Celebrity Friends

Mike Read

TV and Radio Presenter won ten National Broadcaster of the Year awards. Had 35 books published. written songs for many artists including Cliff Richard, David Essex. Leo Sayer, Justin Hayward, Colin Blunstone, Brian wilson, Robin and Barry Gibb. Boy George, Steve Winwood and Gene Pitney. Had eight musicals staged. Vice president of The Heritage Foundation. Princes Trust Ambassador.

The JCF Welcomes New friend Mr John Scott -
TV/Radio Presenter/ Fashion Guru.
Most of you will know John from his 10 years as the resident fashion guru from ITV's flagship daytime programme This Morning. Jaden and John go back to early B-YOND days in mid nineties where Mr Scott would help with maganement descisions and wardrobe. Jaden and John stayed friends ever since.

Juan Lee Stewart

The JCF welcomes new friend Juan Lee Stewart - Super-Nova, Super-Trainer, International model, personal trainer, nutritionist and all round fitness guru.

"I like to keep my body, spirit, mind balanced, since I believe that we are what we think can be manifested in our lives. I practice yoga, meditation and Tia-Chi. I love that great energy that this practice brings to my daily life and the serenity that I have by practising this lifestyle, and with this inner calm one can make better decisions and choices in life".

Mari Wilson

The JCF is pleased to welcome new friend Singer Mari Wilson- Mari first arrived on the scene in the early eighties with her skyscraper beehive hairdo, bizarre sense of fashion and fully choreographed twelve piece band
The Wilsations! In 1982 Mari’s records began entering the charts and she soon had six hit singles, the biggest being ‘Just What I’ve Always Wanted’ and ‘Cry Me A River’, both taken from her album‘Showpeople’
In the mid-eighties after constant touring of the UK, Europe and the United States, Mari reduced the size of her band (and her hairdo!), changing direction with a jazz quartet. Playing venues such as Ronnie Scotts and The Royal Festival Hall (supporting the legendary Stan Getz), jazz festivals alongside BB King and Ray Charles.

See http://mariwilson.co.uk for more information on our new friend.

Junior Giscombe

Singer, Sonwriter & Publisher. 1982 saw Junior hit the chart heights with the infectious anthem "Mama Used to Say", which became a transatlantic hit, prompting Junior's appearance as the first balck British artist on Soul Train and earning him Billboard's "Best Newcomer" award presented by the legendary James Brown. The US hit "Too Late", which reached no 8 and his auspicious début album "Ji" followed.

Angie Brown

Angie is a refreshing and gifted vocalist, whose performances have thrilled audiences all over the world. Her voice has been compared to the all-time greats,
such as Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin.
Ms. Browns passion during performances has been known to make grown men cry.

Angie's biggest hit to date was in 1992, with a deliciously infectious tune called "I'm Gonna Get You" which reached no 3 in the UK charts in October 1992. Her vocals featured heavily on the track, which was created by 3 young DJ's/remixers from Stratford called Bizarre Inc.
For all involved, it remains their biggest hit. She teamed up with Bizarre Inc. again the following year on
"Took My Love".

Angie has also sung backing vocals for the likes of Grace Jones, Beverley Knight, Mark Morrison, The Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, Chaka Khan, Heaven 17, Neneh Cherry, Lisa Stansfield, The Stereophonics and Fat Boy Slim.

Richard Felix

Celebrity Historian, Author, Producer and TV Presenter.

Richard has written numerous books on ghosts and has made many DVDs and Videos relating to haunted locations all around the British Isles. He has also been organising ghost walks in Derby for over 15 years and of course, appeared on four series of Antix Productions, Most Haunted as seen on Living TV in the United Kingdom.

Carleen Anderson

The JCF welcomes the inspirational International Recording Artist Carleen Anderson as a friend...Carleen Anderson, the god-daughter of the god-father of Soul, James Brown, is a Jazzy Gospel, Soul Singer, Songwriter from Houstan Texas, who has been UK based since 1990. Ex lead vocalist of The Young Disciples and Brand New Heavies, Carleen has performed with a variety of artists, from Nigel Kennedy to Omar, Cleo Laine to Ramsey Lewis, Ocean Colour Scene to Jocelyn Brown, Jonny Cash to Jools Holand, Courtney Pine to Chrisse Hynde, Jamie Callum to the London Community Gospel Choir, Mica Paris to Elvis Costello, Lewis Taylor to Incognito, Guy Barker to Guru, and many others.

From 2002 to 2007, Carleen taught vocal classes at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music where she also served as head of the Vocal Department. Her association with the Brighton Institute of Modern Music led her to performing for and meeting HRH, The Queen of England in 2007
at the Theatre Royal Brighton.

The JCF welcomes wonderful new friend International Classical Crossover Artist - Hayley Griffiths.
Hayley has already enjoyed success after featuring in two world tours for Riverdance (lead singer)
and Lord of The Dance (as Erin the Goddess),
but 2010 saw the launch of her recording career. Griffiths writes her own material, and whilst there
is some celtic influence (especially in the production
and vocal interpretation) her sound has a more
modern age ring to it. Griffiths sits on the pop side of crossover, with only her pure soprano to hint
at anything classical. Her vocal layering and
Riverdance-esque production would make her
appealing to Celtic Woman fans. Despite the lack of a major record label, Griffiths image and sound are as slick and polished as they can be, and better still she is free to express herself and explore her own sound, which is vital for a genre that is so often set to its tried and tested formula. Her album Silver Screen, won the Classical Crossover Album of the year 2010.

