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Posted: Jan 13 2010 at 12:54pm | IP Logged Quote missionfamily
Did anybody else get as excited as me when they saw this last night?

The first person to get a golden ticket on this season of American Idol was Barbara Curtis' 16 year old daughter Maddy. Their whole family was highlighted beautifully on the show and she sang a beautiful song with grace and innocence. I smiled, cried and cheered. Thought you might like to also.

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Yes! I loved her! I'm really hoping she stays in for a while, though a small part of me thought, "Oh no! She's so sweet, and only 16, send her home before you ruin her!"

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WOW...you have to watch this!!! It made me cry.....what a pro-life witness!!! Now, I’m going to have to watch this show!!!
Thanks, Colleen, for passing this on!!!

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Posted: Jan 13 2010 at 6:24pm | IP Logged Quote LisaD
Wow! I had no idea that she was Barbara Curtis' daughter. Now I feel like she's really someone I know!    That is just so neat!

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Posted: Jan 13 2010 at 6:36pm | IP Logged Quote Molly Smith
They are such a lovely family and Maddy is a true gem. She is a cantor at our parish and I could never adequately describe her beautiful soul. As an example of how sweet she is, she sang at my grandmother's 94th birthday party in a nursing home last month. Barbara and my mom have become friends (Barbara's oldest was born the same year as I was) and my mom wanted to "hire" Maddy to sing at this party, but Maddy didn't want to be paid--just to sing out of the goodness of her heart. She prepared a handful of old Irish songs and she sang like an angel. Lovely, lovely, lovely girl .

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Oh, I just now got around to following the links, how neat is this! What a great witness to life, at a time when most babies with Down Syndrome are being aborted. It was very sweet to see the relationship between Maddy and her brothers.

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Posted: Jan 13 2010 at 7:24pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
Molly Smith wrote:
They are such a lovely family and Maddy is a true gem. She is a cantor at our parish and I could never adequately describe her beautiful soul. As an example of how sweet she is, she sang at my grandmother's 94th birthday party in a nursing home last month. Barbara and my mom have become friends (Barbara's oldest was born the same year as I was) and my mom wanted to "hire" Maddy to sing at this party, but Maddy didn't want to be paid--just to sing out of the goodness of her heart. She prepared a handful of old Irish songs and she sang like an angel. Lovely, lovely, lovely girl .




This is so cool! All of it - I hope that good things come from this public example. But like Nancy, part of me says "protect her from media and Hollywood " though she clearly is a grounded and faith-filled young woman. We'll be praying for her.

Thanks for starting this thread, Colleen, for us non-Idol watchers.

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Posted: Jan 13 2010 at 11:08pm | IP Logged Quote Syncletica
Is there another link? It doesn't work anymore!! :(
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I would love to see this, but it has been removed...
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Posted: Jan 13 2010 at 11:25pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
Try this one - Maddy Curtis



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Posted: Jan 14 2010 at 10:14am | IP Logged Quote violingirl
I *thought* that was Barabara Curtis when I watched that segment! What a beautiful voice Maddy has. :)

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Posted: Jan 15 2010 at 12:36pm | IP Logged Quote Jen L.
I was just coming to post!

I was blown away with how the show presented the story - really great. And the singing was great too!!

Check out Barbara Curtis' blog post (with link to youtube): Here

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Posted: Jan 15 2010 at 1:18pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
Jen L. wrote:

Check out Barbara Curtis' blog post (with link to youtube): Here


I added that blog link here then deleted the other day because the Youtube video link had been removed (copyright issues) - looks like it's resolved - yeah - now it can be linked on Barbara's page again!

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Wow!

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