P R E V I O U S  N E W S  2 0 0 8 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 Because I’m a girl- concert 12-06-’08  This Friday, Izaline is involved in the concert, led by Karima on the festival Mundial in Tilburg. The concert is organised by ‘Plan Nederland’ to tell people about the needs of girls in India. Other artists involved are Candy Dulfer, Edsilia Rombley, Anouk and DJ Isis. Live TV-performance 02-05-’08  This Sunday, May 4, Izaline will perform live with guitarplayer Ed Verhoeff in TV-show ‘De Kunst’, presented by Hans Goedkoop. She’ll be singing ‘Kadena Enkantá’ (The enchanted necklace) that appears on the new release (fall 2008). The show starts at 17.05, on channel Nederland 2. More on omroep.nl. Lady sings... in Barbados 20-03-’08  The documentary ‘Izaline Calister - Lady sings the Tambú’, directed by Miluska Rosalina is being screened on the Caribbean International Film Festival, Barbados. The festival is from April 5 till 13. More on the site of the festival. More info on the film on the site of MemphisFilm (Dutch). Lady sings... in Århus (Denmark) 14-03-’08  The documentary ‘Lady sings the Tambú’ is being screened in Aarhus, Denmark on March 15, during the AFIA Film Festival. More on reservations and venue on www.afiafilmfestival.dk. More info on the film on the site of MemphisFilm (Dutch). Lady sings... in Miami (USA) 20-02-’08  The documentary ‘Lady sings the Tambú’ is being screened in Miami, on March 7 and 8. Director Miluska Rosalina and Izaline are invited to go to the festival and will attend the premiere. More on reservations and venues on www.miamifilmfestival.com. More info on the film on the site of MemphisFilm (Dutch). 09-01-’08  Hi guys, I am still in time to wish you all, the best 2008 ever. I wish you warmth, joy, love, health a lot of beautiful music and a little bit of money… The end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008 have not been the best times of my life. I have been experiencing some vocal problems, which forced me to cancel a few gigs. This has never happened before and it was heartbreaking for me. That’s why I really look forward to the rest of 2008. This will be the year I will start singing and performing again. That already makes it a GREAT year. It will be great to work again, this time KNOWING that it is definitely my favorite thing to do. I always knew, but you don't really, really realize this until you are forced to miss it. And how I MISSED singing these past few weeks. I realize now, how often I WANT to sing, how amputated I feel when I am not able to. It made me love singing even more. So… when I start again soon, it will be quite impossible to get me to stop. Neighbours beware! I also have to say that your reactions have been sooooo incredible. On the streets, via email, flowers, the phone, sms, the guestbook on the site and myspace… from all parts of the communication highway I received love, good wishes and strength from all you guys. Thank you so much for this. It was great to realize that you’re rooting for me. I love you too!!! I also want to thank everyone who let me know how much they liked Miluska Rosalina’s documentary about me ‘Lady sings the tambu’. I am proud of Miluska and happy about the film too. I will be experimenting with those jazzstandards a lot more this year and really hope I can get a few more lessons from the great Rita Reys. What will 2008 bring? Well a lot of exciting things. One of the most exciting things will be my new CD, which I have just started writing for. The upside of being forced to rest is that I have plenty of time to write. I will be doing some great gigs with my band and as a soloist starting March. ‘Lady sings the tambu’ will premiere in different countries including my lovely island of Curacao. And I will be going to all the premieres. How cool is that? I just started a new challenge writing as a columnist for ON TOP magazine in Curacao. Check it out! I am going to start teaching on a more regular basis at the Conservatory in Enschede. Preparations for my new theater tour: ‘Verhalen voor een warme Lentenacht’ will start. I will be working with actor Raymi Sambo… Some pretty exciting trips are being planned for this year. Keep checking out the sites (English and Dutch) and my myspace profile and I will keep you posted about all my activities. So bring it on… 2008 Izaline Lady sings... in Utrecht 15-01-’08  The documentary ‘Lady sings the Tambú’ is being screened in Utrecht, on February 10, during the Cultural Sunday ‘Jazz Enz’. Cinema ’t Hoogt.