My Life Story

Hey

My name is Louisa Short and I am 14 years old. I live with my mum, dad, two sisters, Rebecca and Jacinda. Rebecca is 20 years old and Jacinda is 18.

My hometown is Tauranga, although my second home would have to be Raglan, a town on the west coast of the North Island, New Zealand. The views are stunning and the shops are cool.

I live at Mount Tutu Eco Sanctuary, a beautiful place set in rainforest which offers accomodation, in Tauranga.

I LOVE singing at concerts with my sisters, Rebecca and Jacinda. We sing popular classics in harmony. We sing regularly at many different places including shopping malls, rest homes, charity concerts, church events, and street performing.

Our first time of singing together publicly, was at the steps of the New Zealand Parliament in November 2003, followed by a recording played to the Health Select Committee in February 2004 (this tear-wrenching rendition was aired on TV News and National Radio). This was as a result of our family’s Petition of 125,000 signatures to Parliament, calling for an expansion of the Breast Screening Programme from the previous 50 – 64 years – and now 45 – 69 years as a result of this Petition. Our Mum (Debbie) was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2001 – after surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and ongoing treatment she is now a 6 year Cancer Survivor!
From 2005 we started singing in public regularly and we were honoured to be able to sing often at the Bayfair Shopping Centre, Mount Maunganui. In 2006, drama happened while singing in Bayfair when the glass ceiling above us came crashing down shattering glass over us and others. Onlookers said it happened exactly at the time the high note was hit! In 2006 we sung in the inaugural "Christmas in the Bay" and in 2007 while busking in Auckland we were invited to sing on the TV1 Breakfast Show.
We are a close family with Mum (Debbie) and Dad (Tim) always about to give us support and guidance.

This year I am Year 10 at Tauranga Girls' College and I'm really enjoying it!

Anyways, better go now :)

Louisa
xoxo