{"id":1509,"date":"2012-12-09T20:57:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T04:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2013-11-23T07:11:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T15:11:48","slug":"tabithas-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/tabithas-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Tabitha&#8217;s Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1546\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 454px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0659.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1546 \" title=\"IMG_0659\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_0659-900x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"515\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Tabitha on The Next Star with Adamo Ruggiero.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My daughter Tabitha has been on a musical <strong><em>Journey<\/em><\/strong>. It started when she decided she wanted to audition for <a title=\"The Next Star Vancouver\" href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=94\">The Next Sta<\/a>r in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>I told Tabitha if she could accompany herself on piano to the song she wanted to sing, I would take her to Vancouver for the audition.<\/p>\n<p>Tabby did it. She rocked Journey&#8217;s <strong><em>Don&#8217;t Stop Believing<\/em><\/strong> on piano and belted out the lyrics. Although she didn&#8217;t make it to Toronto, she made it through 3 Vancouver cuts.<\/p>\n<p>She also managed to get a guest spot at the beginning of <strong>The Next Star Vancouver<\/strong> episode. A sp<a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4931.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1547\" title=\"Tabitha at Camp Westwind, Oregon Coast, USA, 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4931-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4931-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_4931-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a>eaking role, alongside the host Adamo Ruggiero.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The next time Tabitha sang for an audience was at a <a title=\"I Breathe In Peace\" href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=42\">Buddhist MIndfulness<\/a> camp in Westwind Oregon, USA. She wowed the entire camp by singing a <em>Don&#8217;t Stop Believing<\/em> solo. The monastics at the camp gave her the Dharma name:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Powerful Voice of the Heart<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Tabitha&#8217;s musical quest with Journey and their song <strong><em>Don&#8217;t Stop Believing<\/em><\/strong> culminated with tickets to last week&#8217;s <strong>Journey<\/strong> concert. Her dad accompanied her. She even video taped herself singing along with Journey when they sang <em>Don&#8217;t Stop believing.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1548\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 221px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1548\" title=\"Journey Concert Decemeber 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Tabby and Her Dad&#8211;Journey Concert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>I hope you enjoy the video below&#8211;a few short clips of Tabitha performing <em>Don&#8217;t Stop Believing<\/em>:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tabitha\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2lhylX7Yhuc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My daughter Tabitha has been on a musical Journey. It started when she decided she wanted to audition for The Next Star in Vancouver. 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