioning for Middle Notes as well as the school musical Annie. At the age of 15 the family relocated to Florida where Vanelis had the privilege to attend a smaller school where she had tons of opportunities to work on her voice. It was at Crystal River High School that she excelled in chorus, landing numerous solos and getting superior ratings at both districts and state vocal competitions. After high school, Vanelis attended the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL and obtained a degree in Exercise Physiology. While in college she was very involved on campus participating in various talent shows through her sorority. Vanelis has been performing her music at venues and the national anthem at major athletic events. One of Vanelis most recent accomplishments was winning "Canta Con Objetivo Fama" (Sing with Objectivo Fama) which was an online contest that was put on by a talent television show, much like American Idol, on the Telefutura spanish network, thousands submitted videos and after two months of contest, Vanelis went on winning the grand prize. Vanelis is currently putting the finishing touches on her debut album produced within the salsa and ballad genres, the album is scheduled to be released early 2010. We are certain that with her hard work and discipline, her strong and passionate voice, her humble and charismatic personality and her spellbinding beauty, she will captivate the hearts of music lovers all over the world. www.vanelis.net

Channel: Vimeo Video Length: 8m 38s Date Found: Mon, Aug 09 2010 3:24 PM Category: Home Video Date Produced: Sat, Jun 05 2010 2:18 AM View Count: 0