MJFD - Testimonials

Kara Tremel
Rennie Wilkinson

Kara Tremel is currently performing in the Chicago cast of the Tony Award winning musical Jersey Boys.

The Moose Jaw Dance Festival is a lot like Christmas it comes only once a year. You see family and friends. Share memories, make memories, dance, sing and be merry. And like Christmas, the Moose Jaw dance festival taught me that giving is a lot more rewarding then receiving. To give an audience a smile, a creation that captures their hearts, beats receiving an award or a medal any day!

My memories include:

The smell of Dippity doo hair gel and aqua net hairspray.
The glitter and sequins colouring the floor from tap shoes and costumes.
Mrs. Sitter in the off stage corner with her program watching discreetly.
The months of rehearsing and practicing, straight lines, style and technique.
The wonderful adjudicators.
One week’s vacation from school. The many friends I made many of whom I have recently reconnected.
Learning the most important rule in live performance -keep going no matter what happens!
Smile! Smile! Smile!
Trying to overcome nerves. Crying when it was all over because I knew I would have to wait one whole year for it to come all over again.

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I have been working as a professional actress, primarily in musical theatre, for the past 20 years. My career has taken me from Vancouver, B.C. to Charlottetown, P.E.I. and throughout the United States. I currently live in Toronto where I continue to pursue the work I love.

It all began with dance lessons in Moose Jaw and the Moose Jaw Festival of Dance gave me some wonderful tools. In my profession I am constantly auditioning for the next show and competing for those roles along with my friends. The Festival taught me how to be humble when I don’t get the job, gracious when I do get the job, and that hard work and doing your best is its own reward.