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Sandra Vanreys

Over the past twenty-five years, Sandra Vanreys has experienced incredible
 growth both personally and professionally.
Along the way, she was awarded the title "Best Female Country Singer of the Year"
8 times in the Netherlands alone. She has performed many times at all kinds of events from festivals to the big concert stages both nationally and internationally.

Not only was Sandra invited to make a tour through the United States of America,
but she was also invited to appear on a television show called "Nashville Now"
which was broadcast live to over 42 million viewers nationwide!

In the year 2000 she was called out to be the Millennium Country Singer of the Netherlands and in the east of Holland there is a train named after her.
The "Sandra Vanreys Train" still makes daily trips, and already has more than
1,000,000 kilometers on the clock.


Quite a ride!

 


Foreign Tours

 Besides the performances in America, Sandra has also been invited to perform in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Belgium and Canada. Sandra has also had the distinct honour and pleasure to share the stage with well-known artists such as Boxcar Willy, Melba Montgommery, Max D. Barnes, Joe Sun, Roy Acuff, South Mountain and many many others.
 In 1989 Sandra was asked to represent the Netherlands at the Euro Country Masters Festival. Fourteen countries took part in this festival. Sandra won a first place with her own composition "The night closes (on our sweet love)". After winning she was asked to compose more material for other artists, as well as composing for herself.


A Dutch writers Association, called 'Conamus' and the Dutch Country Music Association (DCMA) asked Sandra together with three others songwriters, to go on a trip to Canada to promote the material they had written themselves. For twelve days she travelled around to placed like Hamilton City, Ontario, Burlington and others. Meanwhile this Dutch delegation was invited to be guest of honour at the 10th Canadian Country Music Award Gala in Hamilton City! A fantastic honour and unforgettable experience !

CD Albums

In 1993 Sandra recorded her first solo album called "Heartstrings", after having spent some time working on different recording projects for Warner Brothers, EMI and Dino Music, amongst others.After the birth of her two children, Sandra came back to the music business. She made a new country album called Country Feelings - from me to you - a pure country album on which she also wrote 7 of the songs herself.
She has been seen all over the country performing for audiences everywhere, and has also worked on the theater show
Country Roads.
In the summer of 2004 her third country album called "
Let Go"
came out with, once again, many self-composed titles as well as songs from other well known artists such as Steven McCLintock, amongst others.


Guatemala

In 2004 Sandra was asked by the Dutch Embassy to perform during the "Holland Promotion Week" in Guatemala. Together with the Guatemalan group "Amnessia", Sandra took over the central market square of Guatemala City and performed not only many of her english language repertoire, but also performed some songs in Spanish, to the great pleasure of the many local visitors. It was certainly an experience not to be forgotten by the Guatemalans or by Sandra!
 

 


Successful

In between the busy schedule of live performances, Sandra has also been seen presenting various music programs for a local television company. She is also bringing out a new single CD, together with a music video for the new song.Sandra continues to maintain her own personal standards, values, vitality and commitment to excellence. She has expanded her artistic boundaries with each new project. Wherever she performs she does this with unlimited joy and enthusiasm. With a fabulous voice and capacity to win all kinds of audiences for her: she is an esteemed guest at country happenings, festivals and shows.
B
ookings for live performances in,Spain in 2009 are also in the planning.
You may say: Sandra is doing very well indeed!

May 2009