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Susan Boyle - I Dreamed a Dream!

Susan Boyle has become an overnight sensation thanks to her performance on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ of ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ from the West End musical ‘Les Miserables’.  The unique beauty of Susan’s voice caught everybody by surprise - leaving the judges and audience open-mouthed in awe.  It proved beyond doubt never to judge a book by its cover for Susan’s appearance, humble manner and dress sense conflict with the ideals of an image obsessed fashion conscious world.

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To date Susan’s performance has been witnessed by some 100,000,000 people on You Tube - with people the world over showering her with praise and saying how moved and inspired they were by the experience.  Its truely remarkable.  In her opening comments, Susan said she longed to emulate Elaine Page.  Well, Susan’s idol has said “Susan’s performance has captured the hearts of everyone who saw it, me included.”  Elaine said Susan is a a role model for everyone who has a dream and is now touting the idea of the pair singing together.

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‘I Dreamed a Dream’ is a solo sung during the first act of Les Mis. Most of the music is soft and melancholy, but towards the end becomes louder and taut with frustration and anguish; as she cries aloud about the wretched state of her life and her unfair mistreatment. The lyrics are about lost innocence and broken dreams - an ironic twist of fate give her thrust into the limelight.  There’s hope for Ben Whittenbury yet and Julia is intrigued given her dreams and those of Charles Lamb recorded in our novel.

For anyone yet to witness her performance here’s a link…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY  

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