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AlumniSpotlightColby Bell’07Current location: The Class of 2007graduate is pursuing a music career inNashville, Tenn.What have you been up to sincegraduation?I packed my bags and relocated to Nashville.Along with launching my music career, Iam now a full-time personal assistant tosomeone involved in the financial industry.It’s a great job and it is teaching me a lotabout the financial world.What’s the best thing about Nashville?Met any famous folks?The best thing is that you are not alone.By saying that, I mean that when you are astruggling musician, there are 10,000 othersin the same situation. This town is incrediblyaccepting. Regardless of where you camefrom or the unique journey on which youdecide to embark, they accept you for you.Yes, I have met several famous people here,including [country music performers] KelliePickler, Tanya Tucker, Luke Bryan, JimmyWayne, Lady Antebellum, and many more.I actually had the opportunity to eat Easterlunch with Dierks Bentley last year, whichwas enlightening!What has been your proudest momentso far?Packing up my car with all my clothes andfollowing the U-Haul to Nashville! I haveto admit, I was really nervous about movingseven hours away from my parents andliving in a house all by myself with only mydog and my belongings. I have learned somuch being on my own – really, how to be agrown-up. I chose a different path than my24 CANNON MAGAZINEcollege-bound friends, but it is a road thathas made me so happy!What is your proudest Cannon Schoolmemory?I was in awe when I was selected for two leadroles in both of the musicals I participatedin. During “Lucky Stiff,” the first musical Iwas in, I remember saying to myself openingnight, “this is what you were born to do.” Italways seemed that when auditions for themusical came around I really buckled downin my studies, because I was so excited to bea part of the show.How did Cannon help shape your life andcareer path?Cannon fully prepared me for life after highschool. The core values play a huge role inmy everyday life. I definitely don’t think Icould survive in the music business withoutcourage. Cannon also helped shape mylife and career path by mentally preparingme for the future. Classes were extremelychallenging, but all the hard work has surepaid off now!I think the most influential experience wasthe hands-on involvement with the faculty.Not only were they there to guide and teachus, but they became friends as well. Theentire staff treated everyone like a big family.I still keep in touch with several teachers,and I know that they will remain a part ofmy life because they were a part of moldingme into the person I am today.Do you keep in touch with a lot of yourCannon School classmates?I keep in touch with a few close friends. It’sso hard to keep in touch with some peoplebecause I have such a different schedulethan college students. Most everyonegets to see each other over breaks and,unfortunately, I’m not always able to behome during those times.What are your next steps?I recorded a five-song demo, which tookabout two months to record. I have beenbooking my own shows around town to getmy name out there and my music heard.I am working towards a showcase in thenext couple of months for which I’ll haveindustry people come out and listen. I’velearned it’s all about networking, so I take astep forward every day.How can the Cannon community hearyour music?Go to my MySpace page [www.myspace.com/colbybell13], or come to Nashville andsee a live show!What’s your advice to others who mightwant to pursue a singing career?Be prepared for a journey that is openended.It is such a hard journey knowingthat you are risking everything for a oncein-a-lifetimeshot at something thousandsof other people want. You have to wake upevery day and look in the mirror and tellyourself that you have what it takes, thatnothing is going to get in your way.Anything else you would like to add?Thank you to everyone who has believed inme – family, friends, faculty, everyone! Itwas a hard decision not to attend college andinstead to embark on an unknown path, butI couldn’t be happier!
Class of 1979 (Cabarrus Academy)David Cruse is a telecom engineer in Concord.Class of 2003James Falkenbury graduated from Elon University in May2006 with a degree in Political Science and a minor in PublicAdministration. While at Elon, he interned for the EuropeanUnion in London and was published in the European Journal.He was president of his fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi, and vicepresident of his senior class. He now attends graduate schoolat The Citadel, where he is treasurer of the graduate class.Class of 2004Kristen Lovin graduated from Harvard University last Junewith an A.B. in Electrical and Computer Engineering andan S.M. in Computer Science. She now works as a programmanager at Microsoft in Redmond, Wash., and plans topursue law school in the coming years.Matthew White graduated from Elon University in May andis now enrolled at the Elon University School of Law.Class of 2005Mary Dudley Bertram competed in the Atlantic 10Conference cross country championships last November as amember of the University of Richmond’s cross country team.The All-Conference honoree finished in 11th place, helpingthe Spiders claim the championship.Class of 2006Lauren Bacchus attends UNC Asheville and will studyphysics for one year at the City University of Hong Kong.Catherine Falkenbury is a junior at Elon University, where sheis social chair for her sorority, Sigma Sigma Sigma. She studiedin Ireland for a winter term and spent this past summer at theUniversity of Sussex in England. In October, she was inductedinto the Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society for History.Class of 2007Jonathan Cannito is a member of the Furman Singers,recognized as one of America’s premier collegiate ensembles.The Furman University sophomore has performed withthe ensemble and the Boston Pops Orchestra in severalSoutheastern cities.Lindsey Dortch is a Religious Studies major with an AfricanAmerican Studies minor at Rhodes College in Memphis,Tenn. She serves as a class senator for Rhodes StudentGovernment, vice president of Kappa Delta, a RhodesStudent Diplomat, and on steering committees for Habitatfor Humanity and Tex-Mex, an alternative spring break trip.She is planning to study South African reconciliation anddevelopment in Durban, South Africa.Megan Mazzarella, a UNC Charlotte sophomore, wasinducted into the National Society of Collegiate Scholars andis a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, a national leadershipand honors organization open to undergraduates who haveachieved academically and have a desire to become leaders intheir communities. She plays on UNC Charlotte’s back-tobackAtlantic 10 Conference champion women’s soccer team.Anthony Oddo works as a research assistant in theCardiology Department of Emory Hospital. In his lab, heperforms pre-pharmaceutical animal studies and proteinanalysis for research on heart conditions and blood flow.He was a member of the Emory University triathlon team,which finished fourth in both the individual team andrelay team categories at the Southeast Collegiate RegionalChampionships.Class of 2008Bethany Corbin started college at UNC Chapel Hillimmediately after graduating in May. She works at a UNCMedical School lab that focuses on liver stem cell research,is a member of the Carolina Taekwondo Team, and isparticipating in the Public Service Scholars Program and theCarolina Research Scholars Program. Starting next semester,she will conduct her own experiment examining the effects ofthree different proteins on liver stem cell differentiation.Katie Muldowney is a double major in International Studiesand Theater at Washington College in Chesterton, Md. InDecember, she performed in four different shows.Katie Regnery is a freshman Marketing major at VirginiaTech. She loves going to Hokie football games and hopes tojoin the ski team this winter.Justin Weeks played a lead role in the first all-African-American theater production in the 170-year history of theGreensboro College Theatre Department. The play, “Blues foran Alabama Sky,” by Pearl Cleage, centers on life in Harlemduring the Great Depression. Justin played the role of GuyJacobs, a popular New York costume designer with a dream ofbeing hired by famous African-American expatriate JosephineBaker and moving to Paris.Alumni Notes25CANNON MAGAZINE> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alumni
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