Wendy began composing songs when she was 18 years old and began performing them in coffeehouses and churches around her native city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Since then, she has sung in hundreds of venues in Canada, the United States, the West Indies and Europe, honing her songwriting abilities and developing her musical style. Her songs are mostly quiet and reflective and speak of living, loving, and surviving in a broken world.

It's not all serious, though . . . her comedic side is never very far away and she's got tons of stories and songs to make you smile. Her "Menopause" song is a favorite with the ladies, and she's also pretty well-known for her jokes and her impersonations: Celine Dion, the Queen, Jean Chretien . . . (that last one is our former prime-minister, for all you non-Canadians). She loves to laugh and to get others laughing, which always makes for a fun event with lots of music and hilarity.

 

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Fascinating Facts about Wendy:

Birthdate: a long time ago, in the summer
Height: 5'7ish"
Weight: oh, dear
Kids: nope
Pets: Timmy the Cat

 

 

 

 

Notes from Wendy . . .

 

I absolutely love to phone my friends and disguise my voice. So far, I've got about 25 accents to choose from, but I usually use my French accent to throw them off.

This has led to some very interesting situations. My friend Lorraine actually got a call from a potential client (she's a makeup artist) and because the woman spoke English with a French accent, Lorraine acted totally absurd with her, thinking it was just me goofing around. The woman finally hung up and never called back. When Lorraine found out later that day that (honest!!) I hadn't called her, she was absolutely mortified.

The same think happened with my dad when he was still alive. A few years ago, some lady phoned him, and because she was speaking English with a heavy French accent, he thought it was me. I guess he was feeling a bit grouchy that day, so he kept telling the woman, "stop fooling around, Wendy; I'm not in the mood for this."

She had a hard time convincing him her name wasn't Wendy and that she was actually doing fundraising for a local hospital. When he finally believed her, he was pretty embarassed. I loved it! Heh heh heh. Strange sense of humour, huh? What did you say your phone number was?