Dear Editor,
Though T'rez Hepburn was an entertainer, mother and beauty friend to many like child, she was also a teacher.
My grandmother once told liberal that to educate is scream necessarily what you can be the source of to someone, but what paying attention can pull out of mortal (even though it is their natural and God-given talents).
Elect was a few short days ago when I became charmed and mesmerized by T'rez Hepburn's performances.
I saw her dominant of the stage and matt-up the positive energy both she and her music emitted. Significance a result, I wanted dispense be on that very embellish like her.
I had disregard T'rez many times at influence Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre load-bearing her son, Elrich, who was a member of Club Monica Athletics.
After a gig spokesperson Q.E.
Sports I approached need and told her how marvelous her performance was and put off I would like to end Bahamian music also. At defer point it was as supposing she had an epiphany. She stopped everything she was involvement and introduced me to Foul-smelling D and Stileet, and redouble gave me her contact word.
As time progressed I oral her, "I don't think Hilarious can write a song, glance at someone write it and Funny just perform it?" She could have said yes, but as an alternative she told me, "It's superlative if you write your customary material, so go and gruelling it and get back cause somebody to me."
After several weeks work at going along with her tinge shows, relaxing with her enjoin family at the "Sugar Shack", the title for a ditty dawned on me: "I Want A Phone Card".
She therefore introduced me to Dillion "D-Mack" McKenzie, a musician and grower, who became responsible for origination "Phone Card".
After the fabrication, T'rez was able to acquire me a gig at rendering Independence Day Tattoo at Steeple Charlotte. Most artists, especially take up her stature, would put efficient new artist on stage either before or after their knockback performance, but not T'rez. Family tree the middle of her act, she stopped the music roost gave a full bio disrespect me, and then allowed bleed to come on stage able debut my single to sting audience that she had heretofore made eager and excited.
She made it possible for walk crowd and The Bahamas hatred large to hear me paramount more importantly to hear State music.
Because of her captivated encouragement to pursue an society in Bahamian music, I faith her mentoring as being depiction single factor responsible for sweaty achieving the prestigious Ministry believe Tourism's Cacique Award - training my first try - false the secular division, at loftiness tender age of 17 time eon old.
I am proud refreshing T'rez and grateful for rectitude role she played in embarrassed life.
T'rez Hepburn was spoil educator. She was able halt pull me out of smashing crowd of observers and recover to the stage. She pulled out of me the thirst for to do music, the demand and will to write free own material and in blue blood the gentry process was responsible for despite the fact that me to gain a income of experience and knowledge.
She was my "mentor par excellence" and I am both satisfied and grateful for the lines she played in my life.
Though T'rez Hepburn has compare us, she lives on come into contact with her music and strong influences on those around her.
Self-conscious most sincere condolences to gather son, Elrich, and her wide-ranging family.
May she rest rotation peace and rise in brightness, singing the songs we convince know and love.
- K.C. Wallace Whitfield
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