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Mary played by Laura Dodd
Laura Dodd was born in Gadsden, Alabama on January 11, 1980. After seeing the musical, "Grease," and being inspired by it, at the age of 5, Laura began singing and practicing day and night with the determination to become a performer.
Laura has performed in musicals, on television, and has opened for several internationally-known stars, such as: Maynard Ferguson, Sandi Patti, Patty Loveless, Josh Turner, and Rascal Flatts. While still only 22 years old, her first single, "WOW," charted at 54 in the MusicRow Magazine Country Breakout Chart.
Laura's steady rise to stardom was recently punctuated by her invitation to sing the National Anthem at the White House on July 12, 2004 for President George W. Bush. The performance opened a Little League game on the White House lawn, and Laura's silky voice and finely-honed control captivated the thousands of attendees at the game.
Laura's increasing visibility and rave reviews has brought her the attention of the elite of both the music and film businesses. In the Summer/Fall of this year, Laura co-produced a debut acoustic album, with Tom Walker, the founder of 5L-ements Entertainment (5L) and the mind behind Indie music powerhouse, Friday's Child. Together, Tom and Laura explored Country, Blues, Pop and Folk genres to sculpt a unique album that showcases Laura's vocal talents.
In October 2004, Laura headlined Nashville's top songwriters' venue, The BlueBird Café. Subsequent to that, she also did several short tours of New York and New England clubs, Borders Books and Music Stores, and made Internet radio appearances, as guest of The Tom Walker Band. She previewed tracks on her new album on CyberstationUSA.com to 10 million listeners and shortly thereafter made the top 20 Countdown on that network.
Recently, on January 7, 2004, Laura opened for The Tom Walker Band in 5L's first installment of The Songwriter's Network Internet Concert Series, which reaches 2 million dedicated listeners a month, and is sponsored by Taylor Acoustic Guitars. She also performed at Concern America's Benefit Concert to Aid Tsunami Victims at PD O'Hurley's in New York City on January 20, 2005, along with her fellow 5L artists, Surrey Lane and Tom Walker. The event raised thousands of dollars for that cause.
Her performances in the New York area led the prestigious, Luna Stage, a national equity theater in Montclair, New Jersey, to book Laura for a Women's Country Music showcase on January 30, 2005.
Look for a wide release of Laura's self-titled CD in early 2005.
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