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Jamia Nash’s advice to other kids who want to sing and act
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Los Angeles — Before Jamia Nash’s rehearsal in a church gym on Thursday of the Oscar-nominated song she’ll be singing at Sunday’s 80th annual Academy Awards, the 11-year-old Duluth resident offered up advice to kids who might want to do what she did in the movie “August Rush”: sing and act.
Wannabe kid performers, the Gwinnett County middle school student said, should:
“Be confident. Make sure you have a high self-esteem.”
“Don’t give up on your dream, even if somebody says it’s stupid or they don’t like that dream.”
On the Oscar show, Nash will perform the gospel-infused “Raise It Up” with the choir known as Impact Repertory Theatre of Harlem led by Jamal Joseph. They all performed the song in the movie.
Joseph is one of three individuals nominated for best song for the writing of “Raise It Up.”
“I’ve been sleeping wonderfully,” he says when asked about anxiety about his Oscar nomination. “I’m relaxed because it’s really a dream come true for the people of Impact from Harlem. The Oscars is just a wider chance for a bigger audience to hear them and so we’ve already won. I know we’re going to be great so I’ve been sleeping like a baby.”
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