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Baby
Keedie
- destined to be a star
Great
Western Hotel, Paignton, Torbay, Devon
{
www.greatwesternhotelpaignton.co.uk
}
The
place where it all began for
Keedie
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Mel
& Cath, proprietors of Great Western Hotel;
"Keedie
used to run around the Great Western Hotel when she was only 6
years of age and kept shouting "I want to work in this
hotel" and this she eventually did.
In 1988 we hired Keedie's dad Gary Babb as our building
contractor and that is where the start of our friendship with
the Babb family began. Keedie and her family used to visit the
hotel regularly and Keedie was always the cheerful and loud one,
always the achiever wanting to work at the hotel.
In 1991, when Keedie was 9 years old, she began singing at the
hotel with her younger sister Nadine aged 8.
In 1993 the girls chose a name for their act: KN.21 which was K
for Keedie and N for Nadine and the 21 being their combined
ages: Keedie 11, Nadine 10.
When Keedie turned 15 years old both she and her sister Nadine
commenced work as waitresses besides performing at the hotel in
the evenings.
We always remembered Keedie to be very positive and as a
waitress she always had a wide smile and was extremely
pleasant. Whilst she was singing at the hotel one evening Mel told
Keedie's dad Gary that she will be the next Elaine Paige and to
keep her hopes high and never give up".
Keedie
and her family certainly didn't give up: The following story unfolds!! |
1991
Keedie
aged 9, and her
sister
Nadine aged 8
get their act together to entertain the hotel guests
1991
Keedie accompanied
by her dad Gary, singing "Endless Love"
1992
Keedie
&
Nadine
Hotel Proprietor Mel, "The Jovial Bartender"!
serves up well earned drinks for
Keedie
and her dad Gary
Christmas 1993
Keedie
&
Nadine
are eager to entertain again at the Great Western Hotel as:
"KN.
21"
1998
Keedie,
Nadine and their best friend
Kelly Henshaw
perform a fantastically energetic routine as the pop group:
"Keedie
& Co"
Kelly,
aged 15 -
Keedie aged
16 - Nadine, aged 15
All three girls share the same birth date the 21st'
June 2000
Grand Final
Riviera Centre - Torquay, South Devon
Keedie
& Co
get second place in
the grand Final
Nadine -
Keedie - and
best friend Kelly Henshaw
Courtesy
- Torquay Herald Express
June 25th
2001
Torquay Herald Express Newspaper Features
Courtesy -
Torquay Herald Express
Courtesy -
Torquay Herald Express
September
3rd 2001
Following
story courtesy of Torquay Herald Express
{ www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk
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