Dalena.



Lâu Đài Tình Ái - Anh Khoa & Dalena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5b71unws84

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She's supposed to be originated from Bâton Rouge.

My brother-in-law, a famous musician, said it was he, allegedly, who first taught Dalena to sing Vietnamese songs when she was... in Florida.

Here are two more videos with Dalena singing.

Bóng Đêm - Doanh Doanh & Dalena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWM2qc14X3s

Hợp Ca Áo Dài - Christian Lacroix designed Áo Dài presented by lots of singers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy9Cu08BDlU

Dalena is awful talented Most people would gladly pay me not to sing

Dalena also spoke Spanish and some French when I met her in Paris, at Thuý Nga's place.

I asked her whether it was fun to learn singing in Vietnamese... in Florida, and she said it was in fact the easiest way for her to start speaking Vietnamese, and it was a lot of fun and very interesting.

Now, she should be very good. She made an impromptu choice, and now she can make a lot of money, singing in Vietnamese as her specialty -- and being a blonde and not too ugly!

I know another Canadian brunette who sings Vietnamese songs with an even better pronunciation. She is married to a Vietnamese in Montreal, Canada, that's why... Let's try to find some songs she sings on YouTube?

She's not on YouTube!

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Big difference with Dalena: she can sing all types of songs from all three regions of Vietnam, with excellent 3 accents. And she's now become a true Vietnamese girl -- cooking! and of course she speaks Vietnamese...



Name: Lily Doiron
Real Name: Valérie Doiron
Birthplace: Bathurst, N.-B. Canada
Birthday: September 22nd
Residence: Montreal, Quebec
Height: 5'4 / 1,62 meters
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Green

Favorie Food: Spring rolls with "mam nêm" spicy fish sauce
Favorite Fruit: Durian (sau rieng)
Religion: Christian

Lily grew up in a small village named Val-Doucet. At the age of 16 years old, she got to know the vietnamese culture for the first time. She completly fell in love with its music and most of all, its people!
After many years, she became a vietnamese singer, and she dedicates her voice to the Vietnamese people.
She is also "VERY PROUD" to live among the Vietnamese community.

Source

download
http://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/in_depth/200...usic071005a.mp3

Search all
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=L...e+video+%7C+mp3

And Lily even looks Vietnamese! (And to those of you guys who disagree with me: you will agree with me, after I give you two black eyes!

That Australian wife of Cong Thanh also sings in Vietnamese but I don't think her singing is anywhere near Dalena's

Oh, Lily has a website! I didn't know.

Go there, but don't skip the entrance page: wait for the music to start!

Her Vietnamese is very impressive (IMHO better than most ordinary Viet). It's always very rewarding for any non-Vietnamese to sing this Huế song "Ai Ra Xứ Huế" (Duy Khánh) which carries a lot of meaning to the heart of all Vietnamese...

http://lilydoironmusic.com/web_renovate.html

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Here are real Viet singing the same song, just for comparison -- singers are trained to correct pronunciation (normally).

"Ai Ra Xứ Huế" - performed by Ngọc Hà & Quang Lê (it's a karaoke)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCnwgCULsSg

...(with lots of Huế songs in the side list)

"Ai Ra Xứ Huế" - performed by Ánh Tuyết
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGaf9o_AxRg

dang...

its sad that some foreigners have a greater appreciation for my culture than even i do...

one of which being that white foreign language teacher at my school who speaks fluent vietnamese...

his pronunciation is nowhere near dalenas but... his grammar is perfect.

oy yeah....thats Cong Thanh & Lyn. she is one sexy blonde!
Her Vietnamese is not as good as Dalena but cute.

only video I found of them on youtube:
LINK

Whos that in your sig?

Her name is Nguyen Mai. She won one of those Miss this miss that competitions in Vietnam

I thought Lily Doiron is living in Winnipeg, hmm. I saw her performance at the Hoi Cho Tet 2001 or 2002, it was ok.

^She lives in Montreal (I have many friends there).

Wow, Delena sounds good...lol