Category: Featured

Featured articles only found on Rivenmaster’s Place!

“Who’s” Tommy? Sam Verlinden that’s Who!

Tommy Banner

Sam Verlinden Exclusive!
Sam Verlinden has done an outstanding job in this years production of Tommy the Musical.
Directed by James Wenley in conjunction with The University of Auckland’s Stage Two Productions and Theatre of Love, Tommy has been running since September 30th.
What you are about to see, hear and feel can only be described as a perfect performance by young Sam Verlinden as “Tommy”.  Sam seemed to show more intensity in the past few shows, belting out his solo with such demanding forcefulness and convincing exuberance.
Rivenmaster’s Place is honored to present this very special video excerpt of Monday nights performance, followed by an interview with Sam Verlinden and Director James Wenley!
Special Note!  You may want to put on your headphones so you can focus in on Sam’s voice as this video and audio is presented as if you were actually siting in the audience.
Sam celebrating his 12 birthday on set of TommySam not only gained the respect of theatre goers but also won the admiration and respect of the entire cast.  They showed Sam their appreciation by helping him celebrate his birthday with a special time of cake, gifts and refreshments. This was a very special time for Sam and I’m sure he will never forget their kindness.

Sam backstage on "Tommy"

Sam is shown here with his favorite birthday gift from his family a new PSP, which kept him busy during the down times.  He is shown here sitting amongst the costumes taking a break.

Caught ya Sam!
****************

Sam’s the Man at WonderWorld TV Contest

Sam Verlinden with guitarSam is currently in 1st place with 48,000 votes for his music video entry “I’ll Be There” by Michael Jackson. At the time of this blog entry there were roughly 15 hours left for this leg of voting so with your help Sam should capture this win by tomorrow.
His other videos have not moved much since our last blog. However, this is fine as WonderWorld will only allow one win per month in order to give everyone an equal opportunity.  What will be interesting, is to see which one will prove to be the favorite for next month.  The MJ tribute is one of my favorites because, recording at home, without the aid of a lot of sound equipment, Sam’s pure and controlled voice really shows forth.
Here are the links once more for your voting convenience.

DON’T FORGET TO CONTINUE TO VOTE FOR HIS ALL IMPORTANT RIBBY NOMINATED VIDEO TOO. HE WILL NEED LOTS OF VOTES IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THIS WIN! He currently has only 74,250 and this needs to more than double.  Ok fans it’s time to do your part!

Be watching for an exclusive blog which will be coming up very shortly.  I will be posting Sam’s solo performance of last nights production of “Tommy the Musical”.  Sam has been just sensational the last few shows with his voice sounding better than ever!  You won’t want to miss this post. Also upcoming will be an interview with director James Wenley and Sam along with some behind the scenes photos.