Culture
Entertainer Belinda Evans was born in 1978 in Ash, and is a soprano singer. She has a BA(Hons) in Music, and also has a postgraduate diploma. In 2003 she found fame by singing the national anthem before every England game at the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup in Australia.
Evans was one of the ten finalists in the BBC series How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, and has made her West End debut as Swing in Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of The Phantom of the Opera.
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