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competitions including, Best Singer in Texas, Colgate County Showdown and Houston’s Best Country Singer as well as being a featured singer on Maury’s “Most Talented Kids in America”, resulting in her being penned as the next Carrie Underwood. Kaitlyn’s most memorable competition was when she won a chance to go to Nashville to record a demo, that experience, she says was what got her started on her songwriting, recording and getting her own music out there. Kaitlyn’s family keeps her grounded and focused on music. According to her , they have always been very supportive of her goals and encouraged her. Besides performing mostly for middle school and high school age students, Kaitlyn says that because the students bring their parents to her performances, they seem to like her music too. Kaitlyn’s goal for her music is to send a message that anyone can reaitlyn K, a 15 year old late to and she chose bullying, it affected her and she knew it affected other teens as well. Really feeling singer/songwriter and entertainer that it was a subject that needed to from the suburbs of Houston, Texas. Kaitlyn’s vocal talent was first noticed be addressed because she had also by her grandmother who took her to experienced bullying and writes about things that are going on in her her first singing lesson for her 7th birthday, it wasn’t long before Kaitlyn own life Kaitlyn teamed up with her producer TySongs to take a Stand was winning local and national 28
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Against Bullying, coming up with the original song and hit titled “Who Do U Think U R. Receiving such a tremendous response from the song, Kaitlyn’s school decided to make a lip dub to it and as a result they’ve been contacted from all across the world from students , teachers and fans wanting to use her song and their video as part of their lesson plans. As well as being parodied on the show SouthPark. The video won the No Bull Teen Video Awards, 1st place for Community Involvement video and 1st runner up for all around video, in which they got the go to San Francisco for the award cer-
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emony. Since then Kaitlyn was asked by her school district to write this years theme song about the “Power of One”. She has released her new single “I’ll Be the One”, to show how one person can make an impact on someone else’s life. But Kaitlyn is aware of her role as a role model and being looked up to, she falls back on a quote she heard from the movie Spiderman, “With great power comes great responsibility”. Because of the “Who Do U Think U R” song about bullying Kaitlyn has people come to her for advice all the time and although she loves talking to her fans, she’s still a teen and knows she has to be responsible with the subject matter , which is why often she has had to refer them to a counselor or an adult to make sure they’re getting the correct advice. Kaitlyn wants her fans to know she is a normal teen that does the same things other teens like to do, like hanging out with her friends, going to homecoming, studying, doing homework and rehearsing for musical theater. But in her spare time she loves driving, surfing, watching movies and listening to music. Kaitlyn says there is one thing for sure, she is always busy. Her advice to teens for whatever career they are pursuing is to stay dedicated and passionate about everything in life. Visit her website: KaitlynK.com