A graduate from the Victoria Conservatory of Music used a fiery disaster to spark her career.
Jenny Lou was finishing her diploma in music and vocal performance and living in a suite in the 1100-block of McClure Street when the house burned down on March 18.
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She had been working at the YMCA at the time, and came home to find dozens of firefighters outside and the burning house. No one was hurt in the fire, but everything was destroyed.
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| Jenny Lou was studying music and vocal performance at The Victoria Conservatory of Music when the house she was living in burned down. (Ragnar Haagen/B次元官网网址 Staff) |
The Gibson 45 guitar is what Lou calls the B次元官网网址渋ndustry standardB次元官网网址� for performers.
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Lou said she saw an outpour of generosity and support from the community, including Camosun College which rented a place for her at the Ocean Island Inn hostel.
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Still, the fire was something that Lou felt she couldnB次元官网网址檛 really talk about, so instead she turned to her music.
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Losing all her possessions also pushed Lou to follow her dreams and move to Nashville in September.
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Since she arrived Lou has been working none-stop at performing, networking and making friends.
B次元官网网址淣ashville is such a great place, you make friends with people and all of a sudden learn some of their music has cuts from Tim McGraw,B次元官网网址� she said.
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Just this week, Lou received a publishing deal for her music, which will allow her to perform and record her music full time, and perform in downtown Nashville in iconic venues such as TootsieB次元官网网址檚 Orchid Lounge, which saw stars like Willie Nelson, Roger Miller and Terri Clark come through.
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