In addition to spending time with her family at Disney World, she relishes spending time with a good mystery audiobook.Get informed: Receive the latest news, research, and funding opportunities from RWJF each week. In the Spring of 2000, Disney called asking if I would be interested in auditioning for the TONY AWARD winning role I helped to create: AIDA.March 2001, I took out the FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF AIDA in the title role, receiving stellar reviews across the USA, and winning the NATIONAL BROADWAY THEATRE AWARD for ‘BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL’ voted on by fans, nationwide.Feb 2002, I returned to Broadway’s Palace Theatre in the role of AIDA, once again to critical acclaim (VARIETY/BILLBOARD).April 21, 2003, Nina Simone died in her southern France home. After studying the recordings of Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holiday, Al Jarreau, and Ella Fitzgerald I put together my own jazz show.In between gigs I did receptionist work, children’s theatre, and worked as a server with various catering companies. Robert Simon Kelly. Simone is also fluent in French, having been partly raised in Switzerland. Das Getty Images Design ist eine eingetragene Marke von Getty Images.Dieses Konto hat das Download-Limit erreicht. During the work week I supervised Rhein-Main’s base gym, and on weekends I performed with various acts: Joan Faulkner (top 40), Margarita Cantero (latin), The Magic Platters, and The Vic Pitts Top Show (party band).That same year I received a call from my god-sister, Ms. Attallah Shabazz, offering me a position as a chorus member for Spain’s singing sensation, Raphael Martos.By 1994, I had moved to Los Angeles as part of a girl group, called AURA, made up of three members, Karen Roberts, Jannie Jones, and myself; managed by my god-sister.