The Diva's performance at the Old Town theatre on Saturday, November 13^th 2004 was a great success!!

Some music from the event. Click on photo to listen.

All music presented on this page is ©2004 by their respective artists.

The DIVAS of 2004

	Carol Gaylor "Deja Blue" Carol Gaylor is a veteran Washington, DC area performer. Recently, she has moved her focus away from cover music and more toward writing and performing her own songs. Carol was awarded a Silver prize and two honorable mentions in this year's Mid-Atlantic songwriter's contest for one of her songs, and another one of her originals, co-written with fellow diva, Danielle Westphal, also received a finalist ranking. Carol continues to perform in and around the Washington, DC area and plans to release her 4th CD before the end of 2004.		Danielle Westphal "In the Stars" Danielle Westphal grew up in the DC area and credits her musical performance start to her days at Alexandria's own T.C. Williams High School.  Currently she headlines such well-known venues as Blues Alley in DC, the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center and has performed twice for receptions at the White House.  She continues to write original songs which she'll be singing tonight.  In addition to performing and producing shows with Annie, she is now co-producing a songwriters' showcase called Nashville Connections at Blues Alley with Katherine Queen and Ken Giese. She's working on finishing her all originals CD as a follow-up to her jazz standards CD - entitled High Standards, produced with Dan Reynolds.  She loves her weekly regular gigs around town and almost never turns down any chance to sing!
	Indigo "My Funny Valentine" Native Washingtonian Indigo has been thrilling audiences locally for the past 13 years. Her voice has been described as "easily captivating and able to capture the audience with her extraordinary talent, honest emotions and flawless delivery." Her performances include tributes to Duke Ellington, Billy Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald. Additionally, Indigo has performed at The Kennedy Center, The Carter Baron Amphitheater, Twins Jazz Lounge and most recently Washington, D.C.'s famous Blues Alley also the Corcoran Gallery of Art as a founding member of the Jazz-Gospel Ensemble, and has earned several opportunities to share the stage with Artists such as: Pieces Of Dream, Joyce Cooling, Paul Taylor, Angela Bofill, Peabo Bryson, Miki Howard, Roy Ayers and others.		Melanie Mason "Work Your Magic" Described by DownBeat magazine as "a promising guitarist and songwriter," Melanie Mason performs blues-rock as a lead electric guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the Melanie Mason Band. She also records traditional acoustic blues as a solo artist. In 2003, Mason's band won the D.C. Blues Society's International Blues Challenge Band competition. Other past highlights for Mason include opening for legends such as Robert Cray, Don McLean and Rory Block, as well as appearing in a series of Emmy award-winning blues guitar WETA-TV ads to promote Martin Scorsese's "The Blues" PBS film series. Mason's discography includes the WAMMIE award-winning Bendin' the Blues and her latest release, Lonesome Is I, a solo acoustic album recorded by Chris Biondo, producer for the late Eva Cassidy
	Annie Sidley "Don't Want to Open My Eyes" This multi-WAMMIE nominated artist has toured nationally and soon internationally and has shared the stage with Joan Jett, WAR, our very own Chuck Brown, Joyce Cooling, Paul Taylor and many more. She's sung the Star Spangled Banner for the NBA and WNBA games at the MCI Center over and half a dozen times. This mother of 3 boys and soon 3 cd's (her new one's coming out next spring) is going to shake this joint up!  Debuting her music from her next cd   "Diamond in the Sand"		All Diva's "Keeping it Strong" (Diva Theme) All Divas performing the theme song, "Keeping it Strong" written by Annie and Steve Sidly.