Jen Beardsmore
Age: 44
Length of time in the Singers: Can't remember!.........but that's my age showing! (Committee Member)
Likes: music of all kinds e.g. Alice Cooper, Robbie Williams, Windband music/brass bands, Tchaikovsky, Shania Twain, folk music etc., etc. Italian food, curries, fish 'n' chips, (most food really!!). Driving long distances, 'good friends and company', bubble baths.
Dislikes: People who drop litter, pigeons, housework, cleaning the car, not having enough sleep.
Interests/ Hobbies: Brass bands (especially competitions........how sad!), Music.......Singing! searching the internet, finding things out, reading, stock car racing, eating out (food again!)
Work/ Job: Group Library Manager (This means I am a qualified librarian and I currently manage 9 libraries and about 65 staff)
Ambitions: To loose 4 stone in weight.....(there goes that pig zooming past the window!) To be able to understand why adjudicators sometimes choose the wrong band!!
Family: Married to Nigel 20 years next year.....arg!! (is it really that long?)
Anything else : My hero is Winnie the Pooh
Mottos: "You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars, you have a right to be here" and
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days you are the statue"