Local Singer's DVD Dedicated To Soldiers in Afghanistan
Breanne Lawrenson, a resident of Carleton Place, has been trying hard to build a career in the music industry since she was 15 years old. But just recently, with the help of Algonquin College, she was able to release a DVD honoring the Canadian troops sent abroad — specifically those who are in Afghanistan.
Brea, as she prefers to be called, has a very personal motive for releasing this DVD. Contrary to the majority of the musicians across the country who are capitalizing on the patriotic trend from Canada’s campaign in the Afghan area, Brea has a deeper reason for the DVD’s release: her cousin Matthew Bradley once served in Afghanistan with the Canadian Army.
Matt and Brea met each other for the first time at their grandmother’s funeral. They weren’t really close back then since they really didn’t know each other, she claims. But thanks to the internet, they were able to acquaint with one another.
According to Brea, they found each other on MySpace (a social networking website). While surfing the internet, Bradley came across his cousin Brea’s music. And since then, the two of them became really close.
In September 2008, when Matthew Bradley’s was leaving Canadian Forces Base Petawawa to be deployed abroad, Brea, together with her mother, was there to bade him a heartfelt goodbye.
Since the Canadian mission started on 2002, more the 130 Canadian soldiers have been killed. Bradley safely completed his duty by returning home alive last May 2009. He got married on August the same year.
Her whole relationship with her cousin inspired Brea to pay homage to the Canadian troops.
Breanne Lawrenson can be found on the internet via Youtube and through her website where she can be contacted in case there is a request for her DVD.
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