Rosetown singer returns to Telemiracle
EAGLE STAFF
Lynden Paquette isn’t sure when she’ll perform or what she’ll sing during her appearance on the Kinsmen Telemiracle broadcast.
Lynden Paquette performs White Christmas during the Choir for Kindness Christmas concert on Dec. 5. Organizers chose Paquette to perform in the Kinsmen Telemiracle sometime on Feb. 28-March 1. Photo by Ian MacKay
“The e-mail I got just announced I was a part of it,” Paquette said after performing White Christmas and Mary, Did You Know, accompanying herself on guitar, during the Choir for Kindness Christmas concert on Dec. 5.
“They’re supposed to send me some more details,” she said. “I did have to pick a few options of when I wanted to be on, and I’m waiting to hear back from that.”
Organizers recently released the names of Saskatchewan performers for the 50th annual presentation of the fundraiser broadcast by Saskatchewan CTV stations over two days and through the night, this year on Feb. 28–March 1. Money raised goes toward special medical equipment for individuals and travel expenses for those who must leave the province for treatment or operations.
This will be Paquette’s third Telemiracle appearance. She performed when she was “13 or 14” years old and at 17.
“My grandmother (Glenda Thorpe) always loved it,” Paquette said. “She passed away in April and she kept track of every total it had. I felt it was a good year” for another appearance, she said.
She’ll likely perform one of her own compositions so that she’s “less likely to forget the words and get nervous,” she said. She’s considering “a couple” of songs to test in the coming weeks.
Paquette began singing in church and school choirs when she was 11 or 12, she said. Her whole family sang.
“My grandma used to call us the Von Trapps from (the movie) The Sound of Music,” she said. “Happy Birthday is a production at our house. There’s three-part harmonies; it’s crazy.”
She’s “from a very musical family, so if you can’t sing, it’s kind of a no-no,” Paquette said. “You have to learn.”