Jazz starlet Bexi Owen has recorded
her velvet voice in aid of a very worthy cause - to raise funds for her dementia
project. Bexi started the project at the start of the year to help
those with dementia. Entitled 'Forget Me Never' it aims to use music and
authentic vintage memorabilia in order to help with memory function and
encourage social interaction.
Bexi explains, "I started the project after singing at
a wartime memorial event and seeing how amazingly members of the audience who
had dementia responded to the music. So I decided to set up on my own,
delivering sessions at community centres across the country."
"When raising initial funds I set up a crowdfunding
campaign and played an accompanying live tour, the support for both was
overwhelming and so many people got in touch with their own stories. To keep
the project going I thought it might be a nice idea to record some of the jazz
classics that I sing during the sessions so I did!"
As well at the project, Bexi has been very much in demand
with recent shows in Switzerland and Spain as well as performing at many
festivals and the National Vintage Awards which she was named Best Performer at
in 2013.
For more information about the project and Bexi's music,
please go to www.bexiowen.co.uk or
www.facebook.com/bexiowen
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