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Jennie Matthias

formerly of the Belle Stars

Jennie Matthias toured Live in Concert for Darrin McGillis Productions

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Jennie Matthias toured Live in Concert for Darrin McGillis Productions

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JENNIE MATTHIAS - a pop singer, published poet and accomplished performer. She is already known both in the United Kingdom and U.S.A. for her written compositions on the cult underground circuit but she will always be remembered as one of London's originals for the part she played as lead singer to the 80's all girl group The Belle Stars. The girls achieved four international hits and appeared on numerous music, TV and radio shows worldwide.

After The Belle Stars parted company, Jennie secured a deal with Capitol Records and Paramount Pictures for their version of the international hit song “Iko Iko”, for Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise's film “Rain Man”. This success took her to broader parts of the entertainment business and allowed her to work with some of the world's greatest performers and musicians.

In the United Kingdom & Europe, Jennie has applied her poetry, acting and song writing skills to women's campaigns (strike 2000' and 'praying for asylum'). She has facilitated workshops for various PSHE drug awareness programs for secondary schools, run multi-media workshops for young offenders, ex prisoners, (Highbury Grove Bail Hostel) and headlined the performance for a Cultural Awareness Day held at Stocken prison Grantham. She is a founding member of the “Listen” Moving Theater co, where she facilitated a drama and musical sketch for children at Greenford School, taking part in a BBC Educational program for a RSI awareness seminar.

“Listen” Moving Theater co, has recently finished a successful production with a group of teenagers from Acland Burghley school. The performance was taken out of the school environment and into 'Theatro Technis' Camden Community Theater. The topics they focused on were drugs, racism, bullying, homelessness and crime. The performance was filmed by NHK Japanese Broadcasting Corporation and went out on air in August 2001. The program was shown three times.

“I never had a role model or someone that I could look up to and so when I eventually left the home I went wildly astray. Looking back I know things might have been different if someone had just taken the time to guide me properly. A life in care is never easy for a youngster who is constantly nagged by the thought of rejection. The fact that there is no one to guide them suggests that we as a society do not care about them; which given their life up to now is pretty unfair on our part. Young people need guidance from a person they can trust and feel safe with, someone that will give them hope and help them shape a better future for themselves.” - Jennie Matthias.

The “Iko Iko” hit song is considered a pop classic with radio stations world wide having the song in heavy rotation to this day.