MP3 The Last Straw - FOLK: Folk-Rock

Contemporary singer/song writer in folk, country and rock tradition with insightful and thought provoking lyrics.

12 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Folk-Rock, COUNTRY: Country Rock



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Singer/songwriter, author and speaker, Donna Hill, a former Philadelphia area resident now living in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania, offers educational and entertaining programs for all ages. Legally blind from birth from Retinitis Pigmentosa and a two-time cancer survivor, Donna has a message of tenacity, perseverance and hope. Casual and upbeat, Donna intrigues audiences at house concerts, teen book discussions about Harry Potter (with songs) or school assemblies about her guide dog, Hunter, a black Lab.
Donna is featured regularly as a performer at the Old Lynn Concert Series in Susquehanna County, which has been presenting national and international singer/songwriters to packed houses since 2000. She is also an active member of the Folk Lore Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania. In the First Biennial Convention on Women in Northeastern Pennsylvania held at the University of Scranton in 2007, she presented, âBlind Women in Northeastern Pennsylvania: What weâre up to and what weâre up against.â This speech, which has appeared in several area newspapers, has opened a dialog on issues facing blind people in modern American life.
Donna is working on her first childrenâs novel and companion CD, and marketing articles about guide dogs, blindness, cancer, Harry Potter and her love of nature,.
Donna, who has a degree in English Literature from East Stroudsburg University of PA, was a volunteer radio show producer for ten years for the Radio Information Center for the Blind in Philadelphia. She received national press credentials to cover the Carter inauguration â a first for blind representatives of radio reading services.
Contact Donna for bookings and other recordings, Harvest & Rainbow Colors
At: (570) 833-2708, RR#3 Box 15-C, Meshoppen, PA 18630, penatwork@epix.net