Ann by Numbers

Public Appearance #1, at the legendary Bunkhouse in Vancouver, BC. Who could have guessed what life had in store for me?
10 Albums
316 Songs written
4 Octave vocal range
3 Full-length musicals created, written and composed
1 Memorable lunch, seated with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Bishop Tutu
26 Pieces of African art on display throughout the house
2 Foundations co-founded
1/2 billion World-wide audience, Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony
1 Husband (the late jazz flutist, Paul Horn)
422 Performances in ‘Jacques Brel’ – Vancouver, New York and elsewhere
12 Third World children personally sponsored
5 Countries lived in (South Africa, Canada, Lebanon, France and USA)
1 Book written, 1 book co-written (with John Robbins)
30,000 People who saw Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at the Arts Club Theatre in Vancouver
8 Ballet, opera and film scores written
4 Number of times meeting Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
5 Children (one son, two stepdaughters, two similar-to-Ann-in-age stepsons)
1 Investiture as a Member of the Order of Canada
30 Average daily use of the word “love”
4 Months working with Mother Teresa and the Sisters of Mercy (Calcutta)
74 Countries visited
5 Ideal number of musicians in backup band
3 Months spent riding a bike through France and Italy
5 Average number of bracelets worn daily
30 Years delivering ‘finding your voice’ workshops
5 One-woman show tours of North America
10 Symphonies performed with in North America and Europe
2 Years living aboard a boat
316 Nights sleeping in the wilderness (alone or with pet dog)
7 Years giving palliative workshops in Europe and North America
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