Tracey Kempsell:  

Life I am currently living in Midland, MI where I teach elementary general music and middle school choirs. My daughter Amanda is a graduate of Columbia Collge for the Arts in Chicago where she is majored in Musical Theatre Performance and in Directing. She's a helluva singer -- a real "Broadway Baby." She recently moved to Denver (Arvada, actually) where she has a "day job" as head of admissions for Aspen University and is acting as time allows. She has had parts in several independent films and played "conjoined twin who tap dances" in the playwrite's showcase at the Arvada Center. Our son, Alex, is 18. He, too, is into performing and has done many theater productions -- including 5 with his mom! He also sings and plays percussion (oh, and video games. . . he plays video games!) As a senior in HS, he is looking at theatre & music programs at schools here in Michigan. He want to do stand-up and improv comedy -- somewhere like Second City. My husband, Dave, is a salesman for Packaging Corporation of America. He plays tennis -- and is a major supporter of all of the rest of us in our theater & music adventures. When he auditioned for the first time, he landed in the barbershop quartet for "Music Man!:" Since then he has been in "Honk!" and "Seussical." His favorite pastime is to hang out at the lake boating with friends and family. In addition to my work, I am active at the Midland Center for the Arts performing, directing, conducting and teaching. Highlights have included 3 opportunities to share the stage with my son -- "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (with Tony-award winning actor Michael Maguire) and Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella," and the chance to perform with Dave and Alex in "The Music Man." In the spring of 2006 I was awarded the "Wee Kinderspiel" award for dedication to Children's Theater -- I was stunned, honored, and humbled! School All my best memories center a...Expand for more