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Here it is, what we've all been waiting for, Kat's answers to the seven questions we voted on before Thanksgiving. Kat has finally gotten a chance to catch up on things now that the busy holiday season is over. The original questions are in italics followed by Kat's answer in bold.
Enjoy!
#4"Katharine, you have touched so many lives with your talent, presence, and charitable heart. Who has touched your life in a profound way and why?" -Popi –
Hi Popi, wow, that is a difficult question because I have so many that have influenced my life. However, I am still young and probably someone who I never met actually has touched me deeper than anyone to date. I don’t mean to be cheesy or over emotional but I do the hospital visits with McPhee Outreach and Lollipop Theater Network, Rhythm of Hope. My first ever hospital visit was amazing. I was able to go room to room and meet so many kids. I had been emailed that there was this one 19 year old girl, not much younger than I am, that had been really sick but was supposed to be released, when she heard I was coming she asked the doctors if she could stay an extra day or two so she could finally meet me. Now this girl had been really, really sick but it seemed that she was going to finally get to go home. So at the end of my visit I turned to my escort and asked about her and wanted to finally meet her and they said unfortunately she had died the night before. I totally fell apart. I couldn’t keep it together and spent an hour on line with the website that had been set up dedicated to her. I wrote as many emails as I could and read through hundreds of emails and messages. Things changed that day for me. It is sooo easy to get caught up with what we do for a living or with what comes our way on a daily basis, and that is not to put down what we do, it is relevant, but when something like that happened, it gave me incredible perspective. You hear all the time how life is so fragile. It sounds cliché but it really is. When I sat and realized that this young 19 year old beautiful girl with her whole life ahead of her wanted to wait around to meet me, and yet she was not longer there, it blew me away. I think of her and her family a lot. They are incredibly strong faithful people and their grace and love in the midst of it all amazed me. And I never actually met her.
#11"Hey Kat,--You have performed many different types of songs, for a wide variety of audiences, in all kinds of venues..... All of this certainly proves how versatile you are! . What has been your favorite performance? .(which song?-- where was it? --and why was this your favorite?)" -Linda (arden15) –
Hi Linda. Well I have to say without a doubt if I had to really decide, it would have to have been the Hollywood Bowl right after the end of the season when I sang with Bocelli. I grew up in LA and it was a dream come true to sing in front of all those people at the Hollywood Bowl. Thanks for asking Linda.
#13"What's your favorite song that didn't make it on your debut album? Who was it produced by? What style of song was it? And could you sing it for us in a video blog? Or even better...make it a Christmas present? The actual recorded version...is that possible? Oh and why didn't it make it on the record?" -Joe in CA (sjwolves)-
Joe, well I really loved a couple of Ryan Leslie tracks. One was called “Somehow”. He was great to work with. Unfortunately the record label makes some of those decisions and they make choices based on what they feel are going to be hits. Believe it or not there are a lot of people behind the scenes that decide. They do not have easy jobs. Because of licensing rights, these songs will probably never be heard.
#14"Kat, you're constantly intriguing us with your personality. You easily crack us up with your silliness one moment, then tug at our heartstrings the next with a mere facial expression or beautiful vocals. I would like to know what makes YOU laugh hysterically, or cry in empathy. Name some guilty-pleasure movies that you turn to when you want to laugh unrestrained, or cry like a Sappy Sapperson. Please share any specific reasons - if any - why you are moved by these movies. (Just to break the ice, "Bad Santa," "Love Actually," and "Elf" always get me laughing, and " The Sixth Sense" "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," and "The Notebook" may or may not make me cry. )" -Steve (mutt808) –
Well Steve, I think this won’t be news to a lot of people because the two movies that make me laugh and also make me cry, and two of my favorite movies that I have watched over and over, are Father of the Bride I & II and The Notebook. I bawl every time I watch The Notebook. Two people so in love, oh that makes me cry just thinking about it. I love Franc in Father of The Bride. That movie also makes me cry here and there with how much her father loves her and is connected to her and letting her go. Beautiful.
#17"As you probably already know, your fans absolutely adore your personality. It's certainly one of the many reasons why we all fell in love with you. So, I was thinking... we all have perceptions of personality - our own and what we believe friends and family think of us. But you also have a third aspect, which would be the fan perception. Please describe your personality as you see it, as you think your friends and family see it, and as you think your fans see it." -Bella from Brazil (bellamcphee)-