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Julee-anne Bell and Melissa Buchholz … “Perfectly Imperfect” (Photo: Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 10, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday is going to be a big day for Kingaroy singing star Julee-anne Bell … she’ll be debuting a new show in Brisbane with close friend and fellow musician, Melissa Buchholz.<\/p>\n

“Perfectly Imperfect” will premiere at the Toucan Club cabaret and live arts festival<\/a><\/strong> at the PIP Theatre in Milton, before heading off to the Adelaide Fringe<\/a><\/strong> festival in February.<\/p>\n

The show is a mix of music and humour, with Julee-anne and Melissa presenting songs that have touched them during their lives plus stories and recollections shared against a backdrop of photos and short videos prepared by Julee-anne’s husband, Thomas.<\/p>\n

The one-hour show in Brisbane will be expanded into a two 40-minute halves for the three Adelaide gigs on February 28 and March 1-2.<\/p>\n

“We’ll be singing songs that mattered to us as we grew up … including Janis Ian, Olivia Newton-John, Whitney Houston and Heart,” Julee-anne said.<\/p>\n

Outside Kingaroy, Julee-anne is probably best known for her star turn on The Voice Australia in 2021 when she wowed the judges and sang an impromptu duet with Guy Sebastian.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She met Melissa while the Toowoomba-based music teacher was adjudicating at the Kingaroy Eisteddfod.<\/p>\n

The idea about doing a show together came about by chance when chatting after another show … but was also inspired by some words shared by South Burnett Mayor Kathy Duff.<\/p>\n

“She said ‘You have such a beautiful voice and more than Kingaroy needs to hear it’,” Julee-anne said.<\/p>\n

Melissa has\u00a0 been a professional pianist for more than\u00a0 35 years and has worked nationally and internationally as an accompanist for top musicians.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But she also has another skill, creating backing tracks which when played alongside the piano and voice accompaniment adds depth to the pair’s performances.<\/p>\n

Melissa and Julee-anne have been doing week-to-week “turnabout” visits, ie. one session in Toowoomba, one session in Kingaroy, to prepare for their upcoming shows.<\/p>\n

After the Brisbane show, Julee-anne will be rushing back to perform at the Kingaroy Christmas Carnival on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The next performance of “Perfectly Imperfect” will be at Gatton Shire Hall<\/a><\/strong> on December 15 and they’ll be back in Brisbane at the PIP Theatre on December 21.<\/p>\n

The South Burnett won’t be missing out, either.<\/p>\n

Julee-anne and Melissa have booked the Kingaroy Town Hall for a performance on May 25 where they hope to encourage local residents to take part in some vocal workshops in the morning before joining them on stage at night.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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