Damon Scott

The JCF welcomes new friend, Singer, Puppeteer and Comedian Damon Scott. Damon Scott is now most famous for his recent performance on Britain's Got Talent, Simon Cowell's popular talent show, where massive popular support saw him fly through to the finale and finish as runner up. There is a lot more to the story of Damon's rise to fame - he has been performing in shows, as a singer and talented puppeteer for a decade.

D!Raven
The JCF welcomes a New Friend.
D!Raven - Aspiring actionstar and the german answer to Jean-Claude Van Damme.

D!Raven is a young, dynamic man who strikes first defined mainly by its nearly perfect body. He's also a charismatic, witty, and is especially highly educated person. The name D!Raven stands for power and is designed to prepare people to know what to expect with him - Namely a lot of action! Ever since his eleventh year running D!Raven martial arts and he also trained since he was 18 almost every day in the gym and is interested in acrobatics.

David Wells

The JCF welcome new friend David Wells to the foundation. David is a medium and astrologer.
Born in the community of Kelloholm in Scotland, Wells claims he discovered his abilities after suffering from pneumonia, learning astrology and studying the
Qabalah to "ground" his abilities. He was previously
the main medium on the Living TV show Most Haunted. His work includes appearances on Jane Goldman Investigates, Psychic Interactive and Most Haunted. He also serves as the official astrologer for NOW magazine (UK) and the Scottish Daily Record.
He was the astrologer for the Metro newspaper and is astrologer for The Daily Mirror.

Glen Goldsmith

Solo Artist Glen Goldsmith ... Genre: R 'N' B, Pop, Soul, Reggae, Funk, 60's, 70's, Jazz Funk, Funkie House ... Glen has been in the biz for a number of years and scored many hits both in the UK and globally with songs such as "I won't Cry", "dreaming", "Save a Little Bit", and "What You See Is What You Get". A variety of his singles have gone silver and gold in the UK alone, and his album sold over a million worldwide, with Glen's smooth 50's to modern day pretty boy image becoming one of the day's biggest pin ups, and poster campaign, which attracted many fans young and old of all creeds to his music, leaving his mark permanent and indefinite in the history of the music industry.

Stephen Bowman

The JCF is pleased to welcome Stephen Bowman from the Awesome Classical Group BLAKE www.blakeofficial.com as a friend. Stephen was born in the picturesque city of Bath to a British opera-trained mother and German ex-rock band guitarist father. Although proclaiming at age five to family friends that he wanted to be a 'rockstar' when he grew up, it wasn't until his late teens that he found out that he could actually sing. Without any traditional vocal training, Stephen started performing with indie and jazz bands in Bath, before being convinced to train towards an audition for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. At seventeen, Stephen became the youngest baritone ever to win a place at this prestigious college. After three years of studying classical voice and electronic music at Guildhall, he left to pursue a career in sales and marketing with a number of international technology firms, whilst writing music in his home studio in the evenings with help from friends in the group 'Tears for Fears'. Stephen completed his first studio album of songs, entitled 'Bamboo Haze' in the summer of 2004. The album received interest from a number of independent record labels. In his spare time Stephen is a keen motorcyclist, skier and snowboarder.

The JCF is proud to annnouce that star of London's West End, talented, young actor/singer Nic Greenshields, once lead in Andrew Lloyd Webber's best-loved musical The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London. Has become a friend of the Foundation. Nic trained at Laine Theatre Arts on a scholarship. On graduation he was awarded the college prize for singing and musical theatre. Theatre includes: Rapunzel's Prince in Into the Woods (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), The Beast and Gaston in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (UK tour), Munkustrap in Cats (UK and European tour), Brujon and understudy Javert in Les Misérables (Palace and Queen's), Del Copeland in The Beautiful Game (Cambridge Theatre), Valentin Dessose in Lautrec (Shaftesbury), The Man in Whistle Down The Wind (Churchill Theatre), GI Webber in Miss Saigon (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Bic Mac in Only You Can Save Mankind (Soho Theatre) and Emcee in Cabaret (Kenneth More Theatre).

The JCF is very excited to welcome Jules Knight from the Awesome Classical group BLAKE as a friend of the foundation. Jules has been performing professionally since the age of seven when he toured all over the world with the Winchester Cathedral Choir. He won a music scholarship to Eastbourne College where he developed his love for both singing and theatre, taking the male leads in several musicals such as ‘My Fair Lady’. He went on to win a place at St Andrews University in Scotland, studying his Masters degree in the History of Art and describes his fours years there as a time he will ‘always cherish and never, ever forget’. He continued performing through University being cast as ‘Hamlet’ and performing in the musical ‘City of Angels’ amongst other productions, and won his place at the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2005 where he specialised in Acting for Screen, completing his second MA. Soon after leaving Central, the reality of life as an actor hit Jules hard, and he had to combine his acting auditions with several jobs. He says of the experience ‘I handed out fl yers in Covent Garden, worked in the House of Commons, for a headhunting company, a PR company, and ripped tickets in the Piccadilly Theatre then I had a break!’. In his spare time Jules enjoys keeping fi t, travelling, the countryside, Sainsbury’s flapjacks, and tickling his four year old niece and God daughter, Lily.