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I haven't posted on this blog in a year and a half. Since Google seems to preserve blogs for all time unless you specifically delete the...

Amira is up against some of the finest opera singers in the world in South Africa. This is South African Soprano, Nombulelo Yende, in a co...

Here Amira is 11 years old, singing in her local church with her family members accompanying her and the Nijmegen Men's choir in the ...

I recently listed ten of my favorite performances by Amira Willighagen. This has got to be my favorite Reaction Video of her. Grammy-Nominat...

What these gentlemen don't know is that this song was originally sung by a black opera singer, Todd Duncan. Covered by hundreds of per...

Flying into the Netherlands from South Africa for a fan gathering and concert, Amira stopped at the Omroep Gelderland Dutch Television stat...

The first post I ever did about Amira Willighagen on this blog was 3 1/2 years ago, on June 6, 2019. I have been following her ever since, a...

Amira put on a Christmas pageant in a small church in Potchefstroom just before leaving for the Netherlands. The date was 7 December 2022. T...

"This is My Dream" - August 2020 "African Christmas" - November 2020 "On My Own" - March 2022 Amira was 16 whe...

In an atmospheric environment, the real fans of Amira can enjoy a wonderful afternoon and evening. Full of music. Of course Amira is prese...

The Christmas season is upon us. And what more appropriate way to celebrate it than with this inhumanly divine performance of Holy Night b...

In my opinion this performance is the most powerful and emotive Amira has ever given. Here she sings the aria "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana...

If one watches many of Amira's largest venue performances on YouTube, one often sees virtually all white people in the audience. This is...

Amira appeared recently on RTL Boulevard, an entertainment show on Dutch RTL4, the station that aired her auditions on Holland's Got T...

Hello everyone, this is Amira! I am happy to announce that a CD version of my 18th birthday concert “On My Own” is ready and on its way t...

A year and nine months ago, during her annual New Year's Eve message, Amira Willighagen announced publicly on Facebook and YouTube that ...

Of course all Amira's fans had their moment when they 'discovered' Amira for the first time, and can describe that moment when t...

The song "Unchained Melody" was originally written for a scene in the 1955 movie "Unchained." Music by Alex North, lyri...

National Anthem - The United States Navy Band - Presidential Inauguration Ceremony (Obama) 2009 National Anthem - Beyonce - President...

I was looking at this photo this morning and had the thought to say a little bit about myself, the host of this blog. You can click the pic...

My daughter is 26. She's very cool. In High School she sang, acted, wrote, and directed. Her acting coach said at her Senior defense tha...

Hello everyone! I hope that everyone has had a blessed Easter, keeping in mind the special meaning of this day❤️ Here is a song from my 18th...