THE MESSAGE. BRINGING INTO FOCUS FILIPINO PRESENCE IN AUSTRALIA
www.kalatas.com.au | Volume 4 Number 10 | July 2014
June Young shines
SHE
was a support act in one of
the concerts of X Factor Israel winner
Rose ‘Osang’ Fostanes who visited
Australia recently and her performance
at the Central Coast Leagues Club
certainly captured the hearts of the
audience.
By Violi calvert
JUNE Young responded to the
request of Kate Andres, show
producer to perform at Osang’s
concert and help out by showcasing four of her students in the
Dreamquest Singing Academy.
June’s rendition of the classic Macarthur Park by Donna
Summer and Alone by Heart
drew praises.
June who has toured with
bands to various countries in the
past is currently a music teacher
raising a young family with her
husband Patrick Young. They
are proud parents to Trinity, 9,
and Noah, 3.
“Having young children
can be a challenge so I try to stay
away from guestings and other singing engagements. I have
declined singing as front act to
other amazing singers and celebrities shows here in Australia,” June said.
June, 41, who hails from
Leyte, says that she got her singing talent from her father who
was a lead vocalist in a band during his younger years.
June’s father encouraged
her to take singing lessons. She
enrolled in The Center for Pop
Music, Philippines, and Ryan
Cayabyab: The Music Studio.
As well as singing lessons, her
father also enrolled her in ballet,
jazz and Hawaiian dance classes, piano lessons and even taught
her how to play the guitar!
She counts as highlights of
her singing career the times
she performs for a cause like
the Osang Concert. Her unhappy experience as a singer
was when she lost her voice just
three months out of a supposed
six-month contract in Tokyo.
She had to have something like
ENTERTAINMENT
Gary V:
His milestone
and mission
CLUB 55 in Mt. Druitt was packed on a
Thursday night when Gary Valenciano hit
town. Mr. ‘Pure Energy’ was up and about
at a meet-and-greet to launch his five-city
concert tour in Australia.
a steroid drip weekly at the hospital so she could sing for the remainder of her contract.
She went to see an ENT specialist in Manila after Tokyo and
was advised to rest for a year unless she wanted to go under the
knife.
June and Patrick married in
2002 and lived in Victoria until they moved to Beijing, China. They have lived in other
countries like Thailand, Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia before coming back to settle down in Australia in 2009.
She was a singing teacher even
before she came back to live in
Australia. She renewed her franchise contract from Dreamquest
Singing Academy, a school in )Ʌ