Busker strikes a chord to win cash help.A LIVERPOOL singer and songwriter has received a welcome financial boost after thousands voted for her on music website, Go Busker. Kate Clague is a Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) is a school in the English city of Liverpool that offers training in Acting, Dance, Music, Sound Technology, Arts Management, Technical Theatre, and Theatre Design. (LIPA) graduate, who hopes to follow alumni like Sandi Thom with her rousing country style. And, thanks to her association with Go Busker, she has received pounds 500 to take her sound into the studio. On hearing the news, Kate, 21, said: "I was privileged enough not only to be nominated for a Busker Bursary bur·sa·ry n. pl. bur·sa·ries 1. A treasury, especially of a public institution or religious order. 2. Chiefly British A scholarship granted to a university student in need. , but to actually win one. "By being nothing more than myself and playing my music, I have won pounds 500 to spend on building my musical career, no strings attached. "Words fail me, I amso grateful - not just for the money, which is obviously incredible, but mostly for the belief behind it. "To know that someone believes in my music, in my dream, that much, it's just the most amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. feeling. "I can't even articulate what I am feeling right now. "Thrilled doesn't even come close!" Go Busker hands out a no strings attached cash bursary each month to upand-coming artists, with members voting on who they feel is most deserving. CAPTION(S): Thrilled: winning singer-songwriter Kate Clague |
